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Block Island Maritime Funding Inc

Supports youth sailing programs through Atlantic Challenge Foundation and Piers Island Maritime Institute

$114k
Granted FY2023
7
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Education$510kArts & Culture$352kEnvironment$77kAnimals$51kRecreation & Sports$51kHealth$37kScience & Tech$25kReligion$10kOther$0
02FY2023 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $83,150, the rows itemized in this filing. The $114,005 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $30,855 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k4 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
$9,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FUEL FOUNDATION FOR UNDERWAY EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING$30,000
SPIRITUAL CENTER OF SOUTHPORT (TRINITY CHURCH)$10,000
PEQUOT YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION$10,000
ELLIOT MUSEUM HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MARTIN COUNTY$9,500
RESCUE ADOPTIONS INC$9,500
TREASURE COAST WILDLIFE CENTER$7,075
NALA'S RESCUE$7,075
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 21% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HELPING HANDS AND HOOVES: $33k → 8%CUTTYHUNK YACHT CLUB: $11k → 8%SC WATERFOWL ASSOCOATION: $19k → 14%HAMMOND SCHOOL: $30k → 16%TREASURE COAST WILDLIFE CENTER: $7k → 10%RESCUE ADOPTIONS INC: $10k → 13%NEW ENGLAND SCIENCE & SAILING FOUNDATION: $21k → 9%SPIRITUAL CENTER OF SOUTHPORT (TRINITY CHURCH): $10k → 9%INTERNATIONAL YACHT RESTORATION SCHOOL: $127k → 7%PAUL CUFFEE SCHOOL: $12k → 14%SAIL MAINE: $4k → 7%BIGELOW LABS: $15k → 9%MAINE MARITIME MUSEUM: $83k → 9%PENOBSCOT EAST RESOURCE CENTER: $21k → 11%PENOBSCOT MARINE MUSEUM: $29k → 13%FUEL FOUNDATION FOR UNDERWAY EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING: $33k → 8%SC WATERFOWL ASSOCOATION: $6k → 14%HAMMOND SCHOOL: $24k → 16%NALA'S RESCUE: $7k → 10%NEW ENGLAND SCIENCE & SAILING FOUNDATION: $14k → 9%PEQUOT YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%INTERNATIONAL YACHT RESTORATION SCHOOL: $82k → 7%PAUL CUFFEE SCHOOL: $5k → 14%FRIENDS OF CASCO BAY: $9k → 7%BIGELOW LABS: $10k → 9%MAINE MARITIME MUSEUM: $41k → 9%PENOBSCOT EAST RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 11%PENOBSCOT MARINE MUSEUM: $16k → 13%FUEL FOUNDATION FOR UNDERWAY EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING: $30k → 8%SC WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION: $3k → 14%HAMMOND SCHOOL: $18k → 16%ELLIOT MUSEUM HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MARTIN COUNTY: $10k → 10%COAST GUARD FOUNDATION: $7k → 9%OLIVER HAZARD PERRY R I INC: $62k → 7%FRIENDS OF CASCO BAY: $6k → 7%MAINE MARITIME MUSEUM: $27k → 9%HAMMOND SCHOOL: $12k → 16%INTERNATIONAL YACHT RESTORATION SCHOOL: $41k → 7%MAINE MARITIME MUSEUM: $19k → 9%HAMMOND SCHOOL: $12k → 16%INTERNATIONAL YACHT RESTORATION SCHOOL: $28k → 7%MAINE MARITIME MUSEUM: $12k → 9%OLIVER HAZARD PERRY R I INC: $25k → 7%MAINE MARITIME MUSEUM: $11k → 9%IYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY AND TRADES: $10k → 7%MAINE COAST HERITAGE TRUST: $19k → 9%OLIVER HAZARD PERRY R I INC: $8k → 7%MAINE COAST HERITAGE TRUST: $8k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 15 repeat orgs$114k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2023, 14 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
7

Total granted

$1.0M
$61k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+66%

Still filing today

93%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationScience & TechHealthRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • IS
    IYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & TRADES INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $291k · revenue +15%
  • HS
    HAMMOND SCHOOL
    5× · 2018–2022 · $96k · revenue +44%
  • OH
    OLIVER HAZARD PERRY RHODE ISLAND INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $95k · revenue +209%

Funded once

  • HH
    HELPING HANDS AND HOOVES INC
    one grant, 2022 · $33k
  • CY
    CUTTYHUNK YACHT CLUB INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $11k · revenue +253%
  • CG
    COAST GUARD FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $7k · revenue +130%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Newburyport Maritime Society Inc

To protect, preserve and interpret the martime heritage of the lower Merrimack Valley region and how it relates to American History

Arts & Culture
2
Camden Shipyard Maritime Museum

To educate the world about camden's rich maritime heritage and significant contributions to global shipbuilding and seafaring exploration.

Arts & Culture
3
Islesboro Islands Trust

The mission of Islesboro Islands Trust is to enhance the quality of residents' lives through the preservation of open space, educate all residents as to the value of the island's natural ecosystems, and act as an environmental advocate on…

Philanthropy
4
Herring Gut Coastal Science Center

Educating students and communities about the connections between the ocean, inland waters, and economy of maine.

Environment
5
National Sailing Hall of Fame & Museum Inc

The organization preserves the history of sailing and its impact on american culture; honors those who have made outstanding contributions to the sport; demonstrates its value for scholastic and life skills learning; and encourages sailing…

Arts & Culture
6
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc

The nantucket conservation foundation owns, protects, and stewards over 9,000 acres of land and coastal shoreline, conserves nantucket's rare and significant natural resources, and engages in impactful ecological research to inform…

Environment
7
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History

To inspire appreciation, understanding and stewardship of our natural environment through discovery and learning.

Arts & Culture
8
Maine Island Trail Association

The mission of the Maine Island Trail Association is to advance a model of thoughtful use and volunteer stewardship of Maine's wild islands, creating an inspiring recreational water trail that is cared for by the people who use it.

Environment
9
New England Fishermen's Stewardship Association

Alliance of wild harvesters of the waters off of new england dedicated, to educating the public about how best to manage our seafood resources through sound science & best practices of conversation used by fishermen

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10
Sailors for the Sea Inc

Sailors for the sea unites boaters around the world to protect the ocean. the ocean is in crisis and it needs powerful, well-educated advocates to stand up for it. we choose to focus on a sophisticated and influential constituency that…

—
11
Northeast Harbor Fleet

The purpose of the northeast harbor fleet is to provide racing & cruising activities serving 427 members in northeast harbor, maine

—
12
Cohasset Maritime Institute

Promote maritime education and recreational rowing

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Iyrs School of Technology & Trades Inc; the most unlike its peers is Helping Hands and Hooves Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 28 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
18/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & TRADES INC: $290,512 · Arts & CultureIYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & TRADES INCMaine Maritime Museum: $192,729 · Arts & CultureMaine Maritime MuseumOLIVER HAZARD PERRY RHODE ISLAND INC: $94,900 · Arts & CultureOLIVER HAZARD PERRY RHODE ISLAND INCPENOBSCOT MARINE MUSEUM: $44,984 · Arts & CulturePENOBSCOT MARINE MUSEUM+2 more: $14,000 · Arts & CultureHAMMOND SCHOOL: $96,000 · EducationHAMMOND SCHOOLFOUNDATION FOR UNDERWAY EXPERIENTIA L LEARNING INC: $62,676 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR UND…PAUL CUFFEE SCHOOL: $16,611 · EducationPAUL CUFFEE SCHOOLSPIRITUAL CENTER OF SOUTHPORT INC: $10,000 · EducationSPIRITUAL CENTER O…MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY: $44,000 · OtherMAINE MARI…CUTTYHUNK YACHT CLUB INC: $10,887 · OtherCUTTYHUNK …HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MARTIN COUNTY INC: $9,500 · OtherHISTORICAL…TREASURE COAST WILDLIFE HOSPITAL INC: $7,075 · OtherTREASURE C…RESCUE ADOPTION INC: $9,500 · OtherRESCUE ADO…Nalas New Life Rescue Inc: $7,075 · OtherNalas New …COAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $7,280 · OtherCOAST GUAR…IMMIGRANT LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: $4,000 · OtherSOUTH CAROLINA WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION: $27,800 · EnvironmentMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $27,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF CASCO BAY: $15,071 · Environment+1 more: $1,468 · EnvironmentMaine Center for Coastal Fisheries: $33,080 · Science & TechBigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences: $24,500 · Science & TechHELPING HANDS AND HOOVES INC: $32,750 · HealthRIPPLEFFECT INC: $4,000 · HealthNEW ENGLAND SCIENCE & SAILING FOUNDATION INC: $35,600 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $680 · Recreation & Sports
Arts & Culture$637,125Education$185,287Other$99,317Environment$71,339Science & Tech$57,580Health$36,750Recreation & Sports$36,280

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & TRADES INC: $290,512 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetMaine Maritime Museum: $192,729 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetHAMMOND SCHOOL: $96,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOLIVER HAZARD PERRY RHODE ISLAND INC: $94,900 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR UNDERWAY EXPERIENTIA L LEARNING INC: $62,676 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetPENOBSCOT MARINE MUSEUM: $44,984 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetNEW ENGLAND SCIENCE & SAILING FOUNDATION INC: $35,600 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMaine Center for Coastal Fisheries: $33,080 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetHELPING HANDS AND HOOVES INC: $32,750 over 1y, 22% of budgetSOUTH CAROLINA WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION: $27,800 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $27,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences: $24,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPAUL CUFFEE SCHOOL: $16,611 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF CASCO BAY: $15,071 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCUTTYHUNK YACHT CLUB INC: $10,887 over 1y, 15% of budgetSPIRITUAL CENTER OF SOUTHPORT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MARTIN COUNTY INC: $9,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRESCUE ADOPTION INC: $9,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $7,280 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNalas New Life Rescue Inc: $7,075 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTREASURE COAST WILDLIFE HOSPITAL INC: $7,075 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetRIPPLEFFECT INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSAIL MAINE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetIMMIGRANT LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetANDROSCOGGIN LAND TRUST INC: $1,468 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY BOATING INC: $680 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Maine Community Found…The Widgeon Point Cha…Morton-Kelly Charitab…Middlecott FoundationDavis Conservation Fo…Onion FoundationGranite Point Foundat…Bonnell Cove Foundati…Albert B Glickman Fam…Horizon Foundation IncFisher Charitable Fou…Elmina B Sewall Found…
Maine Community Foundation IncME21.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · The Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation · Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust · Middlecott Foundation · Davis Conservation Foundation · Onion Foundation · Granite Point Foundation · Bonnell Cove Foundation · Albert B Glickman Family Foundation · Horizon Foundation Inc · Fisher Charitable Foundation · Elmina B Sewall Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Block Island Maritime Funding Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Block Island Maritime Funding Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    8get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Block Island Maritime Funding Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Block Island Maritime Funding Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 28 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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