Florida · Nonprofit
STARFISH INTERNATIONAL
STARFISH INTERNATIONAL (Florida) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $239,607 to it, the largest being ONE PLANET ONE PEOPLE INC ($172,400). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $354k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $240k
- Net assets
- $19k
What Starfish International does
Mission
Service Learning in Support of Multiculturalism and Girls' Education
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Facilitated the expansion of regional infrastructure by providing grants totaling $173,000 to a sister organization in The Gambia. These funds were used for the strategic acquisition of two properties and the construction of a village medical clinic. This facility addresses a critical barrier to education by providing essential health services to students and their families. The program utilizes a service-learning model where the healthcare is provided by Starfish International alumni who have completed medical and nursing graduate programs. By integrating community health with our educational pipeline, the organization ensures that former students have a professional platform to give back to the community that supported their education.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Sponsorship of the community college program was suspended during the tax year due to a shortfall in specifically designated funding. The organization remains committed to the mission and is seeking new funding to resume operations.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Medical Clinic Infrastructure & Support Facilitated the acquisition of land and construction of a medical clinic in The Gambia. Includes $173,000 in direct grants and $18,754 in technical oversight and coordination to ensure the facility provides sustainable healthcare to the community.
$173,000 spentof which $173,000 as grants60% of program spendingMentor Training & Peer Leadership Program Empowers graduates to serve as mentors for younger students. Includes $23,940 in monthly and annual educational stipends and $42,196 in intensive leadership training and daily oversight. These mentors are the primary engine for the successful execution of all student-led community service projects.
$65,489 spentof which $23,940 as grants23% of program spendingMiddle & High School Service & Education Program Supports the core education and service-learning of middle and high school students in The Gambia. Includes $5,000 in direct school fees and $42,196 in curriculum development and program management for the various community service projects conducted by students under mentor guidance.
$47,169 spentof which $5,000 as grants16% of program spendingAdministered a Service-Learning Scholarship program for middle and high school students. Participants engage in structured community service projects and complete specialized educational modules provided by the organization. In recognition of their civic engagement and academic progress, the organization provides a $100 scholarship per student to offset tuition and fees at their respective secondary schools.
$5,000 spentof which $5,000 as grants2% of program spendingProvided a small reciprocal grant to a partner organization during a community fundraising initiative. This contribution supports the collaborative network of nonprofits that provide fiscal sponsorship and administrative resources to our organization, strengthening the ecosystem of support for girls' education and multiculturalism.
$50 spentof which $50 as grants0% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $290,708.
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 2017 to 2018, from $22k to $39k (+78%).
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.
95% of STARFISH INTERNATIONAL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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
Fatoumatta Y Jaiteh
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $155k → $3k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 STARFISH INTERNATIONAL’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
STARFISH INTERNATIONAL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% 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 STARFISH INTERNATIONAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 97% · 2020 42% · 2021 63% · 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
0% of STARFISH INTERNATIONAL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
STARFISH INTERNATIONAL draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $34k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Against its field
STARFISH INTERNATIONAL has grown faster than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like STARFISH INTERNATIONAL
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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for STARFISH INTERNATIONAL: 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 STARFISH INTERNATIONAL?
- STARFISH INTERNATIONAL (Florida) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $239,607 to it, the largest being ONE PLANET ONE PEOPLE INC ($172,400). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STARFISH INTERNATIONAL have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $239,607 in grants to STARFISH INTERNATIONAL, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STARFISH INTERNATIONAL?
- ONE PLANET ONE PEOPLE INC is the largest funder on record, with $172,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STARFISH INTERNATIONAL 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 8 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