· Private foundation
Blue Waters Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $190k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $85k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SOUTHEAST ALASKA FOOD BANK | $85,000 |
| STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWER FOUNDATION | $45,000 |
| HOSPICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| INFINITE HERO FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| THE HELPING UP MISSION INC | $25,000 |
| ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FOOD BANK | $25,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE LIGHT HOUSE | $20,000 |
| GARY SINISE FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CASA INC | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 51% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SASOUTHEAST ALASKA FOOD BANK3× · 2023–2025 · $235k · revenue +69%
- HFHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE CHESAPEAKE INC7× · 2017–2023 · $220k · revenue +34%
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION7× · 2019–2025 · $195k · revenue ×12
Funded once
- TVTHE VIRTUOUS WOMAN PROJECTone grant, 2019 · $50k · 89% of their budget
- TUTHE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC FBO YWCAone grant, 2017 · $25k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $20k
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.
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.
Housing unlimited, inc. is a non-profit dedicated to providing affordable, permanent housing opportunities and independent living for adults in mental health recovery.
The mission of the anacortes family center is to serve homeless women, children and families in crisis by providing shelter in addition to comprehensive transformational services to achieve long lasting personal success and…
Provide affordable housing for low income and moderate-income families and seniors.
Our mission is to break the cycle of addiction and trauma for women, children, and families.
To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.
We are making maryland healthier by connecting residents to insurance and care, educating the community about healthier living, and advocating a more equitable health care system.
Anne arundel workforce development corporation (aawdc) is a nonprofit organization that enhances the economic vitality of anne arundel county by developing and implementing workforce solutions. we build and maintain a pipeline of skilled…
Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…
To provide safe, habitable housing for families with low to moderate incomes, including homeless families, and to develop mixed income housing to help low income families in the transition to self-sufficiency while providing comprehensive…
Habitat for humanity of northern virginia brings our community together to build decent, affordable houses - and hope - for people in need. habitat provides a "hand up" to home ownership through sweat equity, donor generosity, volunteer…
Empowering families and individuals experiencing homelessness to build a future filled with dignity, opportunity, and lasting solutions.
To further healthcare, education and community involvement in eastern kentucky and southern west virginia through philanthropy and fundraising for appalachia.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 25 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds SOUTHEAST ALASKA FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE CHESAPEAKE INC ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CASA INC ↗
- Who funds ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE LIGHT HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds JUNEAU COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC ↗
- Who funds HELPING UP MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds INFINITE HERO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN PROJECT ↗
- Who funds All Children's Chorus of Annapolis ↗
- Who funds ARUNDEL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC ↗
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: Community Foundation of Anne Arundel Co · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Blue Waters Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Blue Waters Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Helping Up Mission Inc: 6% of income from government
- Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake Inc: 4% of income from government
- Arundel Community Development Services Inc: 2% of income from government
- The United Way of Central Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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