Ohio · Nonprofit
International Field Studies Inc
International Field Studies Inc (Ohio) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,681 to it, the largest being LOUISE B COCHRANE CHARITABLE FOUNDA ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $992k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $19k
- Net assets
- $207k
What International Field Studies Inc does
Mission
The organizations Mission on most significant activities: To provide opportunities for students to learn about their enviroment, in all disciplines, through direct field study experience; to provide the structure for developing intensive field study programs with competent leadership; and to cooperate with the schools, colleges, and universities so that students may receive academic credit for field study.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
IFS promotes science education and research at our Forfar Field Station located on Andros Island in the Bahamas. IFS runs year-round programs for high school and college students to experience hands-on, outdoor, environmental education, as well as helping to facilitate research by trained scientists. Activities include diving, snorkeling, sailing, kayaking, cultural experiences, evening science lectures, and daily educational field trips on land and by sea.
$926,435 spent$971,337 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $926,435.
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 2023 to 2024, from $608k to $485k (−20%).
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.
2% of International Field Studies Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Michael England
Executive Director
Board chair
John Hedge
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $5k → $10k.
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 International Field Studies 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
International Field Studies Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 93% · 2021 54% · 2022 72% · 2023 96% — growing more concentrated.
“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
International Field Studies Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1k 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
International Field Studies Inc's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,468 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding International Field Studies Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $550 on record.
- Purch.Food,Lodging Agcy Direct$550
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 International Field 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% 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 International Field 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 International Field Studies Inc?
- International Field Studies Inc (Ohio) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,681 to it, the largest being LOUISE B COCHRANE CHARITABLE FOUNDA ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does International Field Studies Inc have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $18,681 in grants to International Field Studies Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of International Field Studies Inc?
- LOUISE B COCHRANE CHARITABLE FOUNDA is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like International Field Studies Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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