Florida · Nonprofit
FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC
FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC (Florida) receives grants from 107 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,148,152 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - MARTIN / ST LUCIE INC ($1,070,400). 68 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.0M
- Funders on record
- 107
- Grants received
- $7.1M
- Net assets
- $11M
What Florida Oceanographic Society Inc does
Mission
To inspire environmental stewardship of florida's coastal ecosystems through education, research and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Coastal center operations - florida oceanographic society's mission is to inspire environmental stewardship of florida's coastal ecosystems through education, research and advocacy, situated on 57-acres, the coastal center welcomes over 60,000 guests annually and is home to over 300 animals including 30+ species of fish, stingrays, nurse sharks, and sea turtles. The 26,000 square foot ocean ecocenter includes 4 educational interactive exhibit galleries, aquariums and an exploration lab classroom for daily and special education programs.
$1,195,846 spent$621,950 earned by the program41% of program spendingResearch & advocacy - research and advocacy programs conduct science to support restoration of local habitat in the st lucie estuary and indian river lagoon by establishing oyster reefs, seagrass meadows, and natural living shorelines.
$831,855 spent$18,240 earned by the program28% of program spendingEducational programs - educational programs includes coastal center programming, as well as school field trips, group visits, summer camps, and education outreach in the community.
$570,470 spent$80,201 earned by the program19% of program spendingOther - other programs to inspire environmental stewardship of florida's coastal ecosystems through education, scientific research, conservation and advocacy.
$352,060 spent12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,950,231.
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 $3.0M to $5.2M (+74%).
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 4% · 2018 4% · 2021 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
74% of FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (68% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
Mark Perry
Executive director / CEO
Board chair
Linda Houston
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 53 funders, grant income rose $127k → $852k.
15 of 107 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 107 funders by total. 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
FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 9 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 9 funders to its left
39% 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 FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 20% · 2019 21% · 2020 41% · 2021 20% · 2022 9% · 2023 12% — 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
57% of FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
51% of FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 234 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 234 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $11k on record.
- SUPPLIES - GENERAL $10k
- TRAINING SERVICES - GENERAL $240
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 FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 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.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 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 FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC?
- FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC (Florida) receives grants from 107 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,148,152 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - MARTIN / ST LUCIE INC ($1,070,400). 68 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 107 organizations giving $7,148,152 in grants to FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC, 68 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - MARTIN / ST LUCIE INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,070,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 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 107 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing