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SOUTHEASTERN ASSOC OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES INC
SOUTHEASTERN ASSOC OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,337,706 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($2,164,564). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Southeastern Assoc of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Inc does
Mission
The organization's mission is to provide a forum for state and territorial fish and wildlife agencies to share ideas and information, pool resources, and initiate actions to benefit the management and conservation of fish and wildlife resources in the southeast. To achieve these objectives, the organization sponsors fish, wildlife, law enforcement and public education programs and projects which benefit fish and wildlife resources in the southeast; reviews state and federal legislation and regulations affecting fish and wildlife resources and offers support or opposition to legislative proposals or federal regulations in accordance with the best interests of such resources; consults with and makes recommendations to the federal wildlife and public land agencies in order that federal management programs and programs involving federal aid to member states shall be so conducted as to being in the best interests of the resources of member states.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The organization supports the southeast aquatic resources partnership to help the states to learn about best practices and coordinate activities for fish and wildlife habitat and populations. The organization makes grants to local nonprofit organizations to do hands on work in protecting and restoring fish and wildlife habitat and populations. Additionally, the organization supports a native black bass initiative (nbbi) to coordinate efforts between state officials to protect entire watersheds for fish and wildlife habitats targeting native black basses. The organization also coordinates numerous local habitat protection efforts within the member states.
$770,267 spentof which $357,884 as grants43% of program spendingThe organization organizes and hosts the annual seafwa conference. The information and strategy sharing at this conference allows hundreds of wildlife and fish professionals to learn best practices related to managing fish and wildlife and their habitats. The majority of attendees are employees of state fish and wildlife agencies.
$348,883 spent$248,293 earned by the program19% of program spendingThe organization makes other grants to partner agencies that assists in furthering the organization's mission by directly assisting with fish and wildlife projects.
$388,100 spentof which $388,100 as grants22% of program spendingThe organization works to encourage involvement and interest in careers with state fish and wildlife agencies by sponsoring the cost of students attending the seafwa annual conference. Additionally, the organization supports a study and outreach program to encourage students to consider a career in a fish and wildlife agency.the organization maintains seafwa.org website to inform and educate employees of state fish and wildlife agencies and others working in the natural resource field about fish and wildlife. The website provides a forum for seafwa committees to communicate. Information regarding the annual seafwa conference is communicated via the website. In addition, the website provides access to scientific information contained in the seafwa proceedings and the seafwa journal.the organization produced a 2025 edition of the seafwa journal to allow government agencies, nonprofit organizations and members of the public to access the scientific data presented at the seafwa conference at no cost.the organization provides awards to recognize exceptional service in state fish and wildlife agencies and special awards for the family of fish and wildlife agents killed in the line of…
$290,761 spentof which $121,210 as grants16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,798,011.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.0M to $1.2M (+20%).
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 52% · 2018 57% · 2019 67% · 2020 58% · 2021 62% · 2022 71% · 2023 63% · 2024 61%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Ross Melinchuk
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $296k → $312k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $135k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money SOUTHEASTERN ASSOC OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES INC raised.
From the IRS filings of SOUTHEASTERN ASSOC OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES 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
SOUTHEASTERN ASSOC OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% 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 SOUTHEASTERN ASSOC OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 95% · 2023 87% — 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.
Where its funders are
SOUTHEASTERN ASSOC OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 2 states in all.
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.
Government funding SOUTHEASTERN ASSOC OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.8M on record.
- Department of the Interior$5.7M
- Environmental Protection Agency$1.0M
- Department of Commerce$99k
- Department of Agriculture$41k
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 SOUTHEASTERN ASSOC OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES 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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOUTHEASTERN ASSOC OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES INC?
- SOUTHEASTERN ASSOC OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,337,706 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($2,164,564). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTHEASTERN ASSOC OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $2,337,706 in grants to SOUTHEASTERN ASSOC OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHEASTERN ASSOC OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES INC?
- NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,164,564 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHEASTERN ASSOC OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 3 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