INVESTMENT STRATEGY
​Sea Forward Ocean Health (SFOH) Fund provides impact investors, philanthropists, and ocean advocates with a regenerative “everblue” charitable structure to contribute tax-deductible dollars into a collaborative, multi-donor advised fund.
A Regenerative “Everblue” Ocean Endowment
Despite its central role in climate regulation, food security, livelihoods, and biodiversity, the ocean remains significantly underinvested relative to its economic importance and the scale of degradation it faces. Many high-impact ocean solutions operate in early-stage markets, emerging geographies, or complex regulatory environments that fall outside conventional investment mandates.
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Sea Forward was specifically designed to operate in this gap. We invest where capital is scarce, impact is meaningful, and the potential exists to demonstrate viable pathways toward long-term financial sustainability — recognizing that ocean regeneration often requires patient, flexible, and non-traditional investment approaches.
When you donate to SFOH Fund, your contribution goes into the multi-donor advised fund, which makes strategic investments in promising ocean health solutions. Investment returns grow in the fund and are then invested again in other ocean-positive funds, with a portion of returns going to annual grants. Returns are designed to be philanthropic and impact-first.
Investments and grants are sourced and recommended by thought leaders with deep expertise in ocean policy, research, philanthropy, investing, and entrepreneurship. 100% of donations go into the fund, minus 1% or less annual administrative expenses from ImpactAssets. Funds are used for impact investments, grant disbursals, program operations, and field-building work.
Collaborative, Multi-Donor, and Accessible by Design
SFOH Fund is intentionally structured as a collaborative, multi-donor investment platform that makes ocean impact investing accessible to a broader range of donors and investors. By pooling philanthropic capital, SFOH Fund allows participants to access diversified ocean investments, shared diligence, and collective decision-making that would often be difficult to pursue individually.
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​Participants may engage with Sea Forward through multiple pathways, depending on their goals and preferences. Contributions can be made directly to SFOH Fund through its donor-advised fund at ImpactAssets, or by establishing an individual donor account at Catacap and allocating capital to Sea Forward from that account.
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​We invite you to join our global community of changemakers who are creating a meaningful difference in the health of our ocean and the billions of people who depend on it.
About Our Donor Advised Fund at ImpactAssets
ImpactAssets is an innovative donor advised fund manager that empowers donors to increase the impact of their giving by combining it with strategic, sustainable and responsible investing to build a sophisticated philanthropic endowment.
Donors recommend how their ImpactAssets Donor Advised Fund account assets are invested across a range of impact investment options including managed strategies, private debt and equity impact funds and client recommended investments.
The ImpactAssets Donor Advised Fund has more than $3 billion in assets in 2,000 accounts, working with purpose-driven individuals and their wealth managers, family offices, foundations and corporations.
About CataCap
CataCap is a user-friendly platform that empowers donors to become impact investors. The Catacap structure allows participants — particularly smaller or emerging investors — to retain flexibility and control without traditional barriers like high minimums, extensive paperwork, and complex investment management.
By supporting SFOH Fund through Catacap, participants can give to invest with as little as $250 and stay engaged with the investment over time. Anyone can create a donor account and invest in minutes. Donors receive tax benefits and can even earn airline miles when using a credit card! Returns can then be redeployed into other high-impact initiatives, reallocated to Sea Forward, or granted to nonprofits, creating a continuous cycle of capital working for good.