Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by FISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $25,766,143
- Total expenses
- $17,792,610
- Contributions and grants received
- $4,968,623
- Grants paid
- $11,031,132
- Program service revenue
- $18,334,295
- Investment income
- $2,852,442
- Other revenue
- -$389,217
- Total assets, end of year
- $106,408,355
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $728,539
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $105,679,816
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $16,120,888
- Management and general expenses
- $1,640,398
- Fundraising expenses
- $31,324
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $16,120,888
Program services were 90.6% 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.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1c · Fundraising events
$580,165
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$3,359,102
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,029,356
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2a · Program service revenue: GOPHER TORTOISE
total $8,839,962 · related or exempt $8,839,962
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2b · Program service revenue: SHOOTING RANGE
total $5,061,161 · related or exempt $5,061,161
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2c · Program service revenue: PROJECTS,WORKSHOPS,CAM
total $4,433,172 · related or exempt $4,433,172
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3 · Investment income
total $3,475,514 · excluded $3,475,514
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $25,128,870
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $25,751,942
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7c · Gain or loss
securities -$623,072
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$623,072 · excluded -$623,072
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$46,440
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$580,165
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$436,020
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$389,580 · excluded -$389,580
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11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS
total $363 · related or exempt $363
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11e · Other revenue, total
$363
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $11,031,132 · program services $11,031,132
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $428,630 · program services $232,357 · management and general $196,273
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,000,622 · program services $595,672 · management and general $404,950
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $340,843 · program services $194,530 · management and general $146,313
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $105,562 · program services $60,248 · management and general $45,314
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11b · Fees: legal
total $171,922 · program services $109,394 · management and general $62,528
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $28,848 · program services $16,486 · management and general $12,362
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $84,082 · program services $84,082
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $333,159 · program services $61,996 · management and general $271,163
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11g · Fees: other
total $3,143,986 · program services $3,098,265 · management and general $45,721
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $360,817 · program services $94,539 · management and general $266,278
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13 · Office expenses
total $95,939 · program services $49,776 · management and general $46,163
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14 · Information technology
total $37,383 · program services $25,363 · management and general $12,020
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16 · Occupancy
total $67,930 · program services $64,695 · management and general $3,235
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17 · Travel
total $39,632 · program services $2,512 · management and general $37,120
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $45,095 · program services $15,542 · management and general $29,553
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $16,461 · program services $12,043 · management and general $4,418
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23 · Insurance
total $14,694 · program services $8,386 · management and general $6,308
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24a · Other expenses: PLEDGE ADJUSTMENT
total $220,000 · program services $220,000
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24b · Other expenses: MERCHANT ACCOUNT FEES
total $148,607 · program services $143,870 · management and general $4,737
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24c · Other expenses: MISCELANEOUS EXPENSES
total $45,942 · management and general $45,942
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24d · Other expenses: OTHER FUNDRAISING EXPEN
total $31,324 · fundraising $31,324
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $29,346,654 · end of year $32,119,631
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $474,776 · end of year $178,795
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $331,212 · end of year $74,418
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $28,389 · end of year $104,582
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$190,663
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$175,677
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $26,992 · end of year $14,986
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $60,389,956 · end of year $73,877,648
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $35,918 · end of year $38,295
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $287,521 · end of year $682,692
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19 · Deferred revenue
end of year $45,847
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $3,963,009 · end of year $4,088,913
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $86,383,367 · end of year $101,590,903
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE FISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA IS A NONPROFIT 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TO PROTECT OUR OUTSTANDING ANIMALS AND PLANTS AND THE LANDS AND WATERS THEY NEED TO SURVIVE. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (FWC) AND MANY OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERS. SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 1994, WE HAVE RAISED AND DONATED NEARLY $100 MILLION FOR CONSERVATION AND OUTDOOR RECREATION, INCLUDING YOUTH OUTDOOR EDUCATION.
Activities or mission (Part I)
PROVIDE ASSISTANCE, FUNDING, AND PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF FLORIDA'S FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES AND THEIR HABITATS.
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IN FLORIDA, THE GOPHER TORTOISE IS LISTED AS THREATENED. BOTH THETORTOISE AND ITS BURROW ARE PROTECTED UNDER STATE LAW. GOPHER TORTOISESMUST BE RELOCATED BEFORE ANY LAND CLEARING OR DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE,AND PROPERTY OWNERS MUST OBTAIN PERMITS FROM THE FLORIDA FISH &WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (FWC) BEFORE CAPTURING AND RELOCATINGTORTOISES. THE FISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA IS THE RECIPIENTORGANIZATION FOR THESE MITIGATION PERMIT FEES AND DISTRIBUTES THEM BACKTO FWC UPON REQUEST.
Expenses $2,804,733 · Revenue $8,839,962
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THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (FWC) DIVISION OFHUNTING AND GAME MANAGEMENT'S HUNTER SAFETY AND PUBLIC SHOOTING RANGESECTION HAS SUCH POWERS, DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND FUNCTIONS AS ARENECESSARY TO PROVIDE HUNTER SAFETY TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION WHICHNECESSITATES THE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC SHOOTING RANGESINCLUDING THE ONE AT TENOROC FISH MANAGEMENT AREA, TRIPLE N WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, PALM BEACH COUNTY AND IN BAY COUNTY. THE FISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA MANAGES THE FUNDS FOR THOSE RANGES.
Expenses $4,527,550 · Revenue $5,061,161
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IN FLORIDA, THERE ARE 37 STATE-DESIGNATED THREATENED SPECIES INCLUDED IN THE IMPERILED SPECIES MANAGEMENT PLAN (ISMP). THE PERMITTING STANDARD FOR THE INCIDENTAL TAKE OF THESE SPECIES REQUIRES THAT APPLICANTS ACHIEVE A CONSERVATION BENEFIT FOR THE SPECIES. ONE OPTION FOR ACHIEVING A CONSERVATION BENEFIT IS THE CONTRIBUTION OF FUNDS USED TO ENHANCE SPECIES SURVIVAL. THE FISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA IS THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION FOR THESE MITIGATION PERMIT FEES AND DISTRIBUTES THEM BACK TO FWC UPON REQUEST.
Expenses $506,543 · Revenue $1,509,426
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SUPPORT TO THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION AND OTHER FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION GROUPS AND ASSOCIATED PROJECTS.
Expenses $8,282,062 · Grants $11,031,132 · Revenue $2,924,109
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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LAURA RUSSELL
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JOSHUA KELLAM
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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KENT SHOEMAKER
2ND VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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ROBERT A SPOTTSWOOD JR
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
VALERIE D BOYD
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
CARLOS ALFONSO
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
PAUL E AVERY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KATHY BARCO
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KEENAN BALDWIN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
RODNEY BARETTO
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ED BURR
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JIM V ETSCORN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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PRESTON FARRIOR
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TUCKER FREDERICKSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TODD JONES
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KATHARINE MACGREGOR
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JOE NEBER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JERRY PATE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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TOWNSEND TARAPANI
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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NICK WILEY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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DAPHNE WOOD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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ROGER YOUNG
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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ANDREW WALKER
PRESIDENT/CEO
- Total calculated
- $251,026
- From this org
- $223,901
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $27,125
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $223,901
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $11,195
- Nontaxable benefits
- $15,930
- Filer's total
- $251,026
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JAMES W BRADFORD
COO
- Total calculated
- $234,787
- From this org
- $200,809
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $33,978
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $197,809
- Bonus
- $3,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $10,040
- Nontaxable benefits
- $23,938
- Filer's total
- $234,787
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MICHELLE ASHTON
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS & EVENTS
- Total calculated
- $193,688
- From this org
- $168,493
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $25,195
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $160,468
- Bonus
- $8,025
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $8,425
- Nontaxable benefits
- $16,770
- Filer's total
- $193,688
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DANIELLE RICHTER
DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPY
- Total calculated
- $168,526
- From this org
- $144,572
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $23,954
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $144,572
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $7,229
- Nontaxable benefits
- $16,725
- Filer's total
- $168,526
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ERIN T RAINEY
DIRECTOR OF CONSERVATION
- Total calculated
- $160,535
- From this org
- $137,908
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $22,627
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $137,908
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,857
- Nontaxable benefits
- $16,770
- Filer's total
- $160,535
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ERIN SMART
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
- Total calculated
- $142,968
- From this org
- $120,239
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $22,729
- Hours/week
- 40
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Independent compensation consultant
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
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WFF25-31 CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE (CWD) IN FLORIDA: CONTINUED RESPONSE AND COOPERATIVE APPROACH TO STATEWIDE SURVEILLANCE
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CWT25-14 UTILIZING SCOUT SNAKES AS A CONTROL TOOL FOR BURMESE PYTHONS WITHIN THE PICAYUNE STRAND STATE FOREST
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FG25-03 MANATEE REHABILITATIVE AND CRITICAL CARE FACILITY
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CWT25-02 NEW TRAILER-MOUNTED BEAR TRAPS
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FG25-05 NEURAL ANOMALIES IN THE SMALLTOOTH SAWFISH, PRISTIS PECTINATA
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CWT25-13 CACHE OF LAND MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR PRIVATE LAND OWNERS
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FRIENDS OF THE WEKIVA RIVER INC
$50,000
PFS25-14 CRITICAL HABITAT: MAPPING EEL GRASS WITHIN THE WEKIVA WILD AND SCENIC RIVER SYSTEM
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PFS25-21 QUANTIFYING DIFFERENCES IN PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY AND HERBIVORY CONTROL AMONG NATIVE VERSUS NON-NATIVE WATER LETTUCE (PISTIA STRATIOTES) IN SPRING RUNS OF THE ST. JOHNS RIVER
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CWT25-15 OFFERING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN RURAL AREAS WITH BEAR-RESISTANT OPTIONS TO REDUCE HUMAN-BEAR CONFLICTS
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CWT25-12 A NOVEL METHODOLOGY FOR A NOVEL VIRUS: USING ERNA TO DETECT TURTLE FRASERVIRUS (TFV-1)
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
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.
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FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
115(1) · ENSURE THE CONSERVATION OF FLORIDA'S FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES. · FL
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 28 March 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202620899349300437
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