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Mote Marine Laboratory Inc

The advancement of marine and environmental sciences through scientific research, education and public outreach, leading new discoveries, revitalization and sustainability of our oceans and greater public understanding of our marine resources.

$703k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$35k
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.

Environment$565kEducation$29kArts & Culture$5k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $110,770, the rows itemized in this filing. The $703,290 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $592,520 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.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $106k
$28,580
Median grant
1
States reached
$239M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ECKERD COLLEGE$35,150
ISLAMORADA CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION EDUCATION$29,349
BREVARD ZOOEAST COAST ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$28,580
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA$12,594
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$5,097
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 (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $7k → 10%ECKERD COLLEGE: $35k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA: $13k → 13%ISLAMORADA CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION EDUCATION: $29k → 13%NOVA UNIVERSITY: $11k → 13%JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY: $9k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI: $51k → 15%FLORIDA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY: $9k → 16%FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY: $15k → 19%BREVARD ZOOEAST COAST ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $29k → 10%ECKERD COLLEGE: $15k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA: $6k → 13%ISLAMORADA CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION EDUCATION: $22k → 13%NOVA UNIVERSITY: $9k → 13%JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY: $6k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI: $37k → 15%FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE: $7k → 16%FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY: $15k → 19%ECKERD COLLEGE: $13k → 12%ISLAMORADA CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION EDUCATION: $7k → 13%NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $6k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA: $16k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI: $36k → 15%ECKERD COLLEGE: $12k → 12%ISLAMORADA CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION EDUCATION: $7k → 13%NOVA UNIVERSITY: $6k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA: $14k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI: $13k → 15%ECKERD COLLEGE: $7k → 12%ISLAMORADA CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION EDUCATION: $7k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA: $13k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI: $5k → 15%ECKERD COLLEGE: $6k → 12%REEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $6k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA: $8k → 14%PHILLIP & PATRICIA FROST MUSEUM: $5k → 15%SCUBANAUTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $21k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA: $8k → 14%SCUBANAUTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $14k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA: $8k → 14%SCUBANAUTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $7k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA: $7k → 14%US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: $7k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA: $7k → 14%US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: $7k → 12%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.
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$663k · 14 repeat orgs$46k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
3

Total granted

$663k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+13%

Still filing today

64%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentAnimalsOther
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

  • UO
    University of Miami
    5× · 2017–2025 · $142k · revenue +96%
  • EC
    Eckerd College
    6× · 2017–2025 · $88k · revenue +30%
  • IC
    ICARE CORPORATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $73k · revenue +257%

Funded once

  • FI
    FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $7k · revenue +12%
  • RE
    REEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue +214%
  • PA
    PHILLIP AND PATRICIA FROST MUSEUM OF SCIENCE INC
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +13%
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
The Coral Reef and Marine Science Foundation Inc C/O James Bildner
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2
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
3
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
4
University of Miami
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5
Texas State Aquarium Association

The texas state aquarium's mission is engaging people with animals, inspiring appreciation for our seas, and supporting wildlife conservation. its vision is to be a global leader in fostering support for the conservation of the gulf of…

Animals
6
Schmidt Ocean Institute
Science & Tech
7
Mote Marine Laboratory Inc

The advancement of marine and environmental sciences through scientific research, education and public outreach, leading new discoveries, revitalization and sustainability of our oceans and greater public understanding of our marine…

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8
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
9
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
10
Seattle University

Seattle University is dedicated to educating the whole person, to professional formation, and to empowering leaders for a just and humane world.

—
11
Lynn University Inc

Founded in 1962 and located in boca raton, florida, lynn university is an independent, coeducational institution accredited by the southern association of colleges and schools commission on colleges (sacscoc). (continued in sch o)the…

Education
12
The Florida Aquarium Inc

The florida aquarium's mission focuses on our shared purpose of a commitment to save marine wildlife, with a vision to be florida's leading conservation-based aquarium. (continued on schedule o)

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Florida Institute of Technology Inc; the most unlike its peers is Reef Relief Inc. 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

13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 18 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
13/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Miami: $142,195 · EducationUniversity of MiamiEckerd College: $87,964 · EducationEckerd CollegeNova Southeastern University Inc: $32,135 · EducationNova Southeastern University IncFLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE: $16,616 · EducationFLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGEJacksonville University: $14,695 · Education+1 more: $6,665 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA: $79,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDAFLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY: $29,514 · OtherFLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYUS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: $28,918 · OtherUS GEOLOGICAL SURVEYUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA: $18,754 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDAFL Fish & Wildlife Conservation: $14,981 · OtherFL Fish & Wildlife Conserva…ICARE CORPORATION: $73,476 · EnvironmentICARE CORPORATIONReef Relief Inc: $36,900 · EnvironmentReef Relief IncSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $45,205 · Arts & CulturePHILLIP AND PATRICIA FROST MUSEUM OF SCIENCE INC: $4,774 · Arts & CultureScubanauts International Inc: $42,235 · Youth DevelopmentEAST COAST ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF FLORIDA INC: $28,580 · AnimalsREEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5,525 · Recreation & Sports
Education$300,270Other$171,667Environment$110,376Arts & Culture$49,979Youth Development$42,235Animals$28,580Recreation & Sports$5,525

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Miami: $142,195 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEckerd College: $87,964 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetICARE CORPORATION: $73,476 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $45,205 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetScubanauts International Inc: $42,235 over 3y, 13% of budgetReef Relief Inc: $36,900 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetNova Southeastern University Inc: $32,135 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE: $16,616 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJacksonville University: $14,695 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $6,665 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5,525 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPHILLIP AND PATRICIA FROST MUSEUM OF SCIENCE INC: $4,774 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC7.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Mote Marine Laboratory Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mote Marine Laboratory Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Florida Institute of Technology Inc: 5% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Jacksonville University: 3% of income from government
  • Nova Southeastern University Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Eckerd College: 0% of income from government
  • Florida Southern College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 18 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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