Massachusetts · Public charity
Boston Marine Society
Promote knowledge of the coast, relieve members and families of poverty, and financially assist in the education and training of maritime academy students.
- $198k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $58k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $27M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Boston Marine Society funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $58k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $63k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $75k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $78k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $95k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $85k | 22% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $81k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy Foundation Inc | $160,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Maine Maritime Academy | $160,000 | 8 | n/a |
| New England Seafarers | $46,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Boston Seaman's Friend Society Inc | $41,500 | 5 | 6% |
| Sail Salem Inc | $30,500 | 6 | 9% |
| Duxbury Bay Maritime School Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Piers Park Sailing Center Inc | $23,000 | 4 | 1% |
| World Ocean School Inc | $22,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Penobscot Marine Museum | $17,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Greater Fall River Re-Creation Committee | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy Foundation Inc | $160,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Maine Maritime Academy | $160,000 | 8 | n/a |
| New England Seafarers | $46,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Boston Seaman's Friend Society Inc | $41,500 | 5 | 6% |
| Sail Salem Inc | $30,500 | 6 | 9% |
| Duxbury Bay Maritime School Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Piers Park Sailing Center Inc | $23,000 | 4 | 1% |
| World Ocean School Inc | $22,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Penobscot Marine Museum | $17,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Greater Fall River Re-Creation Committee | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Propeller Club of Boston Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 32% |
| Impact Online Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| US Naval Sea Cadet Corps | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Swampscott Sailing Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Boston Marine Society supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 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.
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How this is measured
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About Boston Marine Society
- How much does Boston Marine Society give?
- Boston Marine Society reported 4 itemized grants totaling $57,500, out of $197,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Boston Marine Society fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (57%), Recreation & Sports (10%), Science & Tech (7%).
- Who are Boston Marine Society's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Massachusetts Maritime Academy Foundation Inc ($160k), Maine Maritime Academy ($160k), New England Seafarers ($47k).
- Does Boston Marine Society fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Boston Marine Society?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Boston Marine Society based?
- Boston Marine Society is based in MA.
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