· Private foundation
The Marine Society of the City of New York
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k12 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SUNY MARITIME COLLEGE | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,103 |
| US MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY | $10,000 |
| BILLION OYSTER PROJECT | $10,000 |
| VMS FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| SEA DART II INC | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| US COAST GUARD ACADEMY | $4,000 |
| MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY | $1,500 |
| USMMA ALUMNI FOUNDATION | $1,500 |
| SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL HOUSE | $1,000 |
| THE NOBLE MARITIME COLLECTION | $1,000 |
| NY HARBOR FOUNDATION | $500 |
| SUNY MARITIME COLLEGE | $500 |
| ROCKING THE BOAT | $500 |
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 80% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
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 FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BOBILLION OYSTER PROJECT INC6× · 2017–2024 · $75k · revenue +214%
- TNTHE NOBLE MARITIME COLLECTION4× · 2017–2024 · $24k · revenue +4%
- PLProject Liberty Ship Inc3× · 2017–2019 · $4k · revenue +88%
Funded once
- SHSANDY HOOK PILOTS CHARITABLEone grant, 2021 · $68k
- VHVIRGINIA'S HOUSE OF HOPEone grant, 2019 · $13k · revenue 0%
- SBSTEPHEN B LUCE LIBRARYone grant, 2017 · $10k
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.
To operate and maintain suny maritime museum
Preserve and display New Jersey's rich boating history.
The stated purpose of the museum shall be:a.to preserve long island's maritime history and heritage for educational purposes.b.to purchase, collect, restore and preserve boats, vessels and related equipment having to do with the past and…
To educate the world about camden's rich maritime heritage and significant contributions to global shipbuilding and seafaring exploration.
Free public trips and waterfront access
Portside newyork's mission is to create a model for nyc's waterfront future via advocacy and direct service. we demonstrate how the harbor can provide jobs, green freight movement, education, culture, and recreation - and how to center…
To educate the public about the maritime history of the piscataqua river basin and the significance of the portsmouth naval shipyard and the u.s. navy's submarine service. its most important activity is the display of a submarine, former…
Nature of organizations seaport museum new york, d/b/a south street seaport museum, is a not-for-profit educational institution chartered by the state of new york in 1967 and is exempt from federal income taxes under section 501(c)(3) of…
The foundation's mission is to support, foster and perpetuate the history and legacy of the american sailor. the mission is accomplished by presenting the history, preserving the legacy and promoting the future of the american sailor.
Preserve maritime history, promote the heritage community, and share the adventure of seafaring.
Perserve& educate colonial maritime hist
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 40 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 BILLION OYSTER PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds WORKING HARBOR COMMITTEE INC ↗
- Who funds THE NOBLE MARITIME COLLECTION ↗
- Who funds VIRGINIA'S HOUSE OF HOPE ↗
- Who funds SUNY MARITIME FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds United Seamens Service Inc ↗
- Who funds Project Liberty Ship Inc ↗
- Who funds SOCIETY OF MARITIME ARBITRATORSINC ↗
- Who funds United States Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds ROCKING THE BOAT INC ↗
- Who funds HUDSON RIVER MARITIME MUSEUM ↗
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: Shell USA Company Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Marine Society of the City of New York funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Marine Society of the City of New York. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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