Maryland · Private foundation
The Blue Waters Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,711
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $405,648
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $21M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations The Blue Waters Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 16 | $1.9M | 38% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $554k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $212k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $176k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $194k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $168k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $116k | 17% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $90k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys Catholic Church & School | $803,359 | 8 | n/a |
| Chesapeake Conservancy Inc | $438,571 | 5 | 1% |
| St Anne's School of Annapolis Inc | $387,763 | 5 | 4% |
| The Blues Foundation Inc | $243,252 | 8 | 6% |
| West Nottingham Academy | $180,911 | 6 | 2% |
| Historic Annapolis Inc | $149,862 | 1 | 2% |
| Arundel Rivers Federation Inc | $108,689 | 6 | 3% |
| Anne Arundel County Watershed Stewards Academy Inc | $100,899 | 1 | 6% |
| St Marys Royal Blue Club Inc | $100,711 | 1 | 17% |
| Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts Inc | $72,850 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys Catholic Church & School | $803,359 | 8 | n/a |
| Chesapeake Conservancy Inc | $438,571 | 5 | 1% |
| St Anne's School of Annapolis Inc | $387,763 | 5 | 4% |
| The Blues Foundation Inc | $243,252 | 8 | 6% |
| West Nottingham Academy | $180,911 | 6 | 2% |
| Historic Annapolis Inc | $149,862 | 1 | 2% |
| Arundel Rivers Federation Inc | $108,689 | 6 | 3% |
| Anne Arundel County Watershed Stewards Academy Inc | $100,899 | 1 | 6% |
| St Marys Royal Blue Club Inc | $100,711 | 1 | 17% |
| Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts Inc | $72,850 | 4 | 1% |
| Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Anne Arundel County Md Inc | $39,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $35,062 | 3 | 0% |
| From The Heart Productions | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Baltimore Blues Society Inc | $19,500 | 7 | 26% |
| DC Blues Society Inc | $13,500 | 6 | 22% |
| Peninsula Athletic League Inc | $2,300 | 2 | 1% |
| Lighthouse Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| First Baptist Church of Annapolis Maryland Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($720k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Blue Waters Foundation 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.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Community Foundation of Anne Arundel Co · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Blue Waters Foundation
- How much does The Blue Waters Foundation give?
- The Blue Waters Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $1,936,156 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Blue Waters Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (57%), Environment (20%), Arts & Culture (18%).
- Who are The Blue Waters Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: St Marys Catholic Church & School ($803k), Chesapeake Conservancy Inc ($439k), St Anne's School of Annapolis Inc ($388k).
- Does The Blue Waters Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Blue Waters 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 The Blue Waters Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Anne Arundel Co, T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc, The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc.
- Where is The Blue Waters Foundation based?
- The Blue Waters Foundation is based in MD.
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