Georgia · Nonprofit
Center for Sustainable Coast
Center for Sustainable Coast (Georgia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $475,294 to it, the largest being MALCOLM FRASER FOUNDATION ($315,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $95k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $475k
- Net assets
- $113k
What Center for Sustainable Coast does
Mission
Advocating responsible decisions that sustain the environment and qaulity of life in coastal Georgia. This includes supporting the enforcement of environmental regulations, conservation of natural resources, improved efficiency and accountability of economic activities and addressing the causes and impacts of climate change.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Filed Complaints related to several different alleged violations of state and federal laws adversly affecting the natural resources and public interest of coastal Georgia. Legal fees covered preparation, filing, and courtroom presentation of our cases defending Georgia's sandsharing system under the Shore Protection Act Georgia and the Clean Water Act Federal. Two other Cases entailed the protection of Cumberland Island National Seashore in compliance with the Seashore Act of 1972
Promoted reduction of greenhouse gases that are the cause of climate change disruption that result in rising sea-level and increased flooding that threatens coastal Georgia. Hosted several public events that raised awareness about these issues and strengthened support for appropriate action by local, state, and federal government. Drafted and coordinated support for a resolution for action in support of implementing 100 clean energy in the City of Savannah, Georgia by 2035. Participated in collaborative meetings and co-hosted several public events on these issues
Communicated with public agencies in commenting on proposed permits for various projects affecting coastal Georgia natural resources. Prepared numerous letters to editors for publication in local and regional newspapers to raise public awareness about important issues affecting the region's quality of life and sustainability of development.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $83k to $113k (+36%).
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.
100% of Center for Sustainable Coast’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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
Alan Bailey
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $46k → $18k.
4 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 Center for Sustainable Coast’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
Center for Sustainable Coast leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2018 77% · 2019 64% · 2020 85% · 2021 79% · 2022 85% · 2023 56% — 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
33% of Center for Sustainable Coast's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
Center for Sustainable Coast draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $60k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
Center for Sustainable Coast runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,152 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,152 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like Center for Sustainable Coast
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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
94%
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 Center for Sustainable Coast: 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 Center for Sustainable Coast?
- Center for Sustainable Coast (Georgia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $475,294 to it, the largest being MALCOLM FRASER FOUNDATION ($315,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Center for Sustainable Coast have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $475,294 in grants to Center for Sustainable Coast, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Center for Sustainable Coast?
- MALCOLM FRASER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $315,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Center for Sustainable Coast find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 13 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