Which funders back the same organizations as Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Davis Conservation Foundation, The Nature Conservancy.

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New Hampshire · Public charity

Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems

The northeastern regional association of coastal and ocean observing systems' (neracoos) mission is to produce, integrate and communicate high-quality information that helps ensure safety, economic and environmental resilience, and sustainable use of the coastal ocean.

$5.6M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 17
Itemized grants FY2025: 14
Organizations funded FY2024: 21%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $5.3M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $120,019
Largest grant, FY2025: $1,410,725
Organizations funded a year: 12 to 16; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 6
Total assets, FY2025: $2.5M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $77k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Science & TechEnvironmentEducationAnimalsOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	17	$5.3M	29%
FY2024	14	$3.2M	21%
FY2023	12	$3.1M	8%
FY2022	15	$4.1M	27%
FY2021	15	$3.1M	27%
FY2020	12	$2.5M	17%
FY2019	12	$2.5M	8%
FY2018	16	$2.5M	13%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$13MEnvironment$3.2MScience & Tech$2.5MRecreation & Sports$2.2MAnimals$2.0MPublic Safety & Disaster$119kArts & Culture$77kCommunity Improvement$70kOther$0

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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
University of Maine System Inc	$8,695,184	9	n/a
University System of New Hampshire	$5,367,387	9	n/a
University of Connecticut	$3,217,290	9	n/a
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	$2,932,821	9	0%
Gulf of Maine Research Institute	$2,568,835	9	3%
University of Massachusetts	$2,204,653	8	n/a
The Woods Hole Group Inc	$745,246	8	n/a
University of Rhode Island	$708,005	9	n/a
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	$525,694	1	n/a
WET Labs Inc	$288,208	3	n/a

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All grantees of Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
University of Maine System Inc	$8,695,184	9	n/a
University System of New Hampshire	$5,367,387	9	n/a
University of Connecticut	$3,217,290	9	n/a
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	$2,932,821	9	0%
Gulf of Maine Research Institute	$2,568,835	9	3%
University of Massachusetts	$2,204,653	8	n/a
The Woods Hole Group Inc	$745,246	8	n/a
University of Rhode Island	$708,005	9	n/a
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	$525,694	1	n/a
WET Labs Inc	$288,208	3	n/a
Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries	$266,994	3	10%
Great Bay Stewards Inc	$138,160	2	19%
Axiom Data Sciences LLC	$118,801	1	n/a
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences	$107,937	3	0%
Webitects	$86,499	5	n/a
University of Hawaii	$70,391	2	n/a
Charybdis LLC	$69,481	6	n/a
Regents of the University of California at San Diego	$50,000	2	n/a
State of Maine	$47,223	2	n/a
University of Delaware	$47,117	1	0%
New England Aquarium Corporation	$44,652	3	0%
Cape Cod Community College	$44,623	2	n/a
Rps Group Inc	$40,711	3	n/a
Massachusetts Maritime Academy Foundation Inc	$37,422	1	1%
Northeastern University	$36,509	1	0%
State of New Hampshire	$30,056	2	n/a
Laudholm Trust	$29,960	2	1%
Spaulding Environmental Associates LLC	$22,409	2	n/a
Trustees of Saint Joseph's College Saint Joseph's College of Maine	$21,331	3	0%
Just Collective	$20,635	1	n/a
COWASS North America Incorporated	$15,618	1	27%
Mashpee Associate	$15,000	1	n/a
Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation	$13,000	1	3%
Seabrook-Hamptons Estuary Alliance	$8,506	1	14%
Waterview Consulting	$8,500	1	n/a
Third Sector New England Inc	$5,146	1	0%

Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($107k), not named here.

Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 15.

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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.

National Fish and Wildlife FoundationDC18.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Davis Conservation Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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.

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About Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems

How much does Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems give?: Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems reported 17 itemized grants totaling $5,297,274, out of $5,606,701 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (57%), Environment (14%), Science & Tech (11%).
Who are Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Maine System Inc ($8.7M), University System of New Hampshire ($5.4M), University of Connecticut ($3.2M).
Does Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Davis Conservation Foundation, The Nature Conservancy.
Where is Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems based?: Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems is based in NH.