Florida · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME
INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME (Florida) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,109,307 to it, the largest being BILL KENT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($455,375). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What International Swimming Hall of Fame does
Mission
To collaborate with aquatic organizations worldwide to preserve, educate and celebrate the history of aquatic sports while promoting every child a swimmer.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Every child a swimmer program (ecas) purpose is to provide financial support so children can learn to swim. Funds are sent directly to swim schools performing the swim lessons to families needing financial assistance.
$1,023,196 spentof which $896,443 as grants79% of program spendingInternational Swimming Hall of Fame (ishof) 'hall of fame' purpose is to induct worthy and notable individuals into its hall of fame, in order to build recognition and support for the aquatics industry.
$110,209 spent9% of program spendingIshof's museum purpose is to attract visitors to observe the historic aquatics collection which helps promote the field of aquatics and to build patrons interested in supporting aquatics athletes (currently closed due to construction).
$159,875 spent$40,016 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,293,280.
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 2018 to 2019, from $763k to $12M (+1510%).
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 11% · 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% 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.
Board chair
William Kent
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $63k → $76k.
7 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 SWIMMING HALL OF FAME’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 20 of 21 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
INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
52% 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 INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 48% · 2019 78% · 2020 75% · 2021 56% · 2022 27% · 2023 66% — 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.
How long its funders stay
38% of INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
59% of INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $325k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME
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 Florida
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
54%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Every Child a Swimmer LLC · disregarded
- Ishof Peninsula LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME: 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 SWIMMING HALL OF FAME?
- INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME (Florida) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,109,307 to it, the largest being BILL KENT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($455,375). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $1,109,307 in grants to INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME?
- BILL KENT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $455,375 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME 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.
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 21 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