Our 157-foot ship, the Sharkwater, is home base for patrols at Scorpion Reef.
2026 Year-End Matching Gift Challenge
Giving Tuesday, December 1
Sea Shepherd Philanthropy
Add your name to the million dollar match
Help us meet the million dollar match
Help bring fixed-wing drones to Scorpion Reef
Thank you for standing with Scorpion Reef
Support direct action at sea
On November 1, Sea Shepherd opens a $1,000,000 Matching Gift Challenge to put two fast boats on the water at Scorpion Reef. Gifts to the match pool will double every dollar our supporters give through December 31.
A group of generous donors has established a $1,000,000 Matching Gift Challenge. Every dollar given before December 31 is matched to help put two fast boats on the water at Scorpion Reef.
Today our crews fly quadcopters over the reef. This Giving Tuesday we are raising support to bring fixed-wing drones, which stay in the air longer and watch over far more of the protected area.
Your year-end gifts, doubled by the supporters who built our match pool, are helping put two fast boats on the water at Scorpion Reef.
Sea Shepherd receives no government funding. Our campaigns exist because people like you choose to put their resources behind action for the oceans.
The match opens November 1
01Give
Double your gift before December 31
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Every dollar you give is matched, up to $1,000,000.
The Matching Gift Challenge opens November 1. Gifts made today go straight to work at sea.
Your gift puts crews, ships and equipment where marine wildlife needs protection.
The match opens November 1
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A letter from Chad Jacobs
Dear Friend,
I spend time each year on the frontlines at sea. When I’m on land, my job is to talk with Sea Shepherd’s most generous supporters, because everything we accomplish out there is made possible by the people who fund this work.
Earlier this year, I spent time at Scorpion Reef, and I can tell you firsthand: this is a place worth protecting. When you are there and see the incredible abundance of life these waters support, you understand what is at stake.
I have spent time at Scorpion Reef, and I can tell you firsthand: this is a place worth protecting. When you are there and see the incredible abundance of life these waters support, you understand what is at stake.
Conversations with supporters are the most rewarding part of what I do. If we’ve had the chance to speak, I hope you know how much I valued it. And if we haven’t connected yet, please know I would very much like to talk with you.
Thank you. Your year-end gifts, doubled by the supporters who built our $1,000,000 match pool, are helping put two fast boats on the water at Scorpion Reef.
I have seen what our crews face out there, and I know what those boats will mean to them.
As Sea Shepherd turns 50 this year, I will keep you close to the work at the reef. If you would like to hear where your gift is going, I would love to talk.
For the oceans,Chadwick JacobsDirector of Philanthropy
P.S. Before the challenge opens on November 1, I am asking a small group of supporters to build the match pool. I would be glad to add your name.
P.S. Your year-end gift will be doubled through our $1,000,000 Matching Gift Challenge until December 31.
P.S. This Giving Tuesday, help us bring fixed-wing drones to the reef. Every gift is still matched through December 31.
Email chadwick@seashepherd.org · Call
01The match
$1,000,000
Matching Gift Challenge · November 1 to December 31
Matching Gift Challenge
Matching Gift Challenge
We are asking a small group of supporters to build the match pool before the challenge opens. Every dollar in the pool will double a gift from our supporters between November 1 and December 31.
There are two ways to take part before December 31.
Thank you to the supporters who built the match pool and to everyone whose gift it doubled.
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Join the match pool
Join the challenge
Add your name alongside the supporters who set it in motion. Chad can walk you through it.
02The threat
What our crews are up against
Poachers come to Scorpion Reef for queen conch, octopus, grouper, snapper and lobster. This is what our crews find.
- 6,300+
- square miles of protected ocean
- 1,500+
- pounds of illegal catch seized from one vessel this year
- 24/7
- a permanent presence alongside Mexican authorities
We need more boats to enable our crew to defend more of the reef.
Chad Jacobs
03Your gift at work
What your gift puts on the water
The match will put two fast North River boats on the water to reach poachers far from shore.
Your gifts are putting two fast North River boats on the water to reach poachers far from shore.
Fast boats reach the small poaching boats that work the reef far from shore.
Our crews fly quadcopters over the reef every day. Next we want to bring fixed-wing drones, which stay up longer and see far more of the protected area.
Giving Tuesday, December 1
Captains, drone pilots, biologists and deckhands who live aboard and patrol the reef day and night.
04Our campaigns
Beyond Scorpion Reef
Sea Shepherd turns 50 in 2027, and your support reaches every campaign we run.
Sea Shepherd turns 50 this year, and your support reaches every campaign we run.
Vaquita DefenseDriving illegal fishing out of the Vaquita Refuge to protect the world’s most endangered marine mammal.
Sea Lion RescueCutting sea lions free from nets set for the black market totoaba trade.
Faroe IslandsConfronting the slaughter of pilot whales and white-sided dolphins.
Antarctica DefenseExposing industrial krill trawlers in the Southern Ocean.
Octopus CampaignExposing and confronting illegal octopus traps.
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the USA (EIN 93-0792021), and donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Questions about giving: chadwick@seashepherd.org. More ways to give are on our support page.
Read our IRS Form 990 and GDPR Statement. PO Box 7750, Woodbridge, VA 22195, USA. Tel: 212-220-2302
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Or transfer through your broker
- Broker
- Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
- DTC number
- 0164
- Account name
- Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
- Account number
- 5090-3921
- Schwab contacts
- Beth Steinhaus, 206-621-8832
Addy Hill, 206-624-9000
Transfers often arrive without the donor’s name. Once yours is on the way, tell Chad what you sent so it is credited to you and receipted.
You can also email donations@seashepherd.org. We recommend talking with your tax or legal advisor before making your gift.
A grant from your donor-advised fund keeps our ships on the water and our enforcement partnerships running.
Or recommend a grant through your provider
- Log in to your donor-advised fund account.
- Search for Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, or enter the details below.
- Recommend a grant in the amount you choose, one-time or recurring.
- If your provider allows it, share your name and contact information with us.
- Legal name
- Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
- Tax ID (EIN)
- 93-0792021
- Mailing address
- PO Box 7750, Woodbridge, VA 22195
Some providers send grants without donor information. Ask yours to include your name, or tell Chad about your recommendation so we can thank you properly.
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society does not provide legal or tax advice. Please consult your financial or tax advisor about how a donor-advised fund fits your situation.
If you are 70½ or older, a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) sends up to $111,000 a year straight from your IRA to Sea Shepherd. You pay no income tax on it, even if you do not itemize, and from the year you turn 73 it can count toward your required minimum distribution.
How to make your QCD
- Ask your IRA custodian for a qualified charitable distribution to Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, using the details below.
- Allow 2 to 4 weeks for processing. The distribution must leave your IRA by December 31 to count for that tax year.
- Custodians often send the gift without your name. Ask them to include it, or let Chad know so we can thank you.
- Legal name
- Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
- Tax ID (EIN)
- 93-0792021
- Mailing address
- PO Box 7750, Woodbridge, VA 22195
This is not legal or tax advice. Please consult your financial advisor about whether a QCD is right for you. See IRS Publication 590-B.
