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SARASOTA BAY WATCH INC

SARASOTA BAY WATCH INC (Florida) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $548,664 to it, the largest being GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($141,350). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$412k
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$549k
Net assets
$438k
9/15 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Sarasota Bay Watch Inc does

Mission

To preserve and restore sarasota bay's ecosystem through education and citizen participation.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Shellfish restoration - sarasota bay watch's shellfish restoration is a mutlifaceted collaboration effort. Over 250,000 clams were placed in the waters of manatee and sarasota county during this filings time frame with over 1,000,000 forthcoming. These natural filter feeders are utilized to clean water of harmful algae and excess nutrients, improve water clarity and seagrass growth, and promote abundant diverse fisheries.

    $69,881 spent$13,134 earned by the program
    59% of program spending
  2. Marine debris cleanups - each year trash and derelict fishing gear is retrieved from local waters that promote a health risk to humans, marine animals and coastal birds. By removing gear above and below the water, fishing gear that destroys marine habitat is removed.

    $14,640 spent
    12% of program spending
  3. Island cleanup - trash removal and vegetative restoration, coastal and shoal islands are cleaned utilizing volunteers within the community and school aged children. Students are provided with unique experiences on the water, many for the first time. Islands are cleaned of trash, invasive plants are identified and small plants are removed while the planting of native species that will attract pollinators and increase habitat value are planted.

    $33,990 spent
    29% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $118,511.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($67k) Expenses 100 ($37k) Net assets 100 ($82k)2020 Revenue 281 ($187k) Expenses 400 ($147k) Net assets 149 ($122k)2021 Revenue 103 ($69k) Expenses 202 ($75k) Net assets 141 ($116k)2022 Revenue 327 ($218k) Expenses 254 ($94k) Net assets 294 ($240k)2023 Revenue 214 ($143k) Expenses 363 ($134k) Net assets 305 ($249k)2024 Revenue 263 ($176k) Expenses 430 ($158k) Net assets 326 ($267k)2025 Revenue 144 ($96k) Expenses 376 ($139k) Net assets 274 ($224k)2026 Revenue 617 ($412k) Expenses 531 ($195k) Net assets 535 ($438k)
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Revenue (617)Expenses (531)Net assets (535)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2025 to 2026, from $224k to $439k (+96%).

$82k
$176k
$134k
$240k
$249k
$267k
$224k
$439k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

90% of SARASOTA BAY WATCH INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,639 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$30k
’19
$40k
’20
−$6k
’21
$125k
’22
$9k
’23
$17k
’24
−$43k
’25
$216k
’26
27
months of
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

Ronda Ryan

Executive director

As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.

20222023202420252026
Listed555512
Joined·+1+0+0+7
No longer listed·1000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income fell $107k → $60k.

4 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 SARASOTA BAY WATCH 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

SARASOTA BAY WATCH INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

44% 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 SARASOTA BAY WATCH INC.

26%
largest funder
61%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 33% · 2021 50% · 2022 32% · 2023 37% — 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

60% of SARASOTA BAY WATCH INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

87% of SARASOTA BAY WATCH INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.

OH
DE
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’21
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’23
Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $198k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SARASOTA BAY WATCH INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 88 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin53% · top quartile
Months of reserve26.5mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)30% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 88 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026

Organizations like SARASOTA BAY WATCH INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

61% of spending goes to programs.

Program 61%Management 39%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

69%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

FL

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Questions and answers

Who funds SARASOTA BAY WATCH INC?
SARASOTA BAY WATCH INC (Florida) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $548,664 to it, the largest being GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($141,350). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SARASOTA BAY WATCH INC have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $548,664 in grants to SARASOTA BAY WATCH INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SARASOTA BAY WATCH INC?
GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $141,350 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SARASOTA BAY WATCH 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 2019–2026), and the filings of 15 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