Florida Ocean Alliance Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
651074203
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Phone
9546474097
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Marine Science and Oceanography

Reported finances

Revenue
$156,534
Expenses
$103,915
Assets
$216,334
Liabilities
$2,302

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

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

People named in this filing

  • PAUL ANDERSON (Board Member)
  • MICHAEL P CROSBY (Board Member)
  • T SPENCER CROWLEY III (VPBoard Member)

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 & enhance Florida's coastal & ocean resources

What it reported doing in 2025

Educating policy makers on the importance of oceans and coasts to Floridas environment and economy by participating in Oceans Day in Tallahassee and hosting a meeting with key stakeholders in state government. Florida Ocean alliance successfully developed more social media presence and implemented quarterly newsletters to share members projects and news, environmental issues and provide more understanding of important aspects of the Florida environment and ocean economy.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 51.2%; rating input score 51
  • Program expense ratio: 76%; rating input score 76

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 33.6%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.08; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 23.1% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -14.9% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 51.2% of revenue deployed · 76% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $79K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 27 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.