Mississippi · Nonprofit
INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MAMMAL STUDIES INC
INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MAMMAL STUDIES INC (Mississippi) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $276,420 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($262,850). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.9M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $276k
- Net assets
- $16M
What Institute for Marine Mammal Studies Inc does
Mission
Education, research, conservation, and public display of marine animals and their environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Education, conservation, and research in a marine environment relative to the study of marine animals. Provides studies to the federal and state governments and public and private institutions related to marine animals, habitats, coastal eco systems, potenetial impact to humans, relief for stranded dolphins and sea turtles. Provides training & education for university level students, assists with university research programs. Provides educational experiences to the general public.
$3,702,975 spent$1,517,170 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,702,975.
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 2017 to 2018, from $24M to $21M (−11%).
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: 2017 93% · 2018 48% · 2019 21% · 2020 28% · 2021 19% · 2022 26% · 2023 24% · 2024 41% · 2025 56%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
60% of INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MAMMAL STUDIES INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 9 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
Dr Mobashir Moby A Solangi
President and CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $263k → $87.
2 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 INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MAMMAL STUDIES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 4 of 5 funders by total. 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
INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MAMMAL STUDIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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 INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MAMMAL STUDIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 91% · 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
INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MAMMAL STUDIES INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Mississippi, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13k 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
INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MAMMAL STUDIES INC's revenue fell 63% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 210 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MAMMAL STUDIES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.0M on record.
- Department of Commerce$3.0M
- Environmental Protection Agency$25k
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 INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MAMMAL STUDIES 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 Mississippi
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MAMMAL STUDIES 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 INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MAMMAL STUDIES INC?
- INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MAMMAL STUDIES INC (Mississippi) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $276,420 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($262,850). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MAMMAL STUDIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $276,420 in grants to INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MAMMAL STUDIES INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MAMMAL STUDIES INC?
- NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $262,850 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MAMMAL STUDIES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Mississippi. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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