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OUR
IMPACT

Your support transforms our passion into global impact.

A Global Crisis
Requires Global Solutions

4ocean Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We ensure that all contributions are 100% tax deductible, directly funding our mission to clean and preserve the marine environment. Our Foundation focuses exclusively on partnering with local captains and crews to clean plastic and trash from our ocean and creating educational campaigns that expand awareness.

4ocean Foundation was established as a separate entity from the 4ocean Public Benefit Corporation (PBC), our for-profit counterpart. This strategic move was made to expand our impact on ocean conservation by accessing diverse streams of capital and philanthropy.

How We Work

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Onshore
Cleanups

daily teams remove debris from beaches, coastlines, and riverbanks, targeting high-impact zones and storm debris fields

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River
Interception

installed booms and manual skimming capture plastic before it reaches the ocean

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Nearshore
Recovery

small craft and crews collect debris in bays, estuaries, and mangrove channels

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Offshore rapid
Response

seasonal operations deploy larger vessels to intercept debris lines during peak inflows in the rainy season

Impact By The Numbers

Donors have empowered 4ocean Foundation to expand ocean clean up impact in the following transformative ways:

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Increasing Crew Engagement For Open Ocean Recovery
by 40%

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Conducting approximately 800+ clean ups per month

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Increasing clean up vessel size
and productivity by 500%

The Foundation alone has removed the following from our ocean, rivers, and coastlines:

POUNDS KILOGRAMS

Together with 4ocean Public Benefit and Certified B-Corporation, we've removed 42,000,000+ pounds to date.

The Infrastructure That Powers Our Impact

  • Group 35Year-Round Operations

    That scale during the rainy season when plastic inflows surge

  • Path 167Ethical Local Partnerships

    That create durable impact while supporting coastal communities

  • Group 32Data-Driven Deployment

    Using hot-spot mapping, tide and rainfall patterns, and post-storm assessments

  • Group 34Full Traceability

    From collection through sorting and verified end-of-life pathways

Bali Operations Spotlight

Bali is our flagship rapid response hub where we operate from three locations that work together as a single system. 

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Just how much is 42 million lbs of trash?

1,970,000,000 Water Bottles

You could cover Central Park 2x

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Annual Impact Opportunity

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Forecasted Removal Capacity

The Foundation is on track to remove 4.7 million pounds of plastic pollution per year through philanthropy and has created an immediate scale plan to pull much more.

How We Power Our Forecast

Projection modeled from our Bali pilot program results in early 2025 and current impact data across onshore, river interception, nearshore, and offshore operations

What this Means

Donor support translates directly into more crews on the ground and more days on the water, increasing the volume we can remove and the habitats we can protect

Your Support in Action

What We Measure

  • Pounds of plastic removed by location and operation type
  • Number of cleanup days, crew hours, and vessels deployed
  • River interception efficiency and rainy season surge response
  • Verified downstream handling, including sorting and end-of-life pathways
  • Wildlife risk reduction indicators and hotspot remediation progress
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Transparency You Can Trust

We publish verified impact data, location updates, and operation summaries so supporters can see when, where, and how their donations drive results. Each report links activity to outcomes, with photo and video documentation wherever possible.

Tiny Plastics.
Massive Danger. 

Every minute, plastics flood our ocean. Global plastic output has skyrocketed from 2 million tonnes in 1950 to 475 million tonnes in 2022 and is projected to nearly triple again by 2060. Already, more than 8 billion tonnes of plastic waste pollute our planet, with less than 10% ever recycled. Each discarded piece can fragment into millions of toxic microplastics that infiltrate marine life, disrupt ecosystems, and even enter our blood, lungs, and food.

Plastics are now recognized as a grave danger to human and planetary health, costing more than $1.5 trillion in health-related losses every year. By removing plastic from the ocean, rivers, and coastlines now, we prevent this dangerous breakdown, reduce toxic exposures, and protect everything we love about the ocean. The time to act isn’t tomorrow - it’s today.

The Lancet Countdown on health and plastics (August 3, 2025)

How Many Pieces Can One Plastic Bottle Become?

A single 500 mL water bottle (about 7 grams of plastic) can eventually break into:

  • Thousands of pieces if it only splits into millimeter-sized bits

  • Billions if it breaks down to tiny micron-sized fragments

  • Trillions if it erodes all the way into nanoplastics

In reality, bottles in the ocean fragment into a mix of sizes - so the true count skews high, creating billions or more harmful particles over time.

SUPPORT OUR MISSION TODAY

Ways To Get Involved

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Donate to expand crews and vessels across onshore, river booms, nearshore, and offshore programs

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Sponsor a specific geography or a specific operation type, to help accelerate our mission

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Philanthropic & corporate foundation collaborations that fund transformative seasonal surge operations during the rainy season. Join us today so we can do more!
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Your Support Makes A Difference

Together, we can create a world free from ocean plastic.

4ocean Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. (EIN 88-2694307) Donations and contributions are tax-deductible as allowed by law. Learn about other payment information.