Friends of the Pelicans Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 301011601
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Bradenton, FL, USA
- Phone
- 9414470773
- Rating
- 48
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Wildlife Preservation, Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $135,211
- Expenses
- $101,806
- Assets
- $93,794
- Liabilities
- $35,550
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- JEANETTE EDWARDS (PRESIDENTCEO)
- JODY CASON (VICE CHAIR)
- JOHN EDWARDS (TREASURER)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To protect floridas seabirds
What it reported doing in 2024
Pier rescue program. Pay a wildlife rescue individual to man the busy fishing piers, 40 hours/week to prevent seabird entanglement. Over 1000 seabirds rescued each year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 63
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
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: 24.7%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.92; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 28.8% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 38.1% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 37.8% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.