California · Private foundation
Tahoe Maritime Foundation
THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF THE MUSEUM IS TO STIMULATE INTEREST IN, INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF, AND MAINTAIN WATERCRAFT AND MARINE ARTIFACTS SIGNIFICANT IN LAKE TAHOE'S MARITIME HISTORY THROUGH HISTORIC PRESERVATION, INTERPRETATION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION. Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited…
- $220k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 62%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 13
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 62% of the organizations Tahoe Maritime Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 68% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $135k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $220k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $200k | 62% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $201k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $215k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Mariners' Museum | $112,300 | 3 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe | $95,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Minnesota Lakes Maritime Society | $70,000 | 4 | 4% |
| The Antique Boat Museum | $57,350 | 4 | 1% |
| Southbay Youth Maritime Foundation | $55,000 | 1 | 20% |
| North Lake Tahoe Historical Society | $49,500 | 2 | 12% |
| Boy Scouts of America 55 Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council | $49,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Call of the Sea | $43,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Sierra State Parks Foundation | $37,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Western Flyer Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Mariners' Museum | $112,300 | 3 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe | $95,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Minnesota Lakes Maritime Society | $70,000 | 4 | 4% |
| The Antique Boat Museum | $57,350 | 4 | 1% |
| Southbay Youth Maritime Foundation | $55,000 | 1 | 20% |
| North Lake Tahoe Historical Society | $49,500 | 2 | 12% |
| Boy Scouts of America 55 Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council | $49,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Call of the Sea | $43,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Sierra State Parks Foundation | $37,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Western Flyer Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| CLEAN UP THE CAYES dba CLEAN UP THE LAKE | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Peninsula Youth Sailing Foundation | $23,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tahoe Community Sailing Foundation | $20,000 | 4 | 9% |
| The Spaulding Wooden Boat Center | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| League to Save Lake Tahoe | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Penobscot Marine Museum | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($120k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Tahoe Maritime Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: Ibm International Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Tahoe Maritime Foundation
- How much does Tahoe Maritime Foundation give?
- Tahoe Maritime Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $220,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 13 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Tahoe Maritime Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (42%), Youth Development (29%), Environment (11%).
- Who are Tahoe Maritime Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: The Mariners' Museum ($112k), Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe ($95k), Minnesota Lakes Maritime Society ($70k).
- Does Tahoe Maritime Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 62% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Tahoe Maritime Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Tahoe Maritime Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ibm International Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Tahoe Maritime Foundation based?
- Tahoe Maritime Foundation is based in CA.
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