Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
593100324
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Jacksonville Beach, FL, USA
Phone
9046136081
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Wildlife Preservation, Protection

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$74,550
Expenses
$51,867
Assets
$492,815
Liabilities
$425

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kevin Brown (Vice President-SeniorFieldDirector)
  • Jennifer Burns (President-PermitHolder+VolsDirector)

People named in this filing

  • Kevin Brown (Vice President-SeniorFieldDirector)
  • Jennifer Burns (President-PermitHolder+VolsDirector)
  • Laura Lewis (Treasurer-Tech/Fin/Ops Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Protect & conserve Florida marine turtles. Patrol, monitor, protect & conserve nesting habitat, provide rehab coordination for injured turtles, outreach & education to the public. Provide reporting as required by law.

What it reported doing in 2025

PROTECT & CONSERVE FLORIDA MARINE TURTLES. PATROL, MONITOR, PROTECT & CONSERVE NESTING HABITAT, PROVIDE REHAB COORDINATION FOR INJURED TURTLES, OUTREACH & EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC. PROVIDE REPORTING AS REQUIRED BY LAW. Protection and preservation of endangered sea turtles, their nesting beaches, other marine life, and for the outreach/education of the general public. Impacts thousands of endangered marine sea turtles eggs, pre-hatchlings through older adult turtles across five species. Thousands of humans of all ages are provided printed materials & turtle education via live outreach, social media and other media every year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 74% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.7%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 30.4%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.5; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -71.9% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -60% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $52K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.