As the only community foundation for the ocean, The Ocean Foundation’s mission is to improve global ocean health, climate resilience, and the blue economy. We create partnerships to connect all peoples in the communities in which we work to the informational, technical, and financial resources they need to achieve their ocean stewardship goals.
We strive for up-to-date, objective and accurate knowledge and information on ocean issues. As a community foundation, we provide our Knowledge Hub as a free resource.
is to create leaders who use science, technology, and international teamwork to tackle global conservation issues.
Our Mission
is to train the next generation to become scientifically literate, international team players through our two-month hands-on field research internships at sea turtle research sites in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Major program successes to date:
Over half of our 55 interns have presented at conferences or published their research
All of our students are on track or have completed undergraduate degrees, with many going to graduate or medical school
Around 80% of our interns received partial or full scholarships
Over 60% of our interns are female and around 30% are minorities
Interns characterized and removed over 18,000 pieces of trash from sea turtle nesting beaches
We have released about 250,000 sea turtle hatchlings
We have helped 12 sea turtle organizations and partners collect valuable data
We taught 420 middle school students science and conservation lessons through our Bridge the Border program.