Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$3,526,598

Total expenses

$2,501,867

Contributions and grants received

$2,737,851

Grants paid

$845,278

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$263,011

Other revenue

$525,736

Total assets, end of year

$9,342,510

Total liabilities, end of year

$243,756

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$9,098,754

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,200,848

Management and general expenses

$210,695

Fundraising expenses

$90,324

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,200,848

Program services were 88.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• A SOCIAL SERVICES ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON "NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS" WITH A VISION TO CREATE COMMUNITIES WHERE ALL PEOPLE HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO THRIVE. FOOD PROGRAMS - THE FOOD PANTRY PROVIDES NUTRITIOUS, SUPPLEMENTAL GROCERIES FIVE DAYS A WEEK, ALLOWING COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SHOP FOR THE RESOURCES THEY NEED. IN 2024, FISH DISTRIBUTED 168,023 POUNDS OF FOOD TO 7,079 VISITORS TO THE FOOD PANTRY. THE MEALS-BY-FISH PROGRAM PROVIDES HOT, FRESH MEALS THROUGH DELIVERY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE MOBILITY CONSTRAINTS. IN 2024, VOLUNTEERS DELIVERED 1,249 MEALS TO ISLANDERS. THE BACKPACK PROGRAM PROVIDES CHILDREN WITH NUTRITIOUS FOODS AND SNACKS TO SUSTAIN THEM OVER THE WEEKENDS AND DURING SCHOOL BREAKS. IN 2024, STUDENTS RECEIVED 844 BACKPACKS OF FOOD. FISH ALSO PROVIDES BASKETS WITH ALL THE FIXINGS FOR EASTER, THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS MEALS. DURING 2023, 809 HOLIDAY MEALS WERE DISTRIBUTED. ADDITIONALLY, FISH PROVIDED 5,680 EMERGENCY MEALS TO THOSE AFFECTED BY HURRICANES HELENE AND MILTON. EDUCATION PROGRAMS - FISH EMPOWERS PEOPLE THROUGH EDUCATION AND CORRECTEDNESS. THE ADULT EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM ENCOURAGES COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION, SEEK ADDITIONAL JOB TRAINING OR ATTAIN PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS, IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD IN THEIR CAREERS OR SHIFT GEARS INTO A FIELD THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY IN. FISH OFFERS YOUTH SCHOLARSHIPS FOR AFTERSCHOOL CARE, SUMMER CAMP AND SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH A SAFE AND ENRICHING PROGRAM OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL. THIS YEAR WE OFFERED A DISASTER RECOVERY HEALING CAMP TO CHILDRED AGED 5-12 AT NO COST TO FAMILIES. FISH ALSO PROVIDES COMMUNITY EDUCATION THROUGH MONTHLY WORKSHOPS ON TOPICS INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND THE AGING PROCESS AND MORE. COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS - FISH IS KEENLY FOCUSED ON ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE SENIOR POPULATION ON THE ISLANDS, INCLUDING ISOLATION AND LONELINESS. THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS, THE GOAL IS FOR ISLANDERS TO REMAIN HEALTHY, INDEPENDENT AND ENGAGED AS THEY AGE AND TO AGE IN PLACE WITH DIGNITY. FISH VOLUNTEERS ENRICH THE LIVES OF MANY THROUGH PERSONAL CONNECTIONS, VISITS, AND DAILY REASSURANCE CALLS. THE FRIENDLY FACES LUNCHEON HELD ONCE A MONTH PROVIDES A SOCIAL EVENT WITH A THEME, GAMES, PRIZES AND SOCIALIZATION, WHILE ENJOYING A DELICIOUS MEAL. THE HURRICANE PROGRAM PROVIDES COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH A COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION PACKET SPECIFIC TO THE NEEDS OF ISLANDERS DURING HURRICANE SEASON. EACH PACKET INCLUDES INFORATION ON SHELTERS, EVACUATION PREPARATION, PETS DURING A STORM, APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS SHELTERS, CITY OF SANIBEL RE-ENTRY PASSES AND MORE. FISH ALSO PROVIDES NON-EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION FOR INDIVIDUALS NEEDING TRANSPORTATION FOR ON-ISLAND ERRANDS, SUCH AS NON- EMERGENT MEDICAL, DENTAL, CHURCH, SHOPPING, BANKING OR OFF-ISLAND MEDICAL APPOINTMENST BY FISH VOLUNTEER DRIVERS. HELPING HANDS & FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE - THE KEY TO NAVIGATING ANY CRISIS IS HAVING SUPPORT AND A PLAN. THE HELPING HANDS PROGRAM OFFERS BOTH. COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN A FINANCIAL CRISIS MAY APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO HELP WITH ESSENTIAL COSTS SUCH AS RENT, UTILITIES, MEDICAL BILLS AND OTHER TRHOUGH THE EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. IN 2024, FISH PROVIDED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ON 460 OCCASIONS TO THOSE IN NEED AND PROVIDED 5,823 INSTANCES OF CASE MANAGEMENT. DISASTER ASSISTANCE - SINCE HURRICANE IAN IN 2022, THROUGHOUT 2023 AND SINCE HURRICANES HELENE AND MILTON IN 2025, FISH HAS BEEN ASSISTING RESIDENTS AND THE WORKFORCE TO OBTAIN REBUILDING SUPPLIES AND FURNISHINGS AND HAVE FORMED THE APPROPRIATE PARTNERSHIPS TO DISTRIBUTE NECESSARY ITEMS FOR FOLKS TO BEGIN THEIR RECOVERY PROCESS. FISH SUPPLIED RESIDENTS WITH DRYWALL, BICYCLES, SPACKLE, MATTRESSES, GRILLS FOR COOKING AND FURNISHINGS. FISH PROVIDED EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR RENT/ MORTGAGE, UTILITY AND MEDICAL PURPOSES. FISH SUPPLIED ISLAND NEIGHBORS WITH SHELF STABLE FOOD, WATER, CLEANING SUPPLIES AND OTHER ESSENTIALS FOR DAY-TO-DAY LIVING. IN 2024, FISH DISTRIBUTED 2,226 MUCH NEEDED MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS FOR DISASTER RECOVERY. ADDITIONALLY, 586 HURRICANE PACKETS WERE DISTRIBUTED.

  Expenses $2,200,848

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA FOUNDATION

  501C · CHARITABLE · FL

  Directly controlled by NA

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

28 September 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

202503189349303875

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