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IMAGINARIUM GROUP INC

IMAGINARIUM GROUP INC (Florida) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $372,375 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($222,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$1.5M
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$372k
Net assets
$153k
3/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What Imaginarium Group Inc does

Mission

Using the lense of history and science to understand and explore the rich culture and habitat of southwest florida.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Through education programs, and gift shop sales, imag promotes the understanding of the world through historical perspective and scientific understanding. Program revenues and fundraising provide resources to provide these services. Education program expenses provide tools and resources for hands-on experiences, engaging programs to school and community groups. Museum store expenses provide relevant and related retail products for guests to take with them and continus their imag experience.

    $1,358,093 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,358,093.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.5M) Expenses 100 ($1.4M) Net assets 100 ($156k)2018 Revenue 107 ($1.6M) Expenses 105 ($1.5M) Net assets 144 ($225k)2019 Revenue 117 ($1.7M) Expenses 115 ($1.6M) Net assets 228 ($354k)2020 Revenue 97 ($1.4M) Expenses 95 ($1.3M) Net assets 319 ($496k)2021 Revenue 115 ($1.7M) Expenses 108 ($1.5M) Net assets 376 ($585k)2022 Revenue 111 ($1.6M) Expenses 133 ($1.9M) Net assets 217 ($338k)2023 Revenue 107 ($1.6M) Expenses 113 ($1.6M) Net assets 192 ($298k)2024 Revenue 104 ($1.5M) Expenses 117 ($1.7M) Net assets 98 ($153k)
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Revenue (104)Expenses (117)Net assets (98)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 2021 to 2022, from $844k to $621k (−26%).

$336k
$392k
$533k
$729k
$844k
$621k
$621k
$513k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 55% · 2018 51% · 2019 42% · 2020 47% · 2021 47% · 2022 32% · 2023 7% · 2024 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

25% of IMAGINARIUM GROUP INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,377 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$45k
’17
$69k
’18
$88k
’19
$76k
’20
$153k
’21
−$248k
’22
−$39k
’23
−$146k
’24
0.6
months of
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.

Board chair

Colton Ferry

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1719181817171716
Joined·+6+0+1+5+2+4+1
No longer listed·4116242
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $15k → $22k.

2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% 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 IMAGINARIUM GROUP 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

IMAGINARIUM GROUP INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

86% 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 IMAGINARIUM GROUP INC.

60%
largest funder
93%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 55% · 2020 39% · 2021 100% · 2022 87% · 2023 77% — 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.

Where its funders are

86% of IMAGINARIUM GROUP 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. Of the $52k that is directly attributable, 50% of it comes from funders outside Florida, across 2 states.

MO
FL

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

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $321k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

IMAGINARIUM GROUP INC receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $372k to it.

Operating margin−10% · below the median
Months of reserve0.6mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding IMAGINARIUM GROUP INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $624 on record.

State$624
20
24
Top programs
  • REFUNDS - GENERAL $624

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 5%Fundraising 13%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

85%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

FL

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Fever · corp_trust
  • Tundra Air · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds IMAGINARIUM GROUP INC?
IMAGINARIUM GROUP INC (Florida) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $372,375 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($222,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does IMAGINARIUM GROUP INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $372,375 in grants to IMAGINARIUM GROUP INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of IMAGINARIUM GROUP INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $222,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like IMAGINARIUM GROUP 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 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