Florida · Public charity
Surfing's Evolution & Preservation Foundation Inc
Preservation of surfing, and its history, as a sport and recreational activity. Preservation of the beaches and their environment.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 46
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 42
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $13,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $120,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 42
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $24M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations Surfing's Evolution & Preservation Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $449k 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 | 46 | $1.0M | 20% |
| FY2024 | 42 | $2.0M | 60% |
| FY2023 | 36 | $735k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $290k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $216k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $97k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Coast Zoological Society of Florida Inc | $1,105,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Florida State Parks Foundation Inc | $349,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Florida Beach Patrol Chiefs Associa | $343,968 | 4 | n/a |
| SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc | $250,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Drown Zero International Inc | $201,000 | 2 | 87% |
| Clearwater Marine Aquarium Inc | $197,927 | 6 | 1% |
| Keep Florida Beautiful Inc | $167,025 | 4 | 32% |
| Byrne Ocean Conservation | $119,749 | 3 | n/a |
| Guy Harvey Ocean Fund Inc | $115,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Rotary International | $110,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 65 grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($120k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Surfing's Evolution & Preservation Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 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.
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How this is measured
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About Surfing's Evolution & Preservation Foundation Inc
- How much does Surfing's Evolution & Preservation Foundation Inc give?
- Surfing's Evolution & Preservation Foundation Inc reported 46 itemized grants totaling $1,011,581, out of $1,223,641 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 42 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Surfing's Evolution & Preservation Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (28%), Environment (27%), Recreation & Sports (26%).
- Who are Surfing's Evolution & Preservation Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: East Coast Zoological Society of Florida Inc ($1.1M), Florida State Parks Foundation Inc ($349k), Florida Beach Patrol Chiefs Associa ($344k).
- Does Surfing's Evolution & Preservation Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Surfing's Evolution & Preservation Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Keep America Beautiful Inc, Community Foundation for Brevard Inc, Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund.
- Where is Surfing's Evolution & Preservation Foundation Inc based?
- Surfing's Evolution & Preservation Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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