Gasparilla Island Maritime Museum Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 223729281
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2022–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location: Boca Grande, FL, USA
Phone: 9419640333
Rating: 78
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Museum, Museum Activities

Reported finances

Revenue: $43,849
Expenses: $48,775
Assets: $67,450

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

ELIZABETH BETSY JOINER (President)

People named in this filing

ELIZABETH BETSY JOINER (President)
DEBORAH ASHLEY SCARPA (Treasurer)
KACY CHESKE (Secretary)

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

Preservation of historical character and culture of gasparilla island andeducation of the general public about the maritime history and culture ofgasparilla island. Additionally to preserve the history and traditions ofcommercial fishing and tarpon fishing in the charlotte harbor area and the town ofboca grande.

What it reported doing in 2025

Tarpon fishing tournaments

Operating model

Revenue model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 - 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: 87
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 36
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 90.5%; rating input score 90
Program expense ratio: 81.3%; rating input score 81

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: -11.2%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.38; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -7% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -21.8% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 90.5% of revenue deployed · 81.3% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $40K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
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.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.