Florida · Nonprofit
BIMINI BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION FOUNDATION INC
BIMINI BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $375,539 to it, the largest being ROCK THE OCEAN FOUNDATION ($115,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $687k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $376k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation Inc does
Mission
To advance knowledge of marine animals, especially the heavily impacted sharks and rays; to educate future scientists at the undergraduate and graduate levels; to disseminate our research results to advance the field of marine science; and to promote marine conservation through improved public awareness.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
This year the organization worked tirelessly on the core missions of education, research, and conservation for marine species. The field station hosted approximately 120 students from 10 institutions for weeklong marine science field courses. Additional weeklong programs included the early career workshop which supported scholarships for 13 marine scientists, and educator workshops which supported scholarships for 28 teachers. The research efforts produced valuable scientific outputs. This past year our team contributed to 6 scientific manuscripts that are in stages of review or publication, and 5 scientific presentations. Our data are supporting 10 student led research projects and several other large-scale collaborations. Our conservation efforts engaged with the public to improve overall education regarding marine conservation. We interacted with more than 2,500 people at public events, had 700 guests at the field station, and presented to 2,900 people through digital platforms.
$744,664 spent$340,559 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $744,664.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.9M to $2.1M (+12%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
44% of BIMINI BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (79% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Dr Matthew Smukall
President, CEO, director
Board chair
Kevin Feldheim
Chairperson, secretary
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $108k → $74k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 BIMINI BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION FOUNDATION INC’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
BIMINI BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
40% 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 BIMINI BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 95% · 2021 85% · 2022 67% · 2023 59% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
25% of BIMINI BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
BIMINI BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $36k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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
BIMINI BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 453 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 453 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BIMINI BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION FOUNDATION INC
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In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BIMINI BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION FOUNDATION INC: 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 BIMINI BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION FOUNDATION INC?
- BIMINI BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $375,539 to it, the largest being ROCK THE OCEAN FOUNDATION ($115,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BIMINI BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $375,539 in grants to BIMINI BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION FOUNDATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIMINI BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION FOUNDATION INC?
- ROCK THE OCEAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $115,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIMINI BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 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