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The Propeller Club of the United States Port of Norfolk at a glance

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The Propeller Club of the United States Port of Norfolk

To promote and support the american merchant marine and support civic and maritime activities on both the local and national levels.

$36k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$69kRecreation & Sports$45kCommunity Improvement$43kPhilanthropy$35kScience & Tech$10kEducation$10kHealth$10kPublic Benefit$5k
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $10,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $36,123 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $26,123 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$119k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TOP HATTERS SCHOLASTIC SHOOTING SPORTS INC$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%COAST GUARD MUTUAL ASSISTANCE: $5k → 7%AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PORT AUTHORITIES CONFERENCE: $20k → 9%VESSEL DISPOSAL ADN REUDE FOUNDATION: $15k → 10%YOUTH SAILING VA: $20k → 14%CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF THE KINGS DAUGHTERS: $10k → 19%VESSEL DISPOSAL AND REUSE FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%TOP HATTERS SCHOLASTIC SHOOTING SPORTS INC: $15k → 19%TOP HATTERS SCHOLASTIC SHOOTING SPORTS INC: $10k → 19%ELIZABETH RIVER PROJECT: $10k → 19%OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5k → 19%OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5k → 19%HAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 19%NAUTICUS: $20k → 19%NAUTICUS DBA NAUTICUS FOUNDATION: $15k → 19%HAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 19%VIRGINIA MARITIME ASSOCIATION: $8k → 19%NORFOLK FESTEVENTS LTD: $5k → 19%VIRGINIA MARITIME ASSOCIATION INC: $5k → 19%VIRGINIA MARITIME ASSOCIATION INC: $5k → 19%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$112k · 5 repeat orgs$80k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +170% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
7

Total granted

$112k
$80k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+170%
+16%

Still filing today

80%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’22’23’24
EducationRecreation & SportsEnvironmentHealthPublic BenefitOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • NF
    NAUTICUS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2019 · $34k · revenue +354%
  • VD
    Vessel Disposal and Reuse Foundation
    2× · 2022–2023 · $25k · revenue +8%
  • VM
    Virginia Maritime Association
    3× · 2017–2019 · $18k · revenue +170%

Funded once

  • AA
    AMERICAN ASSN OF PORT AUTHORITIES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +125%
  • YS
    YOUTH SAILING VIRGINIA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -13%
  • TE
    The Elizabeth River Project
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +15%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
Managers of Boston Port and Seamen's Aid Society
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4
The Virginia and Alfred Harrell Foundation
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5
Virginia Institute of Marine Science Fdn

The vims foundation advises and assists the william & mary batten school of coastal & marine sciences and the virginia institute of marine science, promotes philanthropy to and stewards the philanthropic resources of the vims foundation,…

Education
6
The Steamer Virginia V Foundation

Restoration, preservation, operation, and interpretation of the National Historic Landmark vessel Steamer Virginia V, the largest operational wooden passenger steamship in the United States. The vessel is used for public events, education…

Arts & Culture
7
Hampton Roads Executive Roundtable

To improve the region's trajectory of economic growth and competitiveness through thought leadership, establishing and monitoring the economic development and innovation strategy in an equitable manner, and fostering collaboration among…

Community Improvement
8
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…

Science & Tech
9
Greenwater Foundation

Greenwater Foundation provides leadership of marine conservation and humanitarian efforts undertaken by diverse organizations (governments, universities, NGOs, and private companies) by providing coordination of affordable vessels and…

Science & Tech
10
Norwalk Harbor Keeper
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11
Eastport Yacht Club Foundation Inc

Education of maritime-ecology and boating to youths and young adults.

Recreation & Sports
12
Vcu Health Tappahannock Hospital

To deliver important healthcare services with exceptional quality and patient-centered care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nauticus Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

12 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. 12 of the 13 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
10/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NAUTICUS FOUNDATION: $34,000 · OtherNAUTICUS FOUNDATIONTOP HATTERS SCHOLASTIC SHOOTING FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · OtherTOP HATTERS SCHOLASTIC SHOOTING FOUNDATION INCAMERICAN ASSN OF PORT AUTHORITIES INC: $20,000 · OtherAMERICAN ASSN OF PORT AUTHORITIES INCVirginia Maritime Association: $17,500 · OtherVirginia Maritime AssociationHAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $35,000 · PhilanthropyHAMPTON ROADS COM…Vessel Disposal and Reuse Foundation: $25,000 · EnvironmentVessel Disposal a…The Elizabeth River Project: $10,000 · EnvironmentThe Elizabeth Riv…YOUTH SAILING VIRGINIA INC: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsYOUTH SAILIN…NORFOLK FESTEVENTS LTD: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsNORFOLK FEST…OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationOLD DOMINI…OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationOLD DOMINI…Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters: $10,000 · HealthCOAST GUARD MUTUAL ASSISTANCE: $5,000 · Public Benefit
Other$96,500Philanthropy$35,000Environment$35,000Recreation & Sports$25,000Education$20,000Health$10,000Public Benefit$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNAUTICUS FOUNDATION: $34,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetVessel Disposal and Reuse Foundation: $25,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetAMERICAN ASSN OF PORT AUTHORITIES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYOUTH SAILING VIRGINIA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetVirginia Maritime Association: $17,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetOLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Elizabeth River Project: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Hospital of the King's Daughters: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOAST GUARD MUTUAL ASSISTANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORFOLK FESTEVENTS LTD: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

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.

The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC7.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Propeller Club of the United States Port of Norfolk funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Propeller Club of the United States Port of Norfolk. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 13 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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