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World Aquaculture Society Inc

World Aquaculture Society Inc (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $113 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($113). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$2.4M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$113
Net assets
$766k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What World Aquaculture Society Inc does

Mission

Description of Organization Mission Farmers and Businessmen in a forum to provide for their mutual edification. World Aquaculture promotes the study of mariculture and aquatic science and the dissemination of information in those fields.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. World Aquaculture Society was organized for the purpose of bringing together scientists, fish farmers, and businessmen in a forum to provide for their mutual edification. World Aquaculture promotes the study of mariculture and aquatic science and the dissemination of information in those fields.

    $2,186,591 spent$2,179,416 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,186,591.

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 ($785k) Expenses 100 ($822k) Net assets 100 ($923k)2018 Revenue 117 ($921k) Expenses 102 ($841k) Net assets 109 ($1.0M)2019 Revenue 124 ($971k) Expenses 105 ($862k) Net assets 120 ($1.1M)2020 Revenue 109 ($857k) Expenses 97 ($796k) Net assets 127 ($1.2M)2021 Revenue 27 ($214k) Expenses 78 ($638k) Net assets 81 ($750k)2022 Revenue 24 ($186k) Expenses 78 ($639k) Net assets 32 ($297k)2023 Revenue 292 ($2.3M) Expenses 273 ($2.2M) Net assets 120 ($1.1M)2024 Revenue 287 ($2.3M) Expenses 292 ($2.4M) Net assets 86 ($790k)2025 Revenue 300 ($2.4M) Expenses 289 ($2.4M) Net assets 83 ($766k)
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Revenue (300)Expenses (289)Net assets (83)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 2019 to 2020, from $2.0M to $1.4M (−34%).

$1.2M
$1.7M
$2.0M
$1.4M
$858k
$1.1M
$1.1M
$915k
$986k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

7% of World Aquaculture Society Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (67% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 498 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$36k
’17
$81k
’18
$108k
’19
$61k
’20
−$423k
’21
−$453k
’22
$45k
’23
−$145k
’24
−$19k
’25
5.6
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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Listed171717171919131311
Joined·+4+6+5+11+0+12+0+3
No longer listed·465901805
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $53 → $24.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
total
funders
1
1
1

1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 World Aquaculture 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.

Where its funders are

100% of World Aquaculture Society 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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $113 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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

World Aquaculture Society Inc is better cushioned than half of the 210 science & tech nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−1% · below the median
Months of reserve5.6mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)15% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 210 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding World Aquaculture Society Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8k on record.

State$8k
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Top programs
  • FEES-GENERAL-FOR SERVICE $3k
  • TRAVEL - OUT OF STATE - GENERAL $3k
  • FEES - GENERAL-FOR SERVICE $1k
  • TRAVEL - IN STATE - GENERAL $1k

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

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
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.

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Questions and answers

Who funds World Aquaculture Society Inc?
World Aquaculture Society Inc (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $113 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($113). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does World Aquaculture Society Inc have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $113 in grants to World Aquaculture Society Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of World Aquaculture Society Inc?
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $113 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like World Aquaculture Society Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 1 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