Florida · Nonprofit
THE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC
THE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,926,897 to it, the largest being W L LYONS BROWN FOUNDATION ($215,000). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 49
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What The Billfish Foundation Inc does
Mission
The foundation is dedicated to responsibly conserving, managing, and enhancing billfish populations worldwide through scientific research, education and advocacy to ensure healthly fish stocks, marine habitat and sport fishing opportunities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Public awareness, education and conference activities, cost to publish magazines and newsletters and other texts to promote awareness of the research and goals of the billfish foundation.
$293,045 spent29% of program spendingPublic outreach activities associated with the foundation's goals and objectives with the public at large and concerned consevationists at scientific symposiums, tournaments, public meetings and membership events.
$331,465 spent33% of program spendingRelease and tagging program costs associated with the development of the catch and release program targeted at anglers worldwide to gather scientific data used to advance conservation and management of billfish populations worldwide.
$389,851 spent38% of program spendingTo promote awareness of the goals of the billfish foundation through public awareness and education.
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,014,361.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.6M to $2.4M (+45%).
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.
78% of THE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $117k → $310k.
5 of 49 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 THE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 49 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
THE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 27% · 2019 35% · 2020 44% · 2021 21% · 2022 20% · 2023 19% — 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
44% of THE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC'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
THE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC draws 67% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 23 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $226k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
THE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 813 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 813 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE BILLFISH FOUNDATION 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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
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 THE BILLFISH FOUNDATION 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 THE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC?
- THE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,926,897 to it, the largest being W L LYONS BROWN FOUNDATION ($215,000). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 49 organizations giving $1,926,897 in grants to THE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC, 33 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC?
- W L LYONS BROWN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $215,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BILLFISH FOUNDATION 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 49 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