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Blue Sea Philanthropy USA

BLUE SEA PHILANTHROPY USA improves the efficiency and effectiveness of other registered charities by providing centralized fundraising events that offer registered charities access to specialized expertise in planning, execution, administration, and inherent economies of scale related to such events.

$919k
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$142k
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, FY2023 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$1.0MHuman Services$134kFood & Nutrition$113kEnvironment$63kReligion$18kInternational$14k
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 34 grants below total $873,907, the rows itemized in this filing. The $918,639 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $44,732 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k24 grants · $538k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $289k
$19,028
Median grant
14
States reached
$414k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MICAH ECUMENICAL MINISTRIES INC$141,977
WINCHESTER AREA TEMPORARY THERMAL SHELTER$95,510
MIRIAMS HOUSE INC$51,936
RIVER VALLEY CHARITIES INC$43,696
NEW JOURNEY COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC$41,637
CARBONDALE WARMING CENTER$40,451
PORTSMOUTH VOLUNTEERS FOR THE HOMELESS INC$38,922
POTTSTOWN BEACON OF HOPE$29,581
HOMEWARDBOUND OF THE GRAND VALLEY$28,138
ILLINOIS VALLEY PUBLIC ACTION TO DELIVER SHELTER - IV PADS$24,803
PATHWAY HOME OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC$24,557
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF JOLIET$23,786
CARLISLE CARES DBA COMMUNITY CARES$23,603
HOUSE OF HOPE$22,667
AGATE HOUSING AND SERVICES$20,900
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $222k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%YWCA BUCKS COUNTY: $19k → 6%POTTSTOWN BEACON OF HOPE: $30k → 7%Bethlehem Haven of Pittsburgh: $10k → 11%COMPASS HOUSE: $10k → 13%YWCA JAMESTOWN: $11k → 18%Young Womens Christian Association: $7k → 13%GATHERING TREE: $6k → 15%ROLLA MISSION: $6k → 16%LOVE INC OF BOONE COUNTY: $18k → 5%PORTSMOUTH VOLUNTEERS FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $39k → 20%YWCA of Bucks County: $16k → 6%Compass House: $9k → 13%Young Women's Christian Assn of Jamestown: $11k → 18%Portsmouth Volunteers for the Homeless Inc: $33k → 20%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
IA
IN
OH
PA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
OK
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 16 repeat orgs$321k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
3

Total granted

$1.0M
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+18%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $299k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
Housing & ShelterHuman ServicesFood & NutritionReligionEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • ME
    MICAH ECUMENICAL MINISTRIES INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $283k · revenue +19%
  • WA
    WINCHESTER AREA TEMPORARY THERMAL SHELTER INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $151k · revenue +11%
  • MH
    MIRIAM'S HOUSE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $101k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • BH
    BETHLEHEM HAVEN OF PITTSBURGH
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +18%
  • YO
    YWCA OF CLINTON IOWAgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $7k · revenue +99%
  • CI
    CENTRAL IOWA SHELTER & SERVICES
    one grant, 2023 · $6k · revenue -12%
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
Home for Homeless Women
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2
New Hope Shelter

Provide homeless with individualized support services and tailored housing solutions with a goal of obtaining and maintaining affordable housing

Housing & Shelter
3
Community Homeless Outreach and Support Inc

To provide a safe, comfortable environment for women and children seeking shelter and connect them with resources to help change their lives.

Housing & Shelter
4
Sunshine for Humanity Inc

Homeless Shelter

Health
5
Shelter House Community Shelter and Transition Services

Through shelter and housing, advocacy and supportive services, our mission is to prevent and end homelessness in our community.

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6
Shelter Care Ministries

It is the mission of shelter care ministries to provide shelter, awaken hope, and honor dignity for every person who seeks assistance through our porgrams. our focus is on supporting individuals living with a chronic illness and ending…

Housing & Shelter
7
The Open Shelter Inc

The open shelter provides, directly or by referral emergency shelter and assistance for homeless and marginally housed persons in central ohio, especially the most vulnerable among them; and to provide directly or by referral, coordinated,…

Housing & Shelter
8
Concord Coalition to End Homelessness

Concord coalition to end homelessness (cceh) works to eliminate the causes of homelessness in the greater concord, nh community by collaborating among homeless service providers.

Human Services
9
Hospitality House of Northwest North Carolina

To provide food and shelter for the homeless

Housing & Shelter
10
Refuge of Hope Ministries

Glorify and serve god by providing meals for hungry men, women, and children, emergency shelter and transition to independence for homeless men, and spiritual hope through jesus christ.

Religion
11
Room in the Inn Bowling Green Inc

Provides shelter for the homeless

Housing & Shelter
12
Hospitality House of Owatonna Inc

Offer temporary and emergency accommodations for men who are transitioning through homelessness.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Central Iowa Shelter & Services; the most unlike its peers is Illinois Public Action to Deliver Shelter. 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

37 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

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

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
17/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MICAH ECUMENICAL MINISTRIES INC: $283,077 · Housing & ShelterMICAH ECUMENICAL MINISTRIES INCWINCHESTER AREA TEMPORARY THERMAL SHELTER INC: $150,626 · Housing & ShelterWINCHESTER AREA TEMPORARY THERMAL SHELTER INCMIRIAM'S HOUSE INC: $101,374 · Housing & ShelterMIRIAM'S HOUSE INCHOUSE OF HOPE INC: $42,985 · Housing & ShelterHOUSE OF HOPE INCCARLISLE CARES: $38,672 · Housing & ShelterHOMEWARD BOUND OF THE GRAND VALLEY: $28,138 · Housing & ShelterSHELTER OF FLINT INC: $26,716 · Housing & Shelter+7 more: $97,742 · Housing & Shelter+7 morePortsmouth Volunteers for the Homeless Inc: $71,690 · Human ServicesPortsmouth Volunte…YWCA OF BUCKS COUNTY: $34,683 · Human ServicesYWCA OF BUCKS COUN…POTTSTOWN BEACON OF HOPE: $29,581 · Human ServicesPOTTSTOWN BEACON O…YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF JAMESTOWN: $21,535 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRI…COMPASS HOUSE: $19,004 · Human ServicesCOMPASS HOUSELOVE INC OF BOONE COUNTY INC: $18,253 · Human ServicesLOVE INC OF BOONE …BETHLEHEM HAVEN OF PITTSBURGH: $9,732 · Human Services+3 more: $17,976 · Human Services+3 moreCARBONDALE WARMING CENTER: $63,456 · OtherCARBONDALE W…RELIGIOUS EFFORT TO ASSIST AND CARE FOR THE HOMELESS INC (REACH): $41,910 · OtherRELIGIOUS EF…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF JOLIET: $23,786 · OtherCATHOLIC CHA…STONE CITY ALLIANCE FOR RECOVERY & HOPE INC: $16,176 · OtherSTONE CITY A…SOUTH MICHIGAN FOOD BANK: $5,494 · OtherNEW JOURNEY COMMUNITY OUTREACHINC: $63,695 · Food & NutritionNEW JOURN…RIVER VALLEY CHARITIES INC: $43,696 · Food & NutritionRIVER VAL…THE REFUGE INC: $12,835 · Food & NutritionTHE REFUG…AGATE HOUSING & SERVICES INC: $33,900 · ReligionTHE GATHERING PLACE MISSION INC: $6,752 · ReligionLOCKPORT CARES INC: $36,410 · EducationB THE LIGHT MISSION: $14,460 · PhilanthropyONE COLLECTIVE: $13,545 · International
Housing & Shelter$769,330Human Services$222,454Other$150,822Food & Nutrition$120,226Religion$40,652Education$36,410Philanthropy$14,460International$13,545

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 budgetMICAH ECUMENICAL MINISTRIES INC: $283,077 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetWINCHESTER AREA TEMPORARY THERMAL SHELTER INC: $150,626 over 2y, 19% of budgetMIRIAM'S HOUSE INC: $101,374 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetPortsmouth Volunteers for the Homeless Inc: $71,690 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetNEW JOURNEY COMMUNITY OUTREACHINC: $63,695 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetCARBONDALE WARMING CENTER: $63,456 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetRIVER VALLEY CHARITIES INC: $43,696 over 1y, 23% of budgetHOUSE OF HOPE INC: $42,985 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetRELIGIOUS EFFORT TO ASSIST AND CARE FOR THE HOMELESS INC (REACH): $41,910 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetCARLISLE CARES: $38,672 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetLOCKPORT CARES INC: $36,410 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetYWCA OF BUCKS COUNTY: $34,683 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAGATE HOUSING & SERVICES INC: $33,900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPOTTSTOWN BEACON OF HOPE: $29,581 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetHOMEWARD BOUND OF THE GRAND VALLEY: $28,138 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSHELTER OF FLINT INC: $26,716 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetILLINOIS PUBLIC ACTION TO DELIVER SHELTER: $24,803 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBARABOO AREA HOMELESS SHELTER: $24,557 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF JOLIET: $23,786 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF JAMESTOWN: $21,535 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCOMPASS HOUSE: $19,004 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLOVE INC OF BOONE COUNTY INC: $18,253 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetWAYFINDERS OHIO INC: $17,184 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSTONE CITY ALLIANCE FOR RECOVERY & HOPE INC: $16,176 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetB THE LIGHT MISSION: $14,460 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetONE COLLECTIVE: $13,545 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE REFUGE INC: $12,835 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetHELPING OVERCOME POVERTY'S EXISTENCE IN: $11,700 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBETHLEHEM HAVEN OF PITTSBURGH: $9,732 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetI'M-POSSIBLE INC: $8,864 over 1y, 17% of budgetTHE GATHERING PLACE MISSION INC: $6,752 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetYWCA OF CLINTON IOWA: $6,633 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Rolla Mission: $5,810 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCENTRAL IOWA SHELTER & SERVICES: $5,590 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GATHERING TREE: $5,533 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSOUTH MICHIGAN FOOD BANK: $5,494 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOAVES AND FISHES MINISTRIES: $5,044 over 1y, 1.1% 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.

Chubb Charitable Foun…Edward Jones Foundati…Charities Aid Foundat…The Pfizer Foundation…Network for GoodThe Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…American Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …
Chubb Charitable FoundationPA12.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chubb Charitable Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Blue Sea Philanthropy USA funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Blue Sea Philanthropy USA. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%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
    1get no government money at all
    12report 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 Blue Sea Philanthropy USA?

    Find your warmest path to Blue Sea Philanthropy USA 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 37 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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