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TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC

TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC (Florida) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,440,520 to it, the largest being THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC ($625,915). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$516k
Funders on record
23
Grants received
$1.4M
Net assets
$2.2M
14/23 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 52%
01What it does

What Tropical Audubon Society Inc does

Mission

To conserve and restore south florida ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife and their habitats.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Work towards protection of the natural world and promote wise stewardship of natural resources, especially native plants, animals and their habitats.

    $173,814 spent
    52% of program spending
  2. Educate to promote an understanding and appreciation of nature, the environment, and ecological relationships. Foster and promote ecological conscientiousness in the south florida community by way of field trips for members and guests to various locations for birding and environmental studies. Use our native plant sales to inform and distribute plants. Volunteer participation at hands-on events to educate the community on the importance of native species and habitats.

    $122,877 spent$20,298 earned by the program
    37% of program spending
  3. Preserve and maintain the "doc thomas house", tropical audubon society's headquarters and site of various activities including: annual meeting, member meetings, meetings of the board of directors, the native plant sales, conservation concerts and other special events. The "doc thomas house" has also been made available to other organizations as well as for public meetings.

    $39,601 spent
    12% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $336,292.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($263k) Expenses 100 ($246k) Net assets 100 ($1.1M)2018 Revenue 82 ($216k) Expenses 89 ($220k) Net assets 99 ($1.1M)2019 Revenue 393 ($1.0M) Expenses 101 ($247k) Net assets 179 ($1.9M)2020 Revenue 119 ($313k) Expenses 138 ($338k) Net assets 188 ($2.0M)2021 Revenue 176 ($464k) Expenses 174 ($428k) Net assets 204 ($2.2M)2022 Revenue 252 ($662k) Expenses 239 ($588k) Net assets 186 ($2.0M)2023 Revenue 228 ($599k) Expenses 230 ($566k) Net assets 195 ($2.1M)2024 Revenue 196 ($516k) Expenses 206 ($507k) Net assets 204 ($2.2M)
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Revenue (196)Expenses (206)Net assets (204)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $1.1M to $1.9M (+80%).

$1.1M
$1.1M
$1.9M
$2.2M
$2.3M
$2.0M
$2.1M
$2.2M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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2018
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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 17% · 2018 21% · 2019 8% · 2020 10% · 2021 7% · 2022 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

89% of TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,639 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$18k
’17
−$4k
’18
$787k
’19
−$26k
’20
$36k
’21
$74k
’22
$33k
’23
$9k
’24
9.2
months of
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.

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Listed2121202021232326
Joined·+0+4+0+4+3+0+4
No longer listed·0503101
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $66k → $253k.

5 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY 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

TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

83% 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 TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC.

43%
largest funder
68%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 56% · 2019 66% · 2020 41% · 2021 69% · 2022 54% · 2023 20% — 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

75% of TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

89% of TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $375k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC is better cushioned than half of the 4,266 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Months of reserve9.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)10% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,266 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

66% of spending goes to programs.

Program 66%Management 23%Fundraising 11%

Governance

19
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

72%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

FL

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Questions and answers

Who funds TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC?
TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC (Florida) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,440,520 to it, the largest being THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC ($625,915). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC have?
IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $1,440,520 in grants to TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC?
THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $625,915 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 23 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