Florida · Nonprofit
Friends of the Island Parks Inc
Friends of the Island Parks Inc (Florida) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $325,531 to it, the largest being FRANCIS AND GERTRUDE LEVETT FOUNDATION ($315,153). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $104k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $326k
- Net assets
- $158k
What Friends of the Island Parks Inc does
Mission
Friends of the Island Parks, Inc., as provided in its bylaws, is to act as a Florida Citizen Support Organization in order to generate additional resources and support for and in the best interest of Honeymoon Island and Caladesi Island state parks, through fundraising, educational, and outreach programs. In 2022 Friends membership was about 650.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Friends of the Island Parks Inc continued to support the Florida Park Service mission to provide resource based recreation while preserving, interrpreting and restoring natural and cultural resources by developing and promoting educational tours, ecological displays and learning activities at the Honeymoon Island Rotary Centennial Nature Center RCNC on Honeymoon Island for all visitors to enjoy. The RCNC is open 365 days a year. During 2024 Honeymoon Island Park was closed from September 20, 2024 through the end of the year due to Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton damage. In 2024 the Nature Center served approximately 26,000 visitors. The Friends contributed a cash grant of 10,794 to fund a Ranger position at the RCNC and 840 for RCNC WiFi access.
$11,634 spentof which $11,634 as grants21% of program spendingThe Friends of the Island Parks Friends continued to assist the parks in their mission by fund-raising for the Park. The Friends purchased Club Golf Cart 15,382, John Deere Gator vehicle 13,476, reparied Nature Center stairs 1,720, smal tools for the shop 730, turtle protection wood and fencing 777, reimbursed a staff menber conference fee 1,441, Park employee appreciation event 607, and miscellaneous items 92.
$34,225 spentof which $34,225 as grants62% of program spendingThe Friends of the Island Parks Inc paid 9,000 for displays for the Caladesi Discovery Center.
$9,000 spentof which $9,000 as grants16% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $54,859.
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 2019 to 2020, from $1.6M to $328k (−80%).
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: 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
36% of Friends of the Island Parks Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $59k → $208.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 Friends of the Island Parks 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
Friends of the Island Parks Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2020 100% · 2021 83% · 2022 81% · 2023 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 Friends of the Island Parks 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. $785 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
Friends of the Island Parks Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Friends of the Island Parks 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
63% 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 Friends of the Island Parks 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 Friends of the Island Parks Inc?
- Friends of the Island Parks Inc (Florida) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $325,531 to it, the largest being FRANCIS AND GERTRUDE LEVETT FOUNDATION ($315,153). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Friends of the Island Parks Inc have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $325,531 in grants to Friends of the Island Parks Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Friends of the Island Parks Inc?
- FRANCIS AND GERTRUDE LEVETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $315,153 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Friends of the Island Parks 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.
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