Florida · Nonprofit
SUNCOAST WATERKEEPER INC
SUNCOAST WATERKEEPER INC (Florida) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,298,369 to it, the largest being CHARLES & MARGERY BARANCIK FOUNDATION INC ($575,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $780k
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $664k
What Suncoast Waterkeeper Inc does
Mission
We unite the suncoast to protect and improve our waters through science-driven actions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Suncoast waterkeeper monitors an average of 100 sites each year, providing clear, reliable water-quality data to the public and decision makers. We collaborate with stakeholders, including government agencies, to turn this information into action that enhances and protects the waters on the suncoast.
$310,793 spent$159,019 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $310,793.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $322k to $664k (+106%).
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: 2022 21% · 2023 70%. 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 7 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
Abbey Tyrna
Executive director
Board chair
Rusty Chinnis
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $15k → $266k.
7 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 SUNCOAST WATERKEEPER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 19 of 20 funders by total. 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
SUNCOAST WATERKEEPER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 69%; 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: 2017 97% · 2018 41% · 2019 65% · 2020 66% · 2021 58% · 2022 41% · 2023 66% — 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
33% of SUNCOAST WATERKEEPER INC'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
97% of SUNCOAST WATERKEEPER INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $242k 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.
Organizations like SUNCOAST WATERKEEPER 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% 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
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SUNCOAST WATERKEEPER INC: 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 SUNCOAST WATERKEEPER INC?
- SUNCOAST WATERKEEPER INC (Florida) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,298,369 to it, the largest being CHARLES & MARGERY BARANCIK FOUNDATION INC ($575,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SUNCOAST WATERKEEPER INC have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $1,298,369 in grants to SUNCOAST WATERKEEPER INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SUNCOAST WATERKEEPER INC?
- CHARLES & MARGERY BARANCIK FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $575,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SUNCOAST WATERKEEPER 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 20 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