Florida · Nonprofit
CHELONIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPOR
CHELONIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPOR (Florida) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $193,372 to it, the largest being ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTERINC ($142,122). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $42k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $193k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Chelonian Research Institute Corpor does
Mission
The purpose of the organization is to undertake research upon turtles and tortoises (chelonians), to promulgate existing information about chelonians to the public and to foster conservation through the world.the purpose of the organization is to undertake research upon turtles and tortoises (chelonians), to promulgate existing information about chelonians to the public and to foster conservation through the world.the purpose of the organization is to undertake research upon turtles and tortoises (chelonians), to promulgate existing information about chelonians to the public and to foster conservation through the world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Maintaining a reference collection of preserved specimens that shall seek to include all living taxa of turtles and tortoises, and that shall accumulated by salvage rather than by sacrifice of living animals.maintaining a reference collection of preserved specimens that shall seek to include all living taxa of turtles and tortoises, and that shall accumulated by salvage rather than by sacrifice of living animals.maintaining a reference collection of preserved specimens that shall seek to include all living taxa of turtles and tortoises, and that shall accumulated by salvage rather than by sacrifice of living animals.
$12,500 spent50% of program spendingOperation a specialized research and information center that will constitute an invaluable resource by biologist, paleontologists, other scientists and researchers, students, young people and the general public.operation a specialized research and information center that will constitute an invaluable resource by biologist, paleontologists, other scientists and researchers, students, young people and the general public.operation a specialized research and information center that will constitute an invaluable resource by biologist, paleontologists, other scientists and researchers, students, young people and the general public.
$6,250 spent25% of program spendingDemostrating the cultural and artistic as well as the scientific, ecological and material value of turtles and tortoises by means of on site displays as well as outreach programs.demostrating the cultural and artistic as well as the scientific, ecological and material value of turtles and tortoises by means of on site displays as well as outreach programs.demostrating the cultural and artistic as well as the scientific, ecological and material value of turtles and tortoises by means of on site displays as well as outreach programs.
$2,500 spent10% of program spendingWriting, editing, and publishing scientific contributions in the field of cheloniology, as well as popular and general works intended for the general public.writing, editing, and publishing scientific contributions in the field of cheloniology, as well as popular and general works intended for the general public.writing, editing, and publishing scientific contributions in the field of cheloniology, as well as popular and general works intended for the general public.
$3,750 spent15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $25,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $1.3M to $1.2M (−6%).
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.
0% of CHELONIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPOR’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (89% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 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.
Board chair
Robert W Truland
Director and chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $16k → $10.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 CHELONIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPOR’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
CHELONIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPOR leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% 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
89% 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 CHELONIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPOR.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 88% · 2019 63% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
100% of CHELONIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPOR's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k 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
CHELONIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPOR holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 479 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 479 science & tech nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like CHELONIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPOR
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
20% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 CHELONIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPOR: 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 CHELONIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPOR?
- CHELONIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPOR (Florida) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $193,372 to it, the largest being ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTERINC ($142,122). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHELONIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPOR have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $193,372 in grants to CHELONIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPOR, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHELONIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPOR?
- ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTERINC is the largest funder on record, with $142,122 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHELONIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPOR 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 4 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