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Filing year 2023

The 5 Gyres Institute

Santa Monica, California·EIN 27-1350279·3
Total revenue
$1.2M
Total assets
$911k
Total expenses
$1.4M
Reported officers
9
Mission

The 5 Gyres Institute (5 Gyres) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles, with a global network of supporters united in the pursuit of a planet free of plastic pollution. 5 Gyres' mission is to empower action against the global health crisis of plastic pollution through science, education, and advocacy. Since its inception in 2009, 5 Gyres has been a science-based pioneer in plastic pollution research and exploration. The organization originally set out to answer a set of key scientific questions, including the global scope, distribution, and impacts of plastic pollution. In 2014 5 Gyres published the first global estimate of marine plastic pollution, and recently updated these findings with the most comprehensive publication to date on ocean plastics. (PLOS ONE, 2023) 5 Gyres' goal is to reduce the harm from plastic pollution by 20% by 2030.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2023

Base salaryExecutive compensation
Executive Director
$106k
$116k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 8 unpaid individuals.

Up 7%
from 2022

From $99k in 2022 to $106k in 2023.

$99k
2022
$106k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 3% in real terms$113k to $116k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

The 5 Gyres Institute reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$1.1M
$1.3M
2022
$1.2M
$1.4M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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