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East Coast Zoological Society of Florida Inc at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Public charity

East Coast Zoological Society of Florida Inc

We share our joy of nature to help wildlife and people thrive.

$64k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Animals$180kEnvironment$81kEducation$13k
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $15,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $63,600 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $48,600 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$70M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAVE THE MANATEE$15,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 63% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NORTHERN JAGUAR PROJECT: $8k → 15%CONSERVATION FUSION: $7k → 6%OCEANS FORWARD: $7k → 8%OCEANIC SOCIETY: $6k → 8%MARINE MEGAFAUNA FOUNDATION: $11k → 11%INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION: $12k → 11%FLORIDA WILDLIFE HOSPITAL: $10k → 10%SAVE THE MANATEE: $15k → 13%FLORIDA KEYS WILDLIFE SOCIETY: $6k → 13%OKAPI CONSERVATION PROJECT: $6k → 14%PAN AFRICAN SANCTUARY ALLIANCE: $9k → 12%GIRAFFE CONSERVATION FOUNATION -USA: $6k → 17%SNOW LEOPARD TRUST: $7k → 9%AFRICAN PEOPL AND WILDLIFE: $9k → 5%ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS: $10k → 8%GORILLA REHAB & CONSERVATION CENTER: $6k → 7%FLORIDA WILDLIFE HOSPITAL: $9k → 10%SAVE THE MANATEE CLUB: $7k → 13%PAN AFRICAN SANCTUARY ALLIANCE: $6k → 12%ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS: $10k → 8%FLORIDA WILDLIFE HOSPITAL: $8k → 10%ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS: $10k → 8%BATS: $7k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
OR
OH
NJ
CA
NE
VA
MD
AZ
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $25k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 1 region. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

South America$25k · 100% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: CONSERVATION

How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

34%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$94k · 4 repeat orgs$179k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +106% since the first grant, against +87% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
16

Total granted

$94k
$179k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+106%
+87%

Still filing today

100%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’21’23’24
AnimalsEnvironmentInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AA
    AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND AQUARIUMS INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $30k · revenue +83%
  • FW
    FLORIDA WILDLIFE HOSPITAL & SANCTUARY INC
    3× · 2017–2021 · $27k · revenue +153%
  • PA
    PAN AFRICAN SANCTUARY ALLIANCE INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $15k · revenue +106%

Funded once

  • WF
    WOMEN FOR CONSERVATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $61k · revenue -16% · 25% of their budget
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
    one grant, 2021 · $13k
  • TI
    THE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $12k · revenue +6%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
African Wildlife Foundation Inc

Awf's mission is to ensure wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern africa. we work to equip african governments, institutions, business, and communities with the tools, insights, and support they need to define, own, and realize a…

Animals
2
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
3
Mozparks Initiative Inc

Mozparks initiativ, inc has been established to address and defeat the onslaught on elephant, rhino, and other species of wildlife and the habitat of wildlife in mozambique. mozparks partners with non-governmental organizations, local…

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4
Zoo Outreach Organisation

Wildlife conservation, research and education.

Environment
5
International Primate Protection League

Protecting the world's remaining primates by monitoring and exposing illegal trade, supporting a worldwide network of overseas sanctuaries and ngo's, publicising the plight of abused primates, and operating a sanctuary for resued gibbons.

Animals
6
Wilderness Conservation Foundation
Environment
7
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
8
Wildlife Impact

Protect wildlife and ecosystems through research, evidence-based evaluation, capacity development and advocacy.

Animals
9
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
10
Wildlife Alliance Inc

Wildlife alliance is the leader in direct protection of forests and wildlife in tropical asia. our mission is to combat deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and poverty by partnering with local communities and governments.…

Animals
11
Panthera Corporation

Panthera's mission is the conservation of the world's 40 wild cat species, many of which are endangered or threatened. panthera develops, implements and oversees wild cat conservation strategies on a global scale.

Animals
12
Akashinga Inc

Deliver ecological stability and long-term protection of large-scale wilderness by supporting and empowering local communities.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The International Rhino Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Oceans Forward. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 20 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND AQUARIUMS INC: $30,000 · AnimalsAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND AQUARIUMS INCFLORIDA WILDLIFE HOSPITAL & SANCTUARY INC: $26,768 · AnimalsFLORIDA WILDLIFE HOSPITAL & SANCTUARY INCSAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INC: $22,000 · AnimalsSAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INCPAN AFRICAN SANCTUARY ALLIANCE INC: $15,298 · AnimalsPAN AFRICAN SANCTUARY ALLIANCE INCTHE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION: $12,000 · AnimalsTHE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATIONNORTHERN JAGUAR PROJECT: $7,770 · AnimalsNORTHERN JAGUAR PROJECTINTERNATIONAL SNOW LEOPARD TRUST: $7,140 · AnimalsOCEANS FORWARD: $6,525 · AnimalsWildlife Conservation Global Inc: $6,435 · AnimalsGORILLA REHABILITATION CONSERVATION EDUCATION (GRACE) CENTER INC: $6,075 · AnimalsWOMEN FOR CONSERVATION: $61,250 · EnvironmentWOMEN FOR CONSERVATIONCONSERVATION FUSION INC: $6,790 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION FUSION INCUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA: $12,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF FLORI…AFRICAN PEOPL AND WILDLIFE: $9,000 · OtherAFRICAN PEOPL AND W…ARCAS WILDLFE ANIMAL PROTECTION: $8,010 · OtherARCAS WILDLFE ANIMA…BATS: $6,625 · OtherBATSOceanic Society Expeditions: $6,300 · OtherOceanic Society Exp…FLORIDA KEYS WILDLIFE SOCIETY: $5,625 · OtherFLORIDA KEYS WILDLI…MARINE MEGAFAUNA FOUNDATION: $11,250 · InternationalGIRAFFE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION USA: $6,090 · International
Animals$140,011Environment$68,040Other$48,060International$17,340

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWOMEN FOR CONSERVATION: $61,250 over 2y, 25% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND AQUARIUMS INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA WILDLIFE HOSPITAL & SANCTUARY INC: $26,768 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetSAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INC: $22,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPAN AFRICAN SANCTUARY ALLIANCE INC: $15,298 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMARINE MEGAFAUNA FOUNDATION: $11,250 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetNORTHERN JAGUAR PROJECT: $7,770 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SNOW LEOPARD TRUST: $7,140 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOCEANS FORWARD: $6,525 over 1y, 11% of budgetWildlife Conservation Global Inc: $6,435 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOceanic Society Expeditions: $6,300 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGIRAFFE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION USA: $6,090 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGORILLA REHABILITATION CONSERVATION EDUCATION (GRACE) CENTER INC: $6,075 over 1y, 0.8% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Columbus Zoological P…Zoological Society of…Utah Zoological Socie…Dallas Zoo Management…Jacksonville Zoologic…Detroit Zoological So…Commonwealth Zoologic…Nashville Zoo IncHouston Zoo IncGordon E and Betty I …Gs Donor Advised Phil…Network for Good
Columbus Zoological Park AssociationOH20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbus Zoological Park Association · Zoological Society of San Diego · Utah Zoological Society · Dallas Zoo Management Inc · Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc · Detroit Zoological Society · Commonwealth Zoological Corporation D/B/A Zoo New England · Nashville Zoo Inc · Houston Zoo Inc · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Network for Good

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization East Coast Zoological Society of Florida Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from East Coast Zoological Society of Florida Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 68%
  • Pan African Sanctuary Alliance Inc: 68% of income from government
  • Giraffe Conservation Foundation Usa: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 20 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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