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The Everglades Foundation Inc

The mission of the foundation is to restore and protect america's everglades through its three programmatic pillars: science, advocacy and education.

$1.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$471k
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 2025.

Environment$9.7MAnimals$490kEducation$423kPublic Benefit$40k
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $1,790,848, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,887,670 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $96,822 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

  • $10k–50k9 grants · $251k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $804k
  • $250k+2 grants · $736k
$50,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$69M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE EVERGLADES TRUST$471,000
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC$265,000
EVERGLADES LAW CENTER$200,000
TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY$165,235
NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION$150,000
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION$95,000
SANIBEL CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION$85,000
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$58,768
THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP$50,000
FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY$45,000
GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND SERVICE FOUNDATION INC$30,000
CORNELL UNIVERSITY$30,000
TRUSTEE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$30,000
FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$28,250
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY$25,000
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 (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP: $50k → 14%Florida Oceanographic Society: $120k → 10%CONSERVANCY OF SW FLORIDA: $80k → 10%EVERGLADES LAW CENTER: $230k → 11%THE SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $120k → 12%THE EVERGLADES TRUST: $471k → 19%NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $95k → 6%EVERGLADES LAW CENTER: $140k → 11%THE SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $120k → 12%TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY: $165k → 15%THE EVERGLADES TRUST: $436k → 19%NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $80k → 6%CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER: $123k → 11%Everglades Law Center: $130k → 11%TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY: $140k → 15%FLORIDA WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $95k → 19%EVERGLADES LAW CENTER: $130k → 11%Tropical Audubon Society: $125k → 15%FLORIDA WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $70k → 19%EVERGLADES LAW CENTER: $100k → 11%TROPICAL AUDOBON SOCIETY: $60k → 15%SANIBEL CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $85k → 11%EVERGLADES LAW CENTER: $100k → 11%TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY: $60k → 15%NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $80k → 11%TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY: $56k → 15%SANIBEL CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $80k → 11%NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $150k → 14%SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $70k → 11%NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $145k → 14%SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $70k → 11%AUDUBON FLORIDA: $383k → 15%NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $185k → 14%National Wildlife Federation: $60k → 11%NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $175k → 14%NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOC: $175k → 14%AUDUBON FLORIDA: $400k → 15%NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVTION ASSOCIATION: $145k → 14%AUDUBON FLORIDA: $375k → 15%National Parks Concervation Association: $145k → 14%AUDUBON FLORIDA: $368k → 15%NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $145k → 14%AUDUBON OF FLORIDA: $260k → 15%Audubon of Florida: $260k → 15%NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $265k → 15%NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $260k → 15%EVERGLADES LAW CENTER: $200k → 15%EVERGLADES LAW CENTER: $133k → 15%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

NY
PA
CA
VA
NC
SC
DC
GA
FL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10M · 24 repeat orgs$525k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
12

Total granted

$10M
$394k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+26%

Still filing today

83%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $131k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentEducationAnimalsScience & TechArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • FA
    FLORIDA AUDUBON SOCIETY INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $1.7M · revenue +689% · 99% of their budget
  • NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +51%
  • EL
    EVERGLADES LAW CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +68% · 61% of their budget

Funded once

  • TA
    TROPICAL AUDOBON SOCIETY
    one grant, 2023 · $60k
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +26%
  • FP
    FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $40k · revenue -38%
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
Florida Conservation Group Inc

Mission is to seek protection of land and water resources through restoration and conservation; and conducting education and outreach on the ecological and economic importance of natural lands. we protect land from development and protect…

Environment
2
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
3
The Everglades Foundation Inc

The mission of the foundation is to restore and protect america's everglades through its three programmatic pillars: science, advocacy and education. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
4
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
5
Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Inc

Frost science inspires and connects people of all ages and backgrounds to enjoy science and technology, and to better understand ourselves and our world.

Arts & Culture
6
The Coral Reef and Marine Science Foundation Inc C/O James Bildner
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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
Archbold Expeditions Inc

Archbold expeditions, inc.'s mission is to build and share the scientific knowledge needed to protect the life, lands, and waters of the heart of florida and beyond.

Unclassified
9
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc

In 2025, biscayne bay waterkeeper (d/b/a miami waterkeeper) built on our reputation by navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and continuing our unwavering commitment to safeguarding our precious waterways and finding local…

Environment
10
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
11
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
12
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The University of Florida Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Coastal Carolina University Research Foundation. 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

31 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. 31 of the 42 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
20/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FLORIDA AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $1,662,500 · EnvironmentFLORIDA AUDUBON SOCIETY INCNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $1,265,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATIONEVERGLADES LAW CENTER INC: $1,162,650 · EnvironmentEVERGLADES LAW CENTER INCNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $908,134 · EnvironmentNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INCTROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $625,915 · EnvironmentTROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INCSANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $460,111 · EnvironmentSANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATIONCAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC: $250,500 · Environment+1 more: $25,000 · EnvironmentTHE EVERGLADES TRUST INC: $907,000 · OtherTHE EVERGLADES TRUST INCFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: $357,534 · OtherFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UN…SIERRA CLUB: $240,000 · OtherSIERRA CLUBFLORIDA BAY FOREVER INC: $183,000 · OtherFLORIDA BAY FOREVER INCTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $180,000 · OtherTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTH…UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA: $80,000 · Other+10 more: $318,010 · Other+10 moreNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $621,981 · AnimalsNATIONAL WIL…THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC: $330,000 · AnimalsTHEODORE ROO…Florida Wildlife Federation: $165,000 · AnimalsFlorida Wild…+1 more: $22,500 · AnimalsFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $218,344 · EducationFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $66,500 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $34,500 · EducationCornell University: $30,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $30,000 · EducationFLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $28,250 · EducationUniversity of Miami: $25,000 · EducationCOASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationFLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC: $305,000 · Science & TechGEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND SERVICE FOUNDATIONINC: $30,000 · Science & TechMUSEUM OF DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureSANIBEL CAPTIVA ISLANDS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $25,000 · Community ImprovementMISS FLORIDA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INC: $15,000 · Community Improvement
Environment$6,359,810Other$2,265,544Animals$1,139,481Education$457,594Science & Tech$335,000Arts & Culture$100,000Community Improvement$40,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFLORIDA AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $1,662,500 over 5y, 99% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $1,265,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetEVERGLADES LAW CENTER INC: $1,162,650 over 8y, 61% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $908,134 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES TRUST INC: $907,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetTROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $625,915 over 7y, 27% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $621,981 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $460,111 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetTHEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC: $330,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetFLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC: $305,000 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetCAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC: $250,500 over 5y, 9.5% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $240,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $218,344 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $180,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $66,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION INC: $40,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $34,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND SERVICE FOUNDATIONINC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $28,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANIBEL CAPTIVA ISLANDS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budget1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 90% of budgetBONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC: $22,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMISS FLORIDA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INC: $15,000 over 2y, 3.6% 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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: 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 The Everglades Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Everglades Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation: 4% of income from government
  • Museum of Discovery and Science Inc: 2% of income from government
  • International Game Fish Association Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Florida Oceanographic Society Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 42 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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