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US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INC
US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,070,340 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($783,600). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $901k
What US for Belize Foundation for Research & Environmental Education Inc does
Mission
The mission of us for bfree is to conserve the biodiversity and cultural heritage of belize. As the only field station in the biologically important area of the maya mountains of belize, we seek to achieve our mission by successfully integrating scientific research, environmental education, and conservation initiatives, while also enhancing sustainable development, providing alternative livelihoods and ultimately improving the quality of life for belizeans and visitors from abroad.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Education: us for bfree implements environmental education programs and activities for americans, belizeans, and other international students, teachers, conservation workers, protected areas mangers and natural resource stakeholders. In 2024, us for bfree hosted numerous university and college courses for students from the united states and belize. Scholarships were provided for several young belizean scholars for studies in natural resource management, and multiple educational, workshops were provided for children and adults from the united states and belize.
$159,526 spent$77,772 earned by the program26% of program spendingResearch: us for bfree conducts and supports biological research on various organisms, including reptiles, mammals, birds, invertebrates, plants and other taxa. In 2024 us for bfree hosted dozens of scientific researchers from the united states. Research ranged from bird and reptile surveys to mammal, plant and soil studies. Us for bfree conducted several long-term research projects focusing on avian migration, wildcat populations, freshwater turtles and cacao agroforestry. A successful breeding and reintroduction program for the critically endangered central american river turtle is ongoing.
$109,299 spent$55,147 earned by the program18% of program spendingField station operation: us for bfree operates a research and education facility on a 1,153 acre private reserve of tropical rainforest in the foothills of the maya mountains in southern belize. In 2024 this property was in acquisition by the non-governmental organization bfree in belize. Us for bfree provided funding for this acquisition process and is granted rights to operate the field station in perpetuity. Us for bfree employs four americans and 24 belizeans full time depending on the season and maintains buildings and equipment sufficient to host a maximum of 37 visiting students or researchers. An experimental cacao agroforestry farm is supported. Revenue and expenses related to infrastructure are included in this field station program whereas revenue and expenses related to hosting and conducting research are included in the research program.
$338,919 spent$19,077 earned by the program56% of program spendingCacao program revenue
$56,319 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $607,744.
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 $361k to $3.2M (+785%).
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: 2017 3% · 2021 54% · 2022 73% · 2023 0% · 2024 61%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Jacob Marlin
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $8k → $343k.
4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 82% 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 US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 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
US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 63% · 2020 35% · 2021 76% · 2022 55% · 2023 80% — 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
67% of US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
82% of US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 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 $191k that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from funders outside Florida, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $879k 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.
Against its field
US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.0M on record.
- Department of the Interior$1.0M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Crioco Cacao LLC · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INC?
- US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,070,340 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($783,600). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $1,070,340 in grants to US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $783,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 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 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