South Carolina · Nonprofit
AMERICAN SHORE & BEACH PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN SHORE & BEACH PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION (South Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $541,486 to it, the largest being SOUTHEAST COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING REGIONAL ASSOCIATION ($357,021). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $788k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $541k
- Net assets
- $483k
What American Shore & Beach Preservation Association does
Mission
The American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (the association) recognizes that the shores, beaches and other coastal resources of america provide important quality-of-life assets within the reach of the largest possible number of people in accordance with the ideals of a democratic nation. We pursue this mission by means of: protecting and improving healthy and diverse recreational opportunities. Managing, protecting and enhancing environmental resources. Encouraging responsible and sustainable economic development. Preserving aesthetic values. Reducing damage from natural hazards and human activities. Mitigating human impacts to natural processes.this association is dedicated to preserving, protecting and enhancing the beaches, shores and other coastal resources of america.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Program service contracts:the association has various program service contracts related to carrying out its mission to preserve, protect, and enhance our coasts by merging science and public policy. During 2024, the association was involved in programs that funded coastal research, produced a report on sediment management plans around the country, and established a real-time tidal monitoring system along the southeast u.s. Coast.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $248k to $403k (+63%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
23% of AMERICAN SHORE & BEACH PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $84k → $97k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN SHORE & BEACH PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN SHORE & BEACH PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
66% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICAN SHORE & BEACH PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
66% of AMERICAN SHORE & BEACH PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from South Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $465 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMERICAN SHORE & BEACH PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like AMERICAN SHORE & BEACH PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN SHORE & BEACH PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN SHORE & BEACH PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION?
- AMERICAN SHORE & BEACH PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION (South Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $541,486 to it, the largest being SOUTHEAST COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING REGIONAL ASSOCIATION ($357,021). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN SHORE & BEACH PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $541,486 in grants to AMERICAN SHORE & BEACH PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN SHORE & BEACH PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION?
- SOUTHEAST COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING REGIONAL ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $357,021 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN SHORE & BEACH PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing