Vermont · Nonprofit
PERRY INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCE
PERRY INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCE (Vermont) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,697,619 to it, the largest being Builders Vision Foundation ($1,503,260). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $3.7M
- Net assets
- $497k
What Perry Institute for Marine Science does
Mission
Our mission is to conduct and support innovative research, conservation and education that results in effective stewardship of our oceans.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Coral restoration: the program is aimed at restoring populations of critically endangered coral species in the wider carribean region and conducting research to advance the science of coral restoration. The institute is assessing coral reef health throughout the bahamas to identify key threats to coral reef health and to provide scientific support for the planning, management and evaluation of the efficacy of marine protected areas. This program also aims to build capacity for conducting coral reef health assessments by hosting training workshops and educating the general public through various media.
$1,404,756 spentof which $221,967 as grants$1,540,759 earned by the program60% of program spendingImproved fisheries management: the institute is conducting research aimed at improving the management of both traditional bahamian fisheries (nassau grouper, queen conch) and emerging fisheries such as parrotfish, and bioprospecting for natural products derived from sponges, sea fans and other organisms. This research is aimed at promoting sustainable harvests that preserve the viability of harvested stocks and promote ecosystem health. We are also engaging local communities to promote complaince with fisheries regulations and other best practices to minimize impacts of fishing to ecosystems.
$167,253 spent$167,253 earned by the program7% of program spendingMangrove restoration: mangrove restoration involves rehabilitating and reestablishing degraded or destroyed ecosystems. Our approach includes a range of techniques tailored to specific environmental conditions and biological interactions within mangrove ecosystems e.g. Planting and propagule dispersal, hydrological (blocked creek) restoration, and green infrastructure.
$441,360 spentof which $30,000 as grants$421,164 earned by the program19% of program spendingCommunity conservation education and action program provides, education, outreach and community engagement programs that compliment the institutes research programs. This program is aimed at developing conservation leaders and promoting conservation actions through targeted communications, training programs to build conservation capacity in the bahamas, and working directly with stakeholders like fishers and divers to promote positive practices that promote healthy marine ecosystems.
$341,070 spent$341,070 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,354,439.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.2M to $1.8M (+54%).
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: 2019 1% · 2020 8% · 2021 6% · 2022 3% · 2023 1%. 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
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 11 funders, grant income rose $5k → $965k.
7 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 PERRY INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCE’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
PERRY INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 28% · 2022 65% · 2023 53% — 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
55% of PERRY INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCE's funders are still giving 2 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
PERRY INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Vermont, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $441k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Government funding PERRY INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.4M on record.
- National Science Foundation$1.3M
- Department of Agriculture$65k
- Department of State$10k
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 PERRY INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCE
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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Bahamas Undersea Research Foundatio · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PERRY INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCE?
- PERRY INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCE (Vermont) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,697,619 to it, the largest being Builders Vision Foundation ($1,503,260). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PERRY INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCE have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $3,697,619 in grants to PERRY INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCE, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PERRY INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCE?
- Builders Vision Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,503,260 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PERRY INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 23 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