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UPSTREAM AQUATIC INSTITUTE INC

UPSTREAM AQUATIC INSTITUTE INC (Delaware) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $160,800 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($50,800). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$149k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$161k
Net assets
$16k
0/4 repeat funders
01What it does

What Upstream Aquatic Institute Inc does

Mission

We advance research and public understanding to support responsible fishing and protect the long-term health of our waters and native fish populations.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Research & policy analysis: conducted scientific studies and policy analysis to advance the understanding of aquatic ecosystem health. Key achievements include surveying anglers to identify behavioral patterns, and analyzing state regulations to provide data-driven recommendations for protecting native fish populations, and publishing peer-reviewed research.

    $50,315 spent
    54% of program spending

  2. Public education and stakeholder outreach: educated the public and other key stakeholders on threats to native fish. We published and distributed expert reports on baitfish use in several states and provided non-partisan analysis to inform public discussion and potential rulemaking.

    $43,364 spent
    46% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $93,679.

02The organization over time

Leadership and staff

Board chair

Frederik Lau

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
3

3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 UPSTREAM AQUATIC INSTITUTE 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

UPSTREAM AQUATIC INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 UPSTREAM AQUATIC INSTITUTE INC.

32%
largest funder
94%
top three
~3
effective funders

“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

69% of UPSTREAM AQUATIC INSTITUTE INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $50k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Delaware, across 1 state.

CO

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $111k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

UPSTREAM AQUATIC INSTITUTE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,435 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin23% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like UPSTREAM AQUATIC INSTITUTE 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 Delaware

Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Inc73%Forecasting Research Institute72%Friends of Bombay Hook Inc72%Delaware Association for the Education O72%Science Technology and Research Institute of Delaware72%Documentary Producers Alliance71%American Birding Association71%Wealth of Nations Institute Inc71%

Nationally

Keep Fish Wet Inc82%Gray Fishtag Research Inc82%United Anglers of Alaska81%Wilderness Fly Fishers80%Cayuga Lake Watershed Network Inc80%American Fisheries Society Education Section80%Anglers for Conservation Inc80%Bream Fishermen Association Inc80%
05Profile & governance

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

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UPSTREAM AQUATIC INSTITUTE 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 UPSTREAM AQUATIC INSTITUTE INC?
UPSTREAM AQUATIC INSTITUTE INC (Delaware) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $160,800 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($50,800). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does UPSTREAM AQUATIC INSTITUTE INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $160,800 in grants to UPSTREAM AQUATIC INSTITUTE INC.
Who is the largest funder of UPSTREAM AQUATIC INSTITUTE INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $50,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like UPSTREAM AQUATIC INSTITUTE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Delaware. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 4 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