Save Our Seabirds INC

Tax-deductible

Sarasota, FL501(c)(3)AnimalsEIN 59-3078536Revenue $1.4M in FY2024

On file with the IRS1708 Ken Thompson Pkwy, 34236-1000 · Sarasota, FLTax-exempt since Nov 1991Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Rescue & rehabilitation of injured birdlife; education of the public with the goal for minimizing human impact on birdlife

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
96¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 62 volunteers and 7 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $78K a year · 8% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
96%
of spending
Looks good: 96% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$148K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 74% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $26K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$8K
0.4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.4M
+37% vs prior year
Spent
$1.2M
To programs
96%
Net assets
$2.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.4M
FY2024▲ +37%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$815K
FY2021$804K
FY2022$862K
FY2023$999K
FY2024$1.4M
Expenses
$1.2M
FY2024▲ +15%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$735K
FY2021$707K
FY2022$818K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.2M
Net assets
$2.0M
FY2024▲ +12%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.6M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$2.0M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 1991.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

96 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 96% · $1.1M Management & general 4% · $46K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

15 people listed on the 990; $148K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$147,500Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Brian F Walton’s $148K as Executive Director is at the 74th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1137 $1–10M animals nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2022FY2021FY2020
Brian F Walton$147,500———
David Pilston——$101,896$120,000
Aaron Virgin—$115,000$49,615—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Rescues and rehabilitates injured birds, educating the public to reduce human impact.

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1 program · $1.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Rescue and rehabilitation of sick and injured birdlife.

$1.1Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$26K
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$765K
Other incomeLn 4–11$528K
Investment incomeLn 3$46K
Money outPt IX
$1.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$46K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$509K
Total assetsLn 16$2.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$765K
Government grantsLn 1e$46K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$33K
Investment incomeLn 3$46K
Other incomeLn 4–11$528K
Gains on assetsLn 7$658
Total revenueLn 12$1.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$291K
SavingsLn 2$218K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$509K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$705K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$629K
Other assetsLn 15$93K
Total assetsLn 16$2.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8K
Net assetsLn 32$2.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
VolunteersI 662
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$139K$509K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.1M$705K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$542K$629K
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M$2.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$30K$8K
Net assetsLn 32$1.8M$2.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$148K$101K$46K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$633K$633K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$60K$60K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$12K$12K
Office expensesLn 13$44K$44K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$9K$9K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$46K$46K
InsuranceLn 23$13K$13K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$162K$162K
All other expensesLn 24e$48K$48K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.2M$1.1M$46K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $1.4M$1.2M$197K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $999K$1.0M−$26K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $862K$818K$44K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $804K$707K$97K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $815K$735K$80K$1.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,371,709 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $537,918$764,551
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,913$32,964
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $33,479$46,374
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $426,125$527,820
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $999,435$1,371,709
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $645,903$780,674
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $379,343$394,329
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,025,246$1,175,003
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$25,811$196,706
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,371,709 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$45,821
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$718,730
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$764,551
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $32,964$32,964
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $45,716$45,716
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $658$658
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$526,173
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $1,647$1,647
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $80,985$1,371,709
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,175,003 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $101,207 · Management $46,293$147,500
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $633,174$633,174
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxes$0
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $60,201$60,201
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $11,855$11,855
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $43,887$43,887
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $9,341$9,341
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $45,828$45,828
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $12,684$12,684
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $162,239$162,239
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $48,294$48,294
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,128,710 · Management $46,293 · Fundraising $0$1,175,003
Part X · Balance sheet $1,978,990 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $138,780$290,903
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$217,994
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $1,913$4,354
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $21,996$37,872
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $542,229$629,403
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $1,091,312$705,414
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$93,050
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,796,230$1,978,990
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $22,533$4,298
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $7,378$4,190
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $29,911$8,488
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $680,293$1,103,431
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,086,026$867,071
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,766,319$1,970,502
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,796,230$1,978,990
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,970,502 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,371,709
XI-2 Total expenses$1,175,003
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$196,706
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,766,319
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$4,677
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$73,882
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$71,082
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,970,502

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