Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida Inc
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22 people11 organisationsi22 people and 11 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (22). Violet dotted lines (11) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
22 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 22 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Russell Chair | Chair | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Carlos Alfonso | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Daphne Wood | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| ED Burr | Board Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Jerry Pate | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Jim V Etscorn | Board Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Joe Neber | Board Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Joshua Kellam | Vice Chair | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Katharine Macgregor | Board Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Kathy Barco | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Keenan Baldwin | Board Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Kent Shoemaker | 2nd Vice Chair | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Nick Wiley | Board Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Paul E Avery | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Preston L Farrior (also filed as Preston Farrior) | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Robert A Spottswood JR (also filed as Robert A Spottswood) | Company secretary | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Rodney Baretto | Board Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Roger A Young (also filed as Roger Young) | Board Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Todd Jones | Board Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Townsend Tarapani | Board Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Tucker Frederickson | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Valerie D Boyd (also filed as Valerie Boyd) | Treasurer | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
6 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Walker | President/CEO | since 2018 |
| Danielle Richter | Director of Philanthropy | since 2023 |
| Erin Smart | Director of Finance | 2025 |
| Erin T Rainey | Director of Conservation | 2025 |
| James W Bradford | COO | since 2018 |
| Michelle Ashton | Director of Communications & Events | since 2022 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Walker | President/CEO | 40 | $224k | $27k | |
| James W Bradford | COO | 40 | $201k | $34k | |
| Michelle Ashton | Director of Communications & Events | 40 | $168k | $25k | |
| Danielle Richter | Director of Philanthropy | 40 | $145k | $24k | |
| Erin T Rainey | Director of Conservation | 40 | $138k | $23k | |
| Erin Smart | Director of Finance | 40 | $120k | $23k | |
| Laura Russell | Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Joshua Kellam | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kent Shoemaker | 2nd Vice Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Robert A Spottswood Jr | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Valerie D Boyd | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Carlos Alfonso | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Paul E Avery | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kathy Barco | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Keenan Baldwin | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Rodney Baretto | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ed Burr | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jim V Etscorn | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Preston Farrior | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Tucker Frederickson | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Todd Jones | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Katharine Macgregor | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Joe Neber | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jerry Pate | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Townsend Tarapani | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Nick Wiley | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Daphne Wood | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Roger Young | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida Inc
- EIN
- 593277808
- Address
- Po Box 11010, Tallahassee, FL, 32302-3010
- State
- Florida
- Mission
- The fish & wildlife foundation of florida is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that seeks to protect our outstanding animals and plants and the lands and waters they need to survive. We work closely with the florida fish and wildlife conservation commission (fwc) and many other public and private partners. Since our founding in 1994, we have raised and donated nearly $100 million for... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- D123 Animal-related
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Animal-Related
- Size band
- 9 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1994
- Principal officer
- Will Bradford (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 July 1995
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 8, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsLaura Russell
≥8years on the filingsCarlos Alfonso
≥8years on the filingsDaphne Wood
≥8years on the filingsJerry Pate
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $106.4m
- Total liabilities
- $729k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $105.7m
- Contributions and grants received
- $5m
- Program service revenue
- $18.3m
- Grants and similar paid out
- $11m
- Employees
- 14
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $30m | $13.5m | $16.5m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
Grants paid
25+ listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | Wff25-31 chronic wasting disease (cwd) in florida: continued response and cooperative approach to statewide surveillance | $139k |
| Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | Cwt25-14 utilizing scout snakes as a control tool for burmese pythons within the picayune strand state forest | $120k |
| Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute | Fg25-03 manatee rehabilitative and critical care facility | $100k |
| Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | Cwt25-02 new trailer-mounted bear traps | $72k |
| University of North Carolina at Wilmington | Fg25-05 neural anomalies in the smalltooth sawfish, pristis pectinata | $63k |
| Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | Cwt25-13 cache of land management tools for private land owners | $50k |
| Friends of the Wekiva River Inc | Pfs25-14 critical habitat: mapping eel grass within the wekiva wild and scenic river system | $50k |
| Stetson University Institute for Water and Environmental Resilience | Pfs25-21 quantifying differences in primary productivity and herbivory control among native versus non-native water lettuce (pistia stratiot | $50k |
| Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | Cwt25-12 a novel methodology for a novel virus: using erna to detect turtle fraservirus (tfv-1) | $40k |
| Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | Cwt25-15 offering local governments in rural areas with bear-resistant options to reduce human-bear conflicts | $40k |
| Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | Pfs25-02 effects of hurricane idalia storm surge on submersed vegetation and fish communities in a spring-fed river in florida (crystal rive | $39k |
| Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | Cwt25-03 octocoral restoration trials on nearshore hardbottom communities | $39k |
| Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | Cwt25-04 improving information accessibility for florida residents and visitors to the great florida birding and wildlife trail | $37k |
| Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | Cwt25-01 updated abundance and genetic diversity of black bears in florida | $35k |
| Bonefish & Tarpon Trust | Fgk25-01 search for florida keys bonefish spawning aggregations | $35k |
| Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | Fgk25-02 title sponsorship of the florida nasp (national archery in the schools program) state tournament. | $35k |
| Minorities in Shark Science on Behalf of the Crystal River Bull Shark Proje | Pfs25-20 the crystal river bull shark project: a tool for establishment of top predator nursery and thermal refuge habitat, and augmented sp | $26k |
| Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | Cwt25-06 determination of freshwater mussel host use through genetic barcoding of juvenile mussels metamorphosed on naturally infested fishe | $25k |
| The Busch Wildlife Sanctuary Inc | Fg25-04 environmental education & wildlife sanctuary | $25k |
| Florida Conservation Group | Fg25-06 landowner education, outreach and land conservation assistance within the florida wildlife corridor | $25k |
| University of Central Florida | Kmf25-01 applying genomic techniques to reef fisheries management: a multidisciplinary approach to protecting florida's coral reef fish popu | $25k |
| Alachua County | Pfs25-08 quantifying the economic benefits of springs in the lower suwannee and santa fe river basins of north-central florida | $25k |
| Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | Cwt25-05 wildlife warriors: educating youth and families to conserve our lands and animals | $22k |
| Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | Wff25-28 youth hunting program of florida equipment purchase | $20k |
| Girl Scouts of West Central Florida | Wff25-36 girl scouts of west central florida archery program | $20k |