Build with us.
Fathom Restoration is the only nonprofit in Utah positioned to recover submerged vehicles, vessels, and debris from our waterways. Agencies, grantmakers, and corporate partners who care about water quality can move this from blueprint to operational in months — not years.
Founding-phase partners write the playbook. Everyone after follows it.
The window is open. Multiple forces have converged at once — the Great Salt Lake emergency, $53M+ in active GSL restoration funding, resource-constrained law enforcement dive teams actively seeking partners, and zero competitors with the equipment, legal structure, or mandate to do what Fathom Restoration does. Partners who step in now shape what underwater vehicle recovery looks like in Utah for the next decade.
Six tracks. One mission.
Each partnership type matches a specific operational need. We meet you where you are.
Foundations and grantmakers funding water quality, habitat restoration, conservation, or veteran-led nonprofit initiatives. Our pipeline already targets DEQ 319(h), GSL Watershed Trust, NFWF America the Beautiful, Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART, and EPA programs.
Utah DEQ, EPA Region 8, Bureau of Reclamation, FFSL, and the Division of Water Resources. Our work supports their mandates without duplicating capacity — we extract, they regulate and monitor.
County sheriffs, the Utah Department of Wildlife Resources, and law enforcement dive teams. We fill the gap they cannot — long-cycle debris cleanup that falls outside rescue and evidence recovery missions.
Aligned companies who want their name on the work. Vessel sponsorship, equipment sponsorship, recovery-season sponsorship — each tier comes with documented impact reporting and named recognition.
An existing 501(c)(3) organization willing to provide fiscal sponsorship during our IRS determination window allows donors immediate tax-deductibility and unlocks grants that require established tax-exempt status.
Recovery vessels, dive equipment, trucks, trailers, ROV systems, hydraulic lift gear, HazMat containment, fuel, insurance, certifications. If you have it or can source it at cost, we can put it to work fast.
A serious operation acting like one.
Partnership with Fathom Restoration isn't a logo placement. It's a documented, audited, mission-aligned working relationship with measurable outcomes.
Quarterly impact reports tracking recoveries, debris extracted, water quality metrics, and budget against plan. Available for your board, grant committee, or CSR team.
Logo placement on vessels, equipment, annual reports, press releases, and the launch event for every recovery you fund. Founding-phase partners are permanently credited.
Site visits to active recoveries. Direct communication with the dive officer and operations lead. Quarterly partner briefings on capacity, pipeline, and outcomes.
Public budget. Detailed expense reporting per operation. Annual Form 990 once filed. Conflict-of-interest, whistleblower, and document retention policies on file from day one.
Press coordination, social media co-promotion, and joint storytelling on every operation that closes. Your team is in the loop before the public is.
Veteran-founded. Single-mission. No mission drift. No competing programs. We do underwater vehicle recovery in Utah waterways — full stop.
From first conversation to active partner.
Email or use the partnership inquiry form below. Tell us who you are, what you do, and what you're imagining. No commitment.
30 minutes with Jake Seawolf (CEO). We walk through operations, financials, capacity, and what a partnership could actually look like in your case.
You receive our governance documents, budget, and any other diligence materials you need. Grant or sponsorship paperwork drafted to your specs.
Signed agreement. Initial deliverables scheduled. Reporting cadence locked in. Press coordination on the partnership announcement if you want it.
Tell us what you're imagining.
The fastest path is a direct email to our CEO. Include your organization, a sentence on what you're imagining, and a good time for a 30-minute call.
A founding partnership only happens once.
The first partners shape what this organization becomes. If your work touches Utah's waterways — or you want it to — let's talk.