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GULF SEAFOOD INSTITUTE INC

GULF SEAFOOD INSTITUTE INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $311,614 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($311,614). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2020
$86k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$312k
Net assets
$9k
1/1 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Gulf Seafood Institute Inc does

Mission

Gsi has advocated at federal level for preserving access to gulf of mexico fisheries for all americans. This benefits the entire seafood supply chain and consumers broadly.gsi has worked alongside the fishing community, enviornmental organizations, restaurants and others to preserve sustainable management of important gulf fisheries.gsi has maintained and built a robust gulf seafood newroom to communicate important topics with the community.

As stated on its FY2020 Form 990-EZ.

Program

Gsi has advocated at federal level for preserving access to gulf of mexico fisheries for all americans. This benefits the entire seafood supply chain and consumers broadly.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($214k) Expenses 100 ($224k) Net assets 100 ($2k)2019 Revenue 7 ($16k) Expenses 7 ($17k) Net assets 62 ($1k)2020 Revenue 40 ($86k) Expenses 35 ($79k) Net assets 493 ($9k)
201820192020
Revenue (40)Expenses (35)Net assets (493)Peer revenue range

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 $1k to $9k (+697%).

$2k
$1k
$9k
201820192020
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of GULF SEAFOOD INSTITUTE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (77% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 10,230 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

−$10k
’18
−$657
’19
$7k
’20
0.1
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $226k → $86k.

Funder
'19
'21
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of GULF SEAFOOD 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.

Where its funders are

GULF SEAFOOD INSTITUTE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 1 state in all.

DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’21
Louisiana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

GULF SEAFOOD INSTITUTE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 8,213 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin9% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−37% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,213 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2020

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

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Questions and answers

Who funds GULF SEAFOOD INSTITUTE INC?
GULF SEAFOOD INSTITUTE INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $311,614 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($311,614). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GULF SEAFOOD INSTITUTE INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $311,614 in grants to GULF SEAFOOD INSTITUTE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GULF SEAFOOD INSTITUTE INC?
NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $311,614 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GULF SEAFOOD INSTITUTE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 FY2020 (financials across 2018–2020), and the filings of 1 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