Florida · Nonprofit
GLOBAL UNDERWATER EXPLORERS INC
GLOBAL UNDERWATER EXPLORERS INC (Florida) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,015 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($16,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $913k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $17k
- Net assets
- $537k
What Global Underwater Explorers Inc does
Mission
Global underwater explorers is building global communities of passionate divers, empowered by high-quality training and organized to support wide-ranging diving activities. These communities contain and partner with dedicated explorers, conservationists and scientific researchers to conduct a diversity of aquatic initiatives around the world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
See schedule oglobal underwater explorers, inc (gue) expanded diver training programs new e-learning module, and releasing new course materials, including new versions of both our cave manual and fundamentals book. A new decompression software program was finally released after more than five years in development. Efforts to translate the website and existing course materials also continued, as well as a focused effort in video content creation for both the youtube channel and gue.tv, in order to reach more people. A conservation pledge was released, committing to more ardent efforts to support the environment and reduce our footprint. To this end, digital certifications were made available, the quarterly journal was re-launched as an online publication rather than print, a donation was made to an organization for seagrass growth to offset the carbon from shipping products, and a global cleanup weekend was organized and promoted. In an effort to support and promote our world-wide communities, the fourth annual gue community day took place, as well the publication of a project report that highlights projects from gue divers around the world. Since our inception, we have issued more…
$615,709 spentof which $1,765 as grants$861,528 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $615,709.
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 2020 to 2021, from $281k to $428k (+52%).
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: 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of GLOBAL UNDERWATER EXPLORERS INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (79% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Corey Jablonski
Exec dir/treas/sec
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $184 → $261.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 GLOBAL UNDERWATER EXPLORERS 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
GLOBAL UNDERWATER EXPLORERS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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
100% 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 GLOBAL UNDERWATER EXPLORERS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 GLOBAL UNDERWATER EXPLORERS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17k 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.
Against its field
GLOBAL UNDERWATER EXPLORERS INC's revenue fell 15% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 793 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding GLOBAL UNDERWATER EXPLORERS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $955 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $955
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 GLOBAL UNDERWATER EXPLORERS 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
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GLOBAL UNDERWATER EXPLORERS INC?
- GLOBAL UNDERWATER EXPLORERS INC (Florida) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,015 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($16,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GLOBAL UNDERWATER EXPLORERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $17,015 in grants to GLOBAL UNDERWATER EXPLORERS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GLOBAL UNDERWATER EXPLORERS INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $16,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GLOBAL UNDERWATER EXPLORERS 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 2 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