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Dedicated to Ocean Exploration, Protection and Security
The Philip Stephenson Foundation was founded in 2005 as a U.S. 501(c)(3) private non-profit charity. Motivated by its grantor's long engagement with and love of the sea, the Foundation provides funding for marine exploration, protection and security, with a primary focus on U.S. and Eastern Caribbean coastal regions.


Photo: Dr. Owen Day
Photo: Lana Shore
The Coral Gardeners of Petit St. Vincent
Divers surveying reefs in the Grenadines
Reef exploration party of OFS scientists and divers on Petit St. Vincent
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