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Wild Dolphin Project Inc

Wild Dolphin Project Inc (Florida) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,114,307 to it, the largest being THE MARISLA FOUNDATION ($900,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.7M
Funders on record
14
Grants received
$1.1M
Net assets
$1.7M
8/14 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 45%
01What it does

What Wild Dolphin Project Inc does

Mission

The study of wild dolphins off the coast of the Bahamas for educational and scientific reporting purposes.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Conducted field research and study of wild dolphin populations off the coast of the Bahamas.

    $477,039 spent$1,556,937 earned by the program
    84% of program spending
  2. Conducted developmental activities focusing on educational and scientific reporting on the results of field research, study, and observation of the Atlantic wild dolphins off the coast of the Bahamas.

    $93,476 spent$117,189 earned by the program
    16% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $570,515.

02The organization over time

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($516k) Expenses 100 ($534k) Net assets 100 ($664k)2020 Revenue 92 ($476k) Expenses 112 ($598k) Net assets 82 ($542k)2021 Revenue 162 ($834k) Expenses 115 ($612k) Net assets 115 ($765k)2022 Revenue 92 ($474k) Expenses 112 ($597k) Net assets 97 ($642k)2023 Revenue 84 ($432k) Expenses 114 ($611k) Net assets 60 ($396k)2024 Revenue 179 ($923k) Expenses 116 ($618k) Net assets 106 ($701k)2025 Revenue 325 ($1.7M) Expenses 126 ($673k) Net assets 263 ($1.7M)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (325)Expenses (126)Net assets (263)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 2024 to 2025, from $877k to $1.9M (+115%).

$681k
$933k
$927k
$848k
$591k
$877k
$1.9M
2019202020212022202320242025
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 12% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

88% of Wild Dolphin Project Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,657 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$18k
’19
−$122k
’20
$222k
’21
−$123k
’22
−$179k
’23
$305k
’24
$1.0M
’25
30
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.

2019202020212022202320242025
Listed6666889
Joined·+3+2+0+2+0+2
No longer listed·320001
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $31k → $193k.

4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 Wild Dolphin Project 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

Wild Dolphin Project Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

81%
largest funder
89%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 70% · 2019 86% · 2020 87% · 2021 80% · 2022 99% · 2023 93% — growing more concentrated.

“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

45% of Wild Dolphin Project Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.

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

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

Wild Dolphin Project Inc draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 6 states in all.

IL
CA
MO
DE
TX
FL

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $53k 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

Wild Dolphin Project Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 717 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin60% · top quartile
Months of reserve29.7mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)22% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 717 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding Wild Dolphin Project Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $113 on record.

State$113
Top programs
  • REFUNDS - GENERAL $113

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

85% of spending goes to programs.

Program 85%Management 15%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

98%

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

  • Stenella LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds Wild Dolphin Project Inc?
Wild Dolphin Project Inc (Florida) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,114,307 to it, the largest being THE MARISLA FOUNDATION ($900,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Wild Dolphin Project Inc have?
IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $1,114,307 in grants to Wild Dolphin Project Inc, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Wild Dolphin Project Inc?
THE MARISLA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $900,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Wild Dolphin Project 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 14 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