Texas · Public charity
American Bureau of Shipping
To serve the public interest as well as the needs of our members and clients by promoting the safety of life and property and preserving the natural environment through the development and verification of standards for design, construction and operational maintenance of ships and marine related facilities.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 20
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 13
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.3B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations American Bureau of Shipping funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.5M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $845k | 12% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $3.3M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $792k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $569k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $801k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $581k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $658k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $846k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M Foundation | $2,500,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alumni Association of the University of Michigan | $627,183 | 8 | 1% |
| California Maritime Academy Foundation Inc | $581,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Texas A&M University | $561,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Webb Institute | $432,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Maritime Industry Museum at Fort Schulyer | $431,000 | 8 | 59% |
| Maine Maritime Academy | $431,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy Foundation Inc | $430,500 | 8 | 1% |
| The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology | $400,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The University of Houston Alumni Association Foundation | $375,000 | 8 | 5% |
Show all 23 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
American Bureau of Shipping supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Shell USA Company Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Aetna Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About American Bureau of Shipping
- How much does American Bureau of Shipping give?
- American Bureau of Shipping reported 20 itemized grants totaling $1,031,273, out of $1,396,144 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does American Bureau of Shipping fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (93%), Philanthropy (3%), Arts & Culture (3%).
- Who are American Bureau of Shipping's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Texas A&M Foundation ($2.5M), Alumni Association of the University of Michigan ($627k), California Maritime Academy Foundation Inc ($581k).
- Does American Bureau of Shipping fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Bureau of Shipping?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shell USA Company Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Aetna Foundation Inc.
- Where is American Bureau of Shipping based?
- American Bureau of Shipping is based in TX.
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