Florida · Nonprofit
OYSTER RIVER ECOLOGY INC
OYSTER RIVER ECOLOGY INC (Florida) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $272,612 to it, the largest being CHARLES & MARGERY BARANCIK FOUNDATION INC ($126,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $503k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $273k
- Net assets
- $499k
What Oyster River Ecology Inc does
Mission
Serving manatee, sarasota, hillsborough, & pinellas counties on florida's gulf coast, oyster river ecology's mission is to restore ecosystems and preserve ecological functions while increasing the understanding of the natural systems on which we all rely. Ore is a results-focused 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization of ecologists, restoration practitioners, and environmental educators. We are dedicated to the habitat restoration, stewardship, beautification, and understanding of the environment to benefit quality of life for humans and wildlife alike, both now and for generations to come.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Ore's oyster habitat restoration program is making large-scale oyster habitat restoration a reality in our area. In january 2024, ore received all necessary permits to begin oyster reef restoration on our first ten-acre area in the manatee river that will support large, healthy productive oysters. Our 10-acre restoration site is by far the largest oyster restoration project on the suncoast. Having achieved the major accomplishment of acquiring permits, we have started oyster restoration and are seeking funding to complete the initial 10 acres which will be accomplished by re-introducing hard substrates (aka cultch) to the seafloor/river bottom allowing larval oysters to attach and grow into a fully functioning oyster reef.
$201,792 spent79% of program spendingOre's watershed habitat restoration program encompasses ecological restoration of all other habitats outside of our oyster restoration program. With a deep knowledge of ecological restoration techniques and a project portfolio full of regionally significant restoration projects including robinson preserve, perico preserve, tom bennet park, ungarelli preserve and more, ore's executive director (and several of ore's board of directors) has the technical knowledge and real-world experience to design and implement successful restoration projects through the watershed. Ore's projects under this program to date have focused on as this program matures, we intend to implement large-scale upland restoration projects that include full scale groundcover restoration of highly diverse native ecosystems like pine flatwoods and scrub. We are also deeply experienced designing and implementing freshwater wetland restoration projects which will become a larger part of our project portfolio as we grow.
$31,624 spent$135,040 earned by the program12% of program spendingOre's environmental education program is intertwined with all our work. We operate under the premise that the best way to achieve broad and long-term environmental benefits is to engage with as many people as possible during all phases of ecological restoration projects through experiential learning and targeted education towards those who are less likely to develop an appreciation and relationship with the natural world around them. This is why all the work we do includes an elevated level of volunteer engagement and youth empowerment to make them direct stakeholders in the world around them and prove firsthand that they can be a positive force in restoring the natural world.
$22,231 spent9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $255,647.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $67k to $332k (+395%).
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: 2025 56% · 2026 40%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of OYSTER RIVER ECOLOGY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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
Damon Moore
Executive director
Board chair
Ryan Horstman
Chair
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 OYSTER RIVER ECOLOGY 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
OYSTER RIVER ECOLOGY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
41% 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 OYSTER RIVER ECOLOGY INC.
“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
100% of OYSTER RIVER ECOLOGY INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $46k 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
OYSTER RIVER ECOLOGY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 51 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 51 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Government funding OYSTER RIVER ECOLOGY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $30k on record.
- SUPPLIES - GENERAL $30k
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 OYSTER RIVER ECOLOGY 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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OYSTER RIVER ECOLOGY 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 OYSTER RIVER ECOLOGY INC?
- OYSTER RIVER ECOLOGY INC (Florida) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $272,612 to it, the largest being CHARLES & MARGERY BARANCIK FOUNDATION INC ($126,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OYSTER RIVER ECOLOGY INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $272,612 in grants to OYSTER RIVER ECOLOGY INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OYSTER RIVER ECOLOGY INC?
- CHARLES & MARGERY BARANCIK FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $126,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OYSTER RIVER ECOLOGY 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 FY2026 (financials across 2024–2026), and the filings of 8 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