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Filing year 2024

The Plastic Ocean Project Inc

Wilmington, North Carolina·EIN 46-1251038·NTEE U05 · Science & Technology·3
Total revenue
$238k
Total assets
$191k
Total expenses
$219k
Reported officers
9
Mission

Finding Science Based Solutions to the Global Plastics Pollution Crisis and Empowering All to Make Choices that Improve Human and Environmental Health

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 5 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Executive Director Assistant
$36k
$39k
Lab Director
board member
$27k
$29k
Executive Director
$8k
$8k
Former - Executive Director
former officer/director/trustee
$8k
$8k
Base
$8k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Communications Director
director (operational)
$6k
$7k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

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

Plus 4 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Science & Technology

Up 89%
from 2023

From $19k in 2023 to $36k in 2024.

$19k
2023
$36k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 84% in real terms$21k to $39k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South 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.

Among peers

Revenue and top compensation, plotted against similar organizations. This organization is highlighted in cyan.

1
The Plastic Ocean Project Inc2024
$36k
2
RCI-IIBEC FOUNDATION INC2024
$22k
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