Florida · Nonprofit
Sea to Shore Alliance
Sea to Shore Alliance (Florida) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $521,450 to it, the largest being COLUMBUS ZOOLOGICAL PARK ASSOCIATION ($129,500). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $140k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $521k
- Net assets
- $-4967247
What Sea to Shore Alliance does
Mission
Research, education and conservation work to improve the health & productivity of coastal envirmonments for endangered species & human livlihoods that depend on them.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Right Whale Conservation - The right whale conservation program through education, public engagement, and monitoring reproduction and population numbers, aims to reduce risks and understand the factors contributing to the species decline. Our projects include extensive aerial surveys over the only known calving area in the Atlantic Ocean, producing and disseminating educational materials, scientific input and sponsoring an annual Right Whale Festival that attracts the public to learn about the plight of these whales while having an enjoyable family experience.The 2022/2023 North Atlantic right whale (NARW) aerial surveys were flown from November 15th to April 15th to collect data on this highly endangered species and reduce incidences of ship collisions. Our survey coverage area ranges from Georgia to Virginia, totaling over 4,500 nautical miles off the southeastern U.S. All teams had a total of 93 NARW sightings this season: 17 in North Carolina, 11 in South Carolina, and 65 in Georgia. Of the 93 sightings, 50 were mother/calf pairs (some were repeat sightings of the same whales). A total of 11 calves were recorded.
Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation Partnership (MRP): The CMARI team continues to track animals for the Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation Partnership (MRP), which exists to rescue sick and injured manatees, rehabilitate, and release them back into the wild. Our current role in this consortium is to assist with verification of manatees in need of rescue, assist with the rescues and transport, and provide contracted service to monitor their movements through satellite telemetry with regular direct observations of manatees released into the wild.In February 2023, CMARI tagged 18 manatees for MRP upon their release at three different locations: TECO in Apollo Beach, Crystal River, and Blue Springs State Park.
Belize - In 1997, Dr. James "Buddy" Powell and several colleagues founded the Belize Manatee Conservation Project. Belize has the highest known density of Antillean manatees, a subspecies of the West Indian manatee, in the world. Unfortunately, because of rapidly increasing coastal development, human-related manatee deaths are rising quickly, mainly in the form of boat strikes. In several key manatee habitats, our team educates tour-boat operators through boater safety workshops, posts boat speed restriction signs, conducts patrols with law enforcement authorities, and implements public outreach at schools. Lastly, our scientists conduct an annual satellite-tracking effort to collect research on the Antillean manatee, which is currently the longest longitudinal study of this species outside of Florida. Data from this project is provided to the government of Belize to further protection measures for the West Indian manatee and halt any unsustainable development projects that may endanger critical habitat.-In 2023, the Belize team installed 10 signs urging boaters to slow down in key manatee habitat in Belize. -Two marine conservation summer camps were held for children in high…
Cuba, Education, Festivals, Marine Debris Project, Manatee Monitoring, Manatee Research and Conservation, NESTS, Photo ID, Protect Florida Springs Education, Sea Turtle Lighting, and Tagging Supplies.
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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 2022 to 2023, from $176k to $43k (−75%).
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: 2017 2% · 2018 2% · 2022 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 6 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
John Draheim
Director - Chair
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 11 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $139k → $146.
4 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 Sea to Shore Alliance’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
Sea to Shore Alliance has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
81% 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 Sea to Shore Alliance.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 18% · 2018 32% · 2019 30% · 2020 26% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
28% of Sea to Shore Alliance's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
Sea to Shore Alliance draws 71% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $68k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 Sea to Shore Alliance receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $17k on record.
- Department of Commerce$17k
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 Sea to Shore Alliance
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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
- Clearwater Marine Aquarium · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Sea to Shore Alliance: 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 Sea to Shore Alliance?
- Sea to Shore Alliance (Florida) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $521,450 to it, the largest being COLUMBUS ZOOLOGICAL PARK ASSOCIATION ($129,500). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Sea to Shore Alliance have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $521,450 in grants to Sea to Shore Alliance, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Sea to Shore Alliance?
- COLUMBUS ZOOLOGICAL PARK ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $129,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Sea to Shore Alliance 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 18 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