The Conservancy of Southwest Florida
We are a grassroots organization focused on the critical environmental issues of sw Florida. We accomplish this through a myriad of efforts by the teams in our programmatic departments: science, policy, education and wildlife rehabilitation.
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida at a glance
In short: The Conservancy of Southwest Florida gave $17K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $17K). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $16,695
- +203.5% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $16,695
- +203.5% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $16,695
- Total assets
- $136,934,004
- +36.2% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who The Conservancy of Southwest Florida funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Friends of Collier Seminole State Parks Inc ($17K).
Grant Size Distribution
4 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 4 grants of 4 (100%).
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $6K (2024) to $50K (2023). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $17K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Friends of Collier Seminole State Parks Inc | To Support Organization's Programs | $16,695 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $136,934,004 | $45,463,896 | $12,757,609 | $16,695 | 1 | $2,158,941 |
| 2024 | $100,523,040 | $14,508,320 | $11,718,691 | $5,500 | 1 | $3,946,040 |
| 2023 | $91,148,360 | $18,235,701 | $11,312,195 | $50,300 | 2 | $3,941,145 |
| 2022 | $87,935,046 | $8,937,483 | $9,591,462 | — | — | $-468,394 |
| 2021 | $94,704,498 | $12,247,834 | $12,885,887 | — | — | $1,995,129 |
| 2020 | $86,048,361 | $17,029,159 | $9,334,650 | — | — | $1,027,352 |
| 2019 | $75,451,905 | $24,997,792 | $8,239,878 | $5,525 | Total only | $1,238,871 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About The Conservancy of Southwest Florida
Based on IRS filings
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida is a public charity, based in Naples, FL. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $136.9M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $17K. Net investment income was $2.2M.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida is led by Rob Moher, CEO on every filing since 2019; 8 of 33 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Rob Moher
CEO
On filings since 2019
45 hrs/week
$222K (2019) → $294K (2025)
Charlie Mueller
Chairman of Board
Vice Chair → Chairman of Board, 2025
On filings since 2023
15 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nicole Ryan
Director of Environmental Policy
On filings since 2021
45 hrs/week
$102K (2021) → $122K (2025)
Joanna Fitzgerald
Director of Vawh
New on the 2025 filing
45 hrs/week
$127K (2025)
Martin De St Pierre
Director of Development
New on the 2025 filing
45 hrs/week
$115K (2025)
Barry Frank
Director
On filings since 2019
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Judith Hushon
Director
On filings since 2019
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Phil Gresh
Director
Director → Vice Chairman, 2020
Vice Chairman → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Katrina Lundmark-Kash
Director
On filings since 2020
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Leslie Frecon
Director
Director → Treasurer, 2023
Treasurer → Director, 2025
On filings since 2020
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stefan Bothe
Director
On filings since 2020
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Linda Grijalva
Director
On filings since 2021
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nancy Anthony
Director
On filings since 2021
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jonathan Kukk
Director
On filings since 2023
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nanette Rivera
Director
On filings since 2023
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nick Batos
Director
On filings since 2023
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nick Penniman
Director
On filings since 2023
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul Myerson
Director
On filings since 2023
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Penny Taylor
Director
On filings since 2023
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Roger Weston
Director
On filings since 2023
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Thomas Watkins
Director
On filings since 2023
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bruce Groves
Director
On filings since 2024
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Vanessa Gilvarg
Director
On filings since 2024
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bill Byrnes
Director
New on the 2025 filing
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ric Phillips
Director
New on the 2025 filing
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Terri Jump
Director
New on the 2025 filing
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul Seifert
Vice President
Vice President of Marketing → Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2019
45 hrs/week
$200K (2019) → $245K (2025)
Victoria Pollock
CFO
On filings since 2019
45 hrs/week
$121K (2019) → $162K (2025)
Karen Macartney
Chief Operations Officer
On filings since 2024
45 hrs/week
$117K (2024) → $132K (2025)
Michele Arquette-Palermo
Chief Operations Officer
New on the 2025 filing
45 hrs/week
$140K (2025)
John R. Walter
Treasurer
Vice Chair & Treasurer → Chairman of Board, 2023
Chairman of Board → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2019
15 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kimberly Leach Johnson
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2020
15 hrs/week
No compensation reported
James Nolte
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2023
15 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (42)
- Former: Phil Collins (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Phil Douglas (2019–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Sharon Von Arx (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Sue Schulte (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Robin Hamilton (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Terry Edwards (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Sheila Demkovich (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Cedric Shaw (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: George Lawton (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Ernest Reid (2023–2024) — Director of Business Systems
- Former: Kathy Worley (2024) — Director of Environmenal Science
- Former: Phyllis Deitschel (2024) — Veterinarian
- Former: Pam Brown (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Ana Puszkin-Chevlin (2023) — Regional Director
- Former: Carol Dinardo (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Dave Rismiller (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Ed Eaton (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Edie Andrew (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Gerri Moll (2019–2022) — Secretary
- Former: John Hall (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Kamela Patton (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Lew Allyn (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Loralee Leboeuf (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Nicholas G. Penniman IV (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Van Williams (2019–2022) — Chairman of Board
- Former: Charles Mueller (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Jon Kukk (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Tom McCann (2020–2022) — Governance
- Former: Judy Hushon (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Tom Watkins (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Ernie Reid (2022) — Director of Business Systems
- Former: Jean Hartman (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Wayne Meland (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Mayela Rojas (2020) — Director
- Former: Dennis Brown (2019) — Director
- Former: Jp Van Dongen (2019) — Director
- Former: Ken Krier (2019) — Director
- Former: Mayela Rosales (2019) — Director
- Former: Nancy White (2019) — Director
- Former: Robert Saltarelli (2019) — Director
- Former: Stephanie Goforth (2019) — Vice Chairman
- Former: Tom Moran (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $294K, to Rob Moher (CEO). 8 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about The Conservancy of Southwest Florida
How much does The Conservancy of Southwest Florida give each year?
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida gave $17K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $6K across 1 grant.
How large is The Conservancy of Southwest Florida?
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida reported $136.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $45.5M.
What is The Conservancy of Southwest Florida's EIN?
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 59-1157084. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 2, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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