Florida · Nonprofit
LEMON BAY CONSERVANCY INC
LEMON BAY CONSERVANCY INC (Florida) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $963,342 to it, the largest being THE DALE & PATSY HOSMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($663,884). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $366k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $963k
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Lemon Bay Conservancy Inc does
Mission
Lemon bay conservancy works to protect the wildlife and habitats of lemon bay, gasparilla sound, and their watersheds through land preservation and restoration, water quality initiatives, environmental education, and advocacy for sustainable conservation policies.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Purchase of land in rotonda meadows for owl habitat.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Lemon creek wildflower preserve is an 80 acre preserve purchased in 2010. Over the next 11 years, the property was restored from an 18 hole executive golf course to a variety of upland habitats and fresh and salt water ponds that feed into lemon creek. The preserve is open to lbc members daily and to the public for regularly scheduled tours and events. In 2025, there were approximately 60 volunteers that participated in land management activities at the preserve. In addition to land management the volunteers assist with monthly water quality testing, weekly bird surveys, plant survival surveys, tarpon net pulls, guided nature walks and the annual open house event.
$31,264 spentof which $1,000 as grants76% of program spendingLemon baywatch is lemon bay conservancy's water quality program. It includes several initiatives-eyes on seagrass, water quality testing, guided kayak tours, native clam reserach and restoration and vertical oyster gardens. There are approximately 50 volunteers that help to make these initiatives successful throughout the year. Eyes on seagrass is a monitoring event that occurs twice per year at several sites. This information is provided to local and state partners in a large effort to track the status of local seagrass beds. Vertical oyster gardens has become a very popular method of reaching out to private landowners for many organizations. Oyster shells are recycled from local restaurants, cleaned, drilled and hung on a rope that can be tied underneath a dock. It is a great outreach tool and an opportunity for individuals to help rebuild the oyster population and filter the water.
$4,461 spent11% of program spendingLbc developed a burrowing owl initiatives in 2024 to assist with mapping and monitoring a colony of owls in our service area. We currently have 20 volunteers assisitng with this program throughout the year. The volunteers are assisting with marking burrows, land management practices, outreach and land acquisition. Lbc currently owns 7 lots in this development and will continue to purchase more as funding and sales become available. Additional piorities inclue the 40+ currently active burrows and their adjacent lots. Partnerships for this project include peace river audubon society, florida fish and wildlife commission, and neighborhood land conservancy.
$2,078 spent$130,170 earned by the program5% of program spendingLbc participates in many methods for outreach and education. Our social media presence continues to grow throught facebook and instagram and website interactions have also been growing. Volunteers assist with writing and distributing an annual newsletter and with outreach events. Our newsletter is mailed to our 500+ members and donors. We host a free monthly coastal conservation speaker series from december through march and bring in professionals to present on important local conservation issues. These events are typically a full house at around 50-60 attendees each month. We also host tables at events for earth day, englewood beach waterfest and many other locally sponsored events with our partners. These events provide outreach to 1,000 or more community members annually.
$3,440 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $41,243.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $2.2M to $1.8M (−17%).
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: 2018 42% · 2020 15% · 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $107k → $50k.
8 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 LEMON BAY CONSERVANCY 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
LEMON BAY CONSERVANCY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 84%; 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: 2017 76% · 2018 67% · 2019 99% · 2020 85% · 2021 72% · 2022 61% · 2023 81% — 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
71% of LEMON BAY CONSERVANCY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
85% of LEMON BAY CONSERVANCY INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $180k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.
Organizations like LEMON BAY CONSERVANCY INC
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In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
42% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 LEMON BAY CONSERVANCY INC?
- LEMON BAY CONSERVANCY INC (Florida) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $963,342 to it, the largest being THE DALE & PATSY HOSMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($663,884). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LEMON BAY CONSERVANCY INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $963,342 in grants to LEMON BAY CONSERVANCY INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEMON BAY CONSERVANCY INC?
- THE DALE & PATSY HOSMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $663,884 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEMON BAY CONSERVANCY 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 18 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing