Tennessee · Nonprofit
GULF AND CARIBBEAN FISHERIES INSTITUTE
GULF AND CARIBBEAN FISHERIES INSTITUTE (Tennessee) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $479,032 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($274,619). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $874k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $479k
- Net assets
- $209k
What Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute does
Mission
Dissemination of scientific research and technical assistance to support management of living marine resources in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean region
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Conducted annual symposium of fisheries research in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean region to approximately 300 attendees
$110,045 spentof which $4,000 as grants$115,130 earned by the program14% of program spendingAdministered small grants funds and training projects to support marine resource management and conservation projects in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean region
$678,425 spentof which $71,024 as grants$753,048 earned by the program86% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $788,470.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $596k to $332k (−44%).
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: 2020 75% · 2021 94% · 2022 90% · 2023 72% · 2024 89% · 2025 72%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of GULF AND CARIBBEAN FISHERIES INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
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.
Chief executive
Robert Glazer
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $81k → $64k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 GULF AND CARIBBEAN FISHERIES INSTITUTE’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
GULF AND CARIBBEAN FISHERIES INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 GULF AND CARIBBEAN FISHERIES INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 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
GULF AND CARIBBEAN FISHERIES INSTITUTE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $23k 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
GULF AND CARIBBEAN FISHERIES INSTITUTE's revenue grew 46% between 2020 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding GULF AND CARIBBEAN FISHERIES INSTITUTE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.6M on record.
- Department of Commerce$3.6M
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 GULF AND CARIBBEAN FISHERIES INSTITUTE
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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% 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 GULF AND CARIBBEAN FISHERIES INSTITUTE: 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 GULF AND CARIBBEAN FISHERIES INSTITUTE?
- GULF AND CARIBBEAN FISHERIES INSTITUTE (Tennessee) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $479,032 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($274,619). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GULF AND CARIBBEAN FISHERIES INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $479,032 in grants to GULF AND CARIBBEAN FISHERIES INSTITUTE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GULF AND CARIBBEAN FISHERIES INSTITUTE?
- NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $274,619 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GULF AND CARIBBEAN FISHERIES INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), 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