Put a Kid on the Boat
$100 gives one kid from an underserved community their first day on the water: the boat, the gear, a mentor beside them and an underwater camera in their hands. Through December 1, Javier matches every gift dollar for dollar, so $100 puts two kids on the boat.
$100 is one underserved kid’s day on the water: boat, gear, a mentor and their first underwater camera session. No child or family ever pays. Secure checkout by Stripe · One-time gift · 100% of net donations fund youth programs · EIN 41-4167030
One Day, Start to Finish
Out of the harbor
Boat transport from Newport Harbor to the kelp, with a captain and a safety diver aboard. These are kids from underserved communities, most of whom have never been off the sand despite living minutes from the coast.
Wetsuit, mask, fins
Sized and fitted that morning, plus a water-safety orientation before anyone goes in. No child or family pays for anything.
A working ocean pro
A dive instructor, marine scientist or underwater filmmaker in the water with them the whole day.
Their first frame
A real underwater camera, a lesson, and their own photograph of a kelp forest to take home. That image is where careers start.
Your Gift Counts Twice
Javier Mendoza, My Clean Ocean's founder, is putting $5,000 of his own money behind the next expeditions, and he will only release it dollar for dollar against gifts from people like you, through December 1. A $100 gift becomes $200. Two kids, not one.
The ocean industry — marine science, underwater filmmaking, conservation, dive instruction — is nearly closed to young people from underserved communities. Not for lack of talent. For lack of a first day on the water. That is the day you are buying.
My Clean Ocean is a registered 501(c)(3). 100% of net donations fund youth programs; your gift is tax-deductible, and your receipt arrives by email the moment it clears.
Put a Kid on the Boat
$100 today is two kids on the water with the match. Share the page and a friend's gift doubles too.
EIN 41-4167030 · 100% of net donations fund youth programs. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.