Florida · Nonprofit
COASTAL PLAINS INSTITUTE INC
COASTAL PLAINS INSTITUTE INC (Florida) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $195,208 to it, the largest being FELBURN FOUNDATION ($161,150). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $77k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $195k
- Net assets
- $216k
What Coastal Plains Institute Inc does
Mission
preservation of biotic diversity; education and research
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Preserve biodiversity of the coastal plain of SE US by disseminating knowledge and understanding of the natural history ecology and environment through education and scientific studies uplands class education programs and biodiversity tours; preservation of native species.
$121,523 spentof which $74,827 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $121,523.
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.
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 $298k to $218k (−27%).
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: 2017 16% · 2018 29% · 2019 47%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $17k → $41k.
2 of 5 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 COASTAL PLAINS INSTITUTE 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
COASTAL PLAINS INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 82% · 2022 78% · 2023 62% — 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.
Where its funders are
COASTAL PLAINS INSTITUTE INC draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Government funding COASTAL PLAINS INSTITUTE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $132k on record — $50k federal, $82k state.
- Department of the Interior$50k
- FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE - GENERAL $62k
- RESEARCH SERVICES - GENERAL $20k
- FEES-GENERAL-FOR SERVICE $150
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like COASTAL PLAINS INSTITUTE INC
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.
Public support
100%
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 COASTAL PLAINS INSTITUTE 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 COASTAL PLAINS INSTITUTE INC?
- COASTAL PLAINS INSTITUTE INC (Florida) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $195,208 to it, the largest being FELBURN FOUNDATION ($161,150). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COASTAL PLAINS INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $195,208 in grants to COASTAL PLAINS INSTITUTE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COASTAL PLAINS INSTITUTE INC?
- FELBURN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $161,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COASTAL PLAINS INSTITUTE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 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