Florida · Nonprofit
PANAMA CITY BEACH CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU
PANAMA CITY BEACH CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU (Florida) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $549,856 to it, the largest being FLORIDA SPORTS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ($299,856). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $23M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $550k
- Net assets
- $6.6M
What Panama City Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau does
Mission
Provide destination sales and promotional services, develop special events, and work to enhance the image of panama city beach and its attractions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Conduct a comprehensive marketing program which enhances the image of panama city beach and attracts maximum number of visitors to the pcb tourist tax district. Manage, staff and restock with collateral materials all officially designated visitor centers operated on behalf of the bay county tdc and the pcbcvb.
$19,948,516 earned by the programAttracting sports tourism tournaments and other events, the operation of the publix sports park supports, and is a function of, the Panama City Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau destination marketing efforts.
$2,525,156 earned by the programProvide professional special event management and support staff to produce special events that will attract additional visitors during shoulder and off-peak seasons.
$302,851 earned by the programProvide professional sales management and support staff to seek out and distribute group tour and conference sales leads to panama city beach lodging facilities within the special taxing district.
$22,656,443 spent$18,850 earned by the program100% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $22,656,443.
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 2022 to 2023, from $7.3M to $9.1M (+26%).
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.
0% of PANAMA CITY BEACH CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Clair Pease
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $250k → $62k.
From the IRS filings of PANAMA CITY BEACH CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU’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
PANAMA CITY BEACH CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 PANAMA CITY BEACH CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 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
100% of PANAMA CITY BEACH CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
PANAMA CITY BEACH CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU's revenue grew 57% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 328 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like PANAMA CITY BEACH CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU
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
100% 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 PANAMA CITY BEACH CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU: 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 PANAMA CITY BEACH CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU?
- PANAMA CITY BEACH CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU (Florida) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $549,856 to it, the largest being FLORIDA SPORTS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ($299,856). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PANAMA CITY BEACH CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $549,856 in grants to PANAMA CITY BEACH CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PANAMA CITY BEACH CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU?
- FLORIDA SPORTS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED is the largest funder on record, with $299,856 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PANAMA CITY BEACH CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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