Sunshine State Biodiversity Group

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921840649
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Tallahassee, FL, USA
Phone
8503218620
Rating
35
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,661
Expenses
$1,889
Assets
$17,264
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Alison Sperling (President/Secretary)
  • Ann Vandermeer (Vice President and Secretary)

People named in this filing

  • Alison Sperling (President/Secretary)
  • Ann Vandermeer (Vice President and Secretary)
  • Eli Wilkins-Malloy (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

SSBG is committed to conservation, education, and outreach related to biodiversity and rewilding in the State of Florida. SSBG's work emphasizes projects that fill in gaps, occupy underserved areas, or provide otherwise unavailable information to the public. SSBG aims to find creative and fun ways to engage with Florida communities and amplify conversations on key issues that affect biodiversity and quality of life.

What it reported doing in 2025

Awarded a grant to sponsor and fund the Leon County 4-H Young Naturalist's Program in 2023. Gearing up to create a boardwalk for a protected habitat, sponsored a North Florida canopy survey and ensured conservationism of ecologically valuable land in North Florida.

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

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 82
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 0

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; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -13.7%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.14; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -24.6% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -141.1% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -85.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.