North Carolina · Nonprofit
KAREN BEASLEY SEA TURTLE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER
KAREN BEASLEY SEA TURTLE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER (North Carolina) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $565,694 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND AQUARIUMS INC ($180,864). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $566k
- Net assets
- $7.8M
What Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center does
Mission
Sea turtle rescue & rehabilitation
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Rescued and provided medical and other care for sea turtles suffering from injury and/or other illness with the goal of releasing them into their natural habitat; informed and edcuated the public regarding the plight of sea turtles and the threat of their extinction; provided an experiential learning site for students of biology, wildlife conservation, and veterinary medicine from around the world.
$1,061,599 spentof which $25,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,061,599.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2022 to 2023, from $6.3M to $7.1M (+13%).
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.
66% of KAREN BEASLEY SEA TURTLE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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
Kathryn Zagzebski
Executive director
Board chair
Karen Sota
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $12k → $93k.
8 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% 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 KAREN BEASLEY SEA TURTLE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER’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
KAREN BEASLEY SEA TURTLE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
82% 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 KAREN BEASLEY SEA TURTLE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 97% · 2019 95% · 2020 85% · 2021 42% · 2022 62% · 2023 27% — 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.
How long its funders stay
25% of KAREN BEASLEY SEA TURTLE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
KAREN BEASLEY SEA TURTLE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $276k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
KAREN BEASLEY SEA TURTLE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like KAREN BEASLEY SEA TURTLE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KAREN BEASLEY SEA TURTLE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER?
- KAREN BEASLEY SEA TURTLE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER (North Carolina) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $565,694 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND AQUARIUMS INC ($180,864). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KAREN BEASLEY SEA TURTLE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $565,694 in grants to KAREN BEASLEY SEA TURTLE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KAREN BEASLEY SEA TURTLE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER?
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND AQUARIUMS INC is the largest funder on record, with $180,864 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KAREN BEASLEY SEA TURTLE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 28 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