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Clearwater Marine Aquarium Inc

Clearwater, Florida · EIN 59-2086737 · Animal-Related · tax-exempt since 1973

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 67.3 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended December 2024.

Graded against 1,422 animal-related nonprofits with revenue $10M–$50M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.35.4 months46
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.91% of practices91
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.38
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.38% from one source77
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.91.9%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.3.8%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.10not scored

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Year by year

2016201720182019202020212022202320232024grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Dec 2024Form 990$22.86M$25.25M−$2.39M$74.39M35.4271C
Dec 2023Form 990$5.19M$6.60M−$1.41M$81.53M148.2362C
Sep 2023Form 990$21.32M$26.31M−$4.98M$82.67M37.7362C
Sep 2022Form 990$24.78M$24.89M−$104K$87.38M42.1474C
Sep 2021Form 990$36.55M$21.49M$15.06M$88.36M49.3465C
Sep 2020Form 990$13.27M$16.45M−$3.18M$72.79M53.1468C
Sep 2019Form 990$37.36M$16.92M$20.44M$76.42M54.2446C
Sep 2018Form 990$36.64M$16.95M$19.70M$55.96M39.6432C
Sep 2017Form 990$21.14M$15.65M$5.49M$36.19M27.7410B
Sep 2016Form 990$17.46M$15.87M$1.59M$30.54M23.1465A

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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