Intertidal Agency

What Intertidal Agency does

Intertidal Agency is a small, mission-driven nonprofit advisory organization based in Oakland, California, focused on ocean data stewardship and governance. Operating as a fiscally sponsored project of Multiplier (a 501(c)3), the company positions itself as the "people layer" of data sharing, helping governments, communities, scientists, nonprofits, and businesses make ocean data more findable, usable, and trusted through open and reusable frameworks addressing policy, process, and technical aspects of data governance. Its core deliverables are consulting and capacity-building services rather than a unified software product.

The product portfolio comprises three streams: (1) Data Stewardship Services — needs assessments, program development, and trainings for teams, organizations, and multi-institutional partnerships; (2) Early-Stage Project Facilitation — design, policy, project management, and technical support to translate early ideas into action steps; and (3) an Open Data Stewardship Resources Library, hosted on GitHub, containing reusable guides, metadata standards, and Data Management & Sharing Plan templates. Notable engagements include contributing analyses to and helping write the UN Ocean Decade Data & Information Strategy, and building common data publishing and metadata practices for the Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative (RWSC).

The business model is a three-stream nonprofit mix: philanthropic foundation grants (The Builders Initiative, Walton Family Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Kingfisher Foundation), charitable donations via Givebutter, and professional services fees from consulting and training. Distribution is relationship-driven — direct outreach, partner referrals (RWSC, Rosa Science, The Data Patch), and a monthly ButtonDown newsletter — with no publicly disclosed pricing. The core team of approximately 4-5 staff is led by Executive Director Kate Wing and Director of Data Science Rachael Blake, supported by Program Coordinator Mollie Celnick and a five-person advisor bench.

Name

Intertidal Agency

Website

https://intertidalagency.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Intertidal Agency is a small Oakland-based nonprofit that advises governments, scientists, nonprofits, and communities on ocean data stewardship, providing consulting, training, and an open library of reusable data governance resources and templates.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Grants and Funded Projects: Primary funding from philanthropic foundations including The Builders Initiative, Walton Family Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and Kingfisher Foundation. Operates as a fiscally sponsored project of Multiplier, a 501(c)3 charitable organization.
2. Donations: Accepts charitable donations through givebutter.com/intertidal platform.
3. Professional Services: Consulting, training, and capacity building services for governments, communities, scientists, nonprofits, and businesses on data stewardship.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Intertidal Agency is an advisory and consulting organization that delivers data stewardship services to governments, communities, scientists, nonprofits, and businesses focused on ocean sustainability. Its core offerings include needs assessments, program development, trainings, capacity building, and facilitation for early-stage projects exploring new ways to share and use ocean data. These services are supported by an open library of reusable data stewardship resources, guides, and templates.

Product overview

Intertidal Agency is an advisory and consulting organization focused on ocean data stewardship for sustainability. Rather than a unified software platform, it offers a portfolio of services including data stewardship consulting, capacity building programs, and early-stage project facilitation. These offerings are supported by an open library of reusable resources and templates. The organization works with governments, communities, scientists, nonprofits, and businesses to improve data governance and stewardship practices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

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Products and services

• Data Stewardship Services Advisory and consulting services to help organizations improve their data strategy, skills, and impact through needs assessments, program development, and trainings for teams, organizations, and multi-institutional partnerships working on ocean data.
• Open Data Stewardship Resources Library An openly shared library of data stewardship resources, guides, and templates including guidance on data publishing, metadata standards, and Data Management and Sharing Plan templates, published via GitHub Pages.
• Early-Stage Project Facilitation Support for early-stage projects exploring new ways to share and use ocean data, providing facilitation, design, policy, project management, and technical skills to translate ideas into goals and action steps.

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative (RWSC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeatured as a key partner and client. Intertidal Agency helped RWSC create common practices and workflows for their data community, including guidance on data publishing, metadata standards, and templates for Data Management and Sharing Plans.
• Rosa ScienceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organization with logo displayed on homepage, indicating collaborative relationship in ocean science space.
• The Data PatchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organization with logo displayed on homepage, indicating collaborative relationship in ocean data space.
• UN Ocean DecadecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorked with UN Ocean Decade's Data Committee to understand data capacity needs for Ocean Decade Projects and Actions, contributing analyses and helping write and edit the Decade Data & Information Strategy.
• MultipliercoreOthersIntertidal Agency operates as a fiscally sponsored project of Multiplier, a 501(c)3 charitable organization. Multiplier provides administrative and fiduciary services.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Ocean Conservancy: Ocean Conservancy is a large, established ocean conservation nonprofit. They work on ocean sustainability broadly and represent a potential enterprise customer or partner for Intertidal's data stewardship services.
• Conservation International: Conservation International is a large environmental nonprofit with significant ocean and data initiatives. They represent a potential customer, partner, or broader-ocean-context incumbent for Intertidal's data governance services.

Emerging players

• Global Fishing Watch: Global Fishing Watch is an ocean data platform using satellite technology to track fishing activity. While more technology-focused, they share Intertidal's mission of open ocean data for sustainability and operate in a similar target market.
• Earth Genome: Earth Genome is a nonprofit working on environmental data governance for nature outcomes. They share Intertidal's mission of unlocking environmental data for impact, with overlapping open-data and stewardship frameworks.
• Data.org: Data.org is a data-for-impact organization focused on capacity building and data equity. They share Intertidal's mission of unlocking data for broader impact, though at a much larger scale with broader social focus.
• Allen Coral Atlas: Allen Coral Atlas is a coral reef monitoring platform combining satellite and field data. They work in ocean data for conservation, intersecting with Intertidal's ocean stewardship mission and target audience.

Direct peers

• Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative (RWSC): RWSC is a key client and partner of Intertidal. Intertidal helped RWSC build common data practices, metadata standards, and Data Management Plan templates — a directly comparable wildlife/conservation data stewardship engagement.
• Rosa Science: Rosa Science is listed as a partner organization on Intertidal's homepage. Both operate in the ocean science space with mission-driven, nonprofit approaches to data and community building.
• The Data Patch: The Data Patch is a partner organization of Intertidal. Both organizations focus on data community and capacity building for environmental and ocean domains, with overlapping target audiences and similar service models.
• Openscapes: Openscapes is an open data science organization helping research teams work more effectively with data. Their founder Julia Stewart Lowndes is an advisor to Intertidal, and both share a people-centered, open-science approach to data stewardship for scientific communities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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