Florida · Public charity
Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I
The FISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA Is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that seeks to protect our outstanding animals and plants and the lands and waters they need to survive. We work closely with the florida fish and wildlife conservation commission (fwc) and many other public and private partners. Since our founding in 1994, we…
- $11M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 58
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $138,904
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 41
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $106M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $326k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 35 | $1.5M | 40% |
| FY2024 | 30 | $1.3M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $1.0M | 38% |
| FY2022 | 41 | $1.4M | 63% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $899k | 41% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $969k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $741k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $1.0M | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL Fish & Wildlife Conservation | $5,660,601 | 9 | n/a |
| Howard T Odum Florida Springs Institute | $337,375 | 9 | 26% |
| Clearwater Marine Aquarium Inc | $199,823 | 4 | 0% |
| The Future of Hunting In Florida Inc | $160,369 | 8 | 32% |
| Florida Disabled Outdoors Association Inc | $129,000 | 6 | 12% |
| Alachua County Board of County Commissioners | $128,625 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Central Florida | $119,441 | 3 | n/a |
| 10 CAN Inc | $109,750 | 6 | 27% |
| Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Reef Renewal USA Inc | $68,000 | 2 | 4% |
Show all 76 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL Fish & Wildlife Conservation | $5,660,601 | 9 | n/a |
| Howard T Odum Florida Springs Institute | $337,375 | 9 | 26% |
| Clearwater Marine Aquarium Inc | $199,823 | 4 | 0% |
| The Future of Hunting In Florida Inc | $160,369 | 8 | 32% |
| Florida Disabled Outdoors Association Inc | $129,000 | 6 | 12% |
| Alachua County Board of County Commissioners | $128,625 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Central Florida | $119,441 | 3 | n/a |
| 10 CAN Inc | $109,750 | 6 | 27% |
| Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Reef Renewal USA Inc | $68,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Stetson University Inc | $67,557 | 2 | 0% |
| Wakulla Springs Alliance Inc | $66,812 | 2 | n/a |
| The Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington | $62,537 | 1 | 12% |
| National Audubon Society Inc | $58,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Removing the Barriers Initiative Inc | $53,895 | 5 | 20% |
| Alachua Conservation Trust Inc | $52,794 | 3 | 1% |
| The University of Florida Foundation Inc | $52,230 | 3 | 0% |
| Sea to Shore Alliance | $50,967 | 3 | 2% |
| Friends of the Wekiva River Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Florida State Parks Foundation Inc | $47,119 | 2 | 2% |
| Tri-State Christian Fellowship Inc | $46,632 | 4 | n/a |
| National Wild Turkey Federation Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Manatee County Community and Veteran Services Department | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Florida Springs Council Inc | $39,400 | 4 | 5% |
| Minorities in Shark Sciences Inc | $35,830 | 2 | 4% |
| American Disability Adventures Inc | $34,255 | 2 | n/a |
| National Wildlife Federation | $32,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida Hunters and Community Who Care | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Tampa Bay Watch Inc | $25,190 | 2 | 0% |
| Loggerhead Marinelife Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida Conservation Group | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Busch Wildlife Sanctuary Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Gray Fishtag Research Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Current Problems Inc | $24,400 | 3 | 17% |
| Aquifer Watch Inc | $23,716 | 1 | n/a |
| Ocean Rescue Alliance Inc | $23,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grace Church Melbourne Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Reef Environmental Education Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Girl Scouts of West Central Florida Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marine Order for Research & Action Through Environmental Stewardship | $17,744 | 1 | 22% |
| Trinity Special Sportsman Ministries Inc | $17,676 | 2 | n/a |
| Lift Disability Network Inc | $16,762 | 2 | 2% |
| Florida Bowhunters Association Inc | $16,265 | 2 | n/a |
| Jupiter Narrows Conservation Alliance Inc | $16,250 | 1 | 5% |
| United Waterfowlers-Florida Inc | $15,200 | 3 | 36% |
| Florida State University | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coastlove Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Healing Hometown Heroes | $14,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Shoot Straight Archery | $13,989 | 2 | n/a |
| Lake Aurora Christian Assembly Inc | $13,413 | 2 | n/a |
| Central Florida Council Boy Scouts of America Inc | $12,304 | 1 | 0% |
| Blackwater Fox Hunters Association | $11,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Black Women in Ecology Evolution and Marine Science Inc | $10,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Florida State Forests Inc | $10,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Icare Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Ladies Lets Go Fishing Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Volusia County | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bat Conservation International | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Deering Estate Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Calvary Chapel of Merritt Island In | $9,953 | 2 | n/a |
| Southeastern Dog Hunters Association | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ducks Unlimited Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Suwannee River Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America Inc | $7,155 | 1 | 1% |
| Southwest Florida Council Inc | $7,030 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida International University Foundation Inc | $6,360 | 1 | 0% |
| Loxahatchee River District | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blackwater Fox Hunters Association | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pasco County Board of County Commissioners | $5,788 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Blue Spring State Park | $5,500 | 1 | 8% |
| Drawn by Grace Inc | $5,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Seasons of Hope Outdoors Inc | $4,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Florida Frontiersmen Inc | $4,219 | 1 | 2% |
| Florida Sportsmens Conservation Association | $4,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Cloud Nine Outdoors | $3,050 | 1 | 8% |
| Universo Marino Corp | $2,000 | 1 | 10% |
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 45 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: National Marine Sanctuary Foundation · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Felburn Foundation · J Crayton Pruitt Foundation Inc · Manatee Community Foundation Inc · Christopher Reeve Foundation · Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · NRA Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I with peer funders
About Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I
- How much does Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I give?
- Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I reported 58 itemized grants totaling $1,493,400, out of $11,031,132 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 41 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (53%), Environment (32%), Recreation & Sports (8%).
- Who are Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: FL Fish & Wildlife Conservation ($5.7M), Howard T Odum Florida Springs Institute ($337k), Clearwater Marine Aquarium Inc ($200k).
- Does Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Duke Energy Foundation.
- Where is Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I based?
- Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I is based in FL.
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