Florida · Nonprofit
LIVINGSTON'S WAY INC
LIVINGSTON'S WAY INC (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $134,500 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR PALM BEACH AND MARTIN COUNTIES INC ($81,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $329k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $135k
- Net assets
- $3.1M
What Livingston's Way Inc does
Mission
None
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
See form 990, part iii, lines 4a, 4b, 4c and 4d for new programs undertaken for the fiscal year ended 11/30/2024.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The future wavemakers stem challenge and scholars program: during the fiscal year ended 11/30/2024, livingston's way launched its inaugural future wavemakers stem challenge. The future wavemakers stem challenge and scholars program is a premier stem conservation program for florida students ages 4-18, designed to spark creativity, problem-solving, and leadership in education and entrepreneurship. The challenge invited student-produced videos highlighting innovative wildlife and ocean conservation projects and innovations conceptualized by their students. Students researched key topics ranging from water quality, endangered species, plastic pollution and more. They interviewed expert scientists, marine biologists, teachers, and more to learn about these topics. The students then came up with solutions and inventions for these issues. Through our website: futurewavemakers.org program participants uploaded their videos. In 2023 and 2024, future wavemakers stem challenge engaged 98 schools across florida spanning from jacksonville to orlando to tampa to miami to the florida keys and palm beach county, drawing hundreds of video submissions from students passionate about ocean,…
$131,603 spentof which $35,194 as grants40% of program spendingCommunity initiatives and partnerships: during the fiscal year ended 11/30/2024, livingston's way partnered with the beach bucket foundation to turn routine shoreline cleanups into immersive conservation classrooms. More than 250 children, parents and teachers donned gloves and grabbed buckets provided by beach bucket to remove over 80 pounds of debris from florida's beaches. Turtle scientist andrea whittaker joined each cleanup, connecting volunteers' efforts to the real world impacts on sea turtles and marine ecosystems. By transforming trash collection into hands on lessons in wildlife protection, these events instilled a lasting sense of stewardship and empowered the next generation to see themselves as active ocean guardians.beyond the immediate environmental benefits, these cleanups instilled a lasting sense of responsibility and stewardship in the next generation. By providing young people with hands-on opportunities to engage in conservation work, the program empowered them to see themselves as active participants in protecting the ocean. The experience not only strengthened their understanding of conservation issues, but also fostered a community-driven commitment to…
$89,746 spentof which $25,500 as grants27% of program spendingFuture wavemakers educational kids programs: future wavemakers kids summit series educational programming at cox science center and aquarium in west palm beach: during fiscal year 20232024, future wavemakers launched its inaugural kids summit series to deepen its statewide impact with immersive, expert led stem outreach. In west palm beach, over 300 students and their families gathered at the cox science center & aquarium, where dr. Sylvia earle delivered a dynamic keynote inviting every child to join in protecting nature. Shark and turtle scientist carlee jackson and marine educator madison toonder demonstrated how anyone at any age can "dive in" to conservation through hands on activities and real world examples.in miami at the phillip and patricia frost museum of science in miami dade county, hundreds of children and parents explored interactive oceanography exhibits and heard inspiring talks from founder gabrielle raymond mcgee and dr. Earle. Frost science's your shores high school cohort-an initiative that removes financial and logistical barriers to empower underserved students through hands on coastal conservation projects also attended and met sylvia and gabrielle in an…
$55,395 spent17% of program spendingWavemakers community events & symposium: bridging education and conservation: during the fiscal year ended 11/30/2024, future wavemakers hosted its inaugural "champions of conservation symposium" at manatee lagoon, bringing together over 200 college students, educators and community leaders to advance our mission to ignite conservation minded stem leadership. Everglades filmmaker luca martinez opened with immersive storytelling; coral ecologist alannah vellacott and conservation scientist madison toonder shared breakthroughs in reef restoration and citizen science fieldwork; 4ocean foundation ceo jack lighton spotlighted sea turtle protection strategies; national geographic's film maker of path of the panther, tori linder framed youth as environmental advocates; and friends of the manatees' anne messer highlighted hands on rescue operations. Fau's ai research team capped the program with a virtual reality tour of florida's coastal habitats, transforming complex science into an inspiring, interactive experience that spurred attendees to think about the importance of restoration. Manatee lagoon underscored the strength of our collaboration by waiving venue fees, promoting the…
$50,367 spent15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $327,111.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $2.9M to $3.2M (+9%).
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.
58% of LIVINGSTON'S WAY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $15k → $5k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 LIVINGSTON'S WAY 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
LIVINGSTON'S WAY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
68% 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 LIVINGSTON'S WAY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 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
68% of LIVINGSTON'S WAY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $44k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Florida, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $91k 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
LIVINGSTON'S WAY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,127 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,127 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like LIVINGSTON'S WAY 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LIVINGSTON'S WAY 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 LIVINGSTON'S WAY INC?
- LIVINGSTON'S WAY INC (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $134,500 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR PALM BEACH AND MARTIN COUNTIES INC ($81,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LIVINGSTON'S WAY INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $134,500 in grants to LIVINGSTON'S WAY INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIVINGSTON'S WAY INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR PALM BEACH AND MARTIN COUNTIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $81,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIVINGSTON'S WAY 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 6 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