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United States Maritime Alliance Ltd

United states maritime alliance ("usmx") mission is to preserve and protect the interests of its members in matters associated with the maritime industry, including all labor relations issues affecting longshore and related activities.

$193k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$136kHealth$116kPublic Safety & Disaster$100kCommunity Improvement$75kEnvironment$34kEmployment$33kHuman Services$7kInternational$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $111,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $192,677 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $81,677 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.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $89k
$11,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$29M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY$25,000
ST JUDES CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL$23,000
OPERATION SMILE$20,000
UNITED SEAMEN'S SVC AOTOS$11,000
NAT'L MARITIME SAFETY ASSOCIATION$10,000
WATERFRONT ALLIANCE$8,000
FORSGATE COUNTRY CLUB$7,500
VIRGINIA MARITIME ASSOCIATION$6,500
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:

Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FAMILY SERVICE CENTER OF GALVESTON COUNTY: $7k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
NJ
CT
VA
TN
DC
GA
TX
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 14% of United States Maritime Alliance Ltd’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

United States Maritime Alliance Ltdlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$378k · 7 repeat orgs$139k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
7

Total granted

$378k
$108k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+13%

Still filing today

86%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
HealthRecreation & SportsInternationalCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • HI
    HOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $118k · revenue +21%
  • OS
    OPERATION SMILE INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $78k · revenue +10%
  • NM
    NATIONAL MARITIME SAFETY ASSOCIATION INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $40k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • NY
    NEW YORK SHIPPING ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +6%
  • HN
    HOLY NAME MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue 0%
  • NA
    NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WATERFRONT EMPLOYERS
    one grant, 2022 · $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
Waterways Council Inc

The mission of the corporation is to be the national unifying association of america's numerous inland waterways and ports infrastructure interests, serving as the definitive spokesperson for inland waterways infrastructure in washington…

Environment
2
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

The mission of the society is to advance the art, science and practice of naval architecture, marine engineering, ocean engineering and other marine-related professions through:* the global exchange of knowledge and ideas relative to the…

Public Benefit
3
American Maritime Partnership Inc

The organization was established by various domestic maritime industry stakeholders as a maritime industry advocate organization. the goal of the american maritime partnership is to help maintain america's political and economic strength…

Community Improvement
4
Us Superyacht Association Inc

Organization formed to promote and support the u.s. superyacht industry and its members worldwide through advocacy, marketing and education.

Community Improvement
5
Maritime Industry Museum At Fort Schulyer

To operate and maintain suny maritime museum

Arts & Culture
6
Maritime Transportation System Information Sharing & Analysis Center

The corporation promotes and facillitates maritime cybersecurity information sharing, awareness, training and collaboration efforts between private and public sector members to effectively improve cyber risk management across the entire…

Community Improvement
7
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
8
Marine Retailers Association of the Americas

Trade association for marine retailers. the purpose of the organization is to render educational, developmental, legislative, regulatory and promotional services for the benefit of its members.

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9
Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association

The mission of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA) is to facilitate commerce through ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient Gulf Coast waterways.

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10
American Assn of Port Authorities Inc

Aapa is a membership association dedicated to addressing the common interests and goals of ports with respect to operations, management, economics, and interaction with regulatory agencies in the united states, canada, the caribbean,…

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11
Air Transport Association of America Inc

Airlines for america (a4a) vigorously advocates for america's airlines as models of safety, customer service, and environmental responsibility; and as the indispensable network that drives our nation's economy and global…

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12
The National Association of State Workforce Agencies

The national association of state workforce agencies (naswa) mission is to enhance the state workforce agencies' ability to accomplish their goals, statutory roles and responsibilities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Maritime Safety Association Inc; the most unlike its peers is Nynj Foreign Freight Forwarders & Brokers Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

13 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. 13 of the 16 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY: $75,000 · OtherGEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITYNEW YORK SHIPPING ASSOCIATION INC: $50,000 · OtherNEW YORK SHIPPING ASSOCIATION INCNATIONAL MARITIME SAFETY ASSOCIATION INC: $40,000 · OtherNATIONAL MARITIME SAFETY ASSOCIATION INCUnited Seamens Service Inc: $22,796 · OtherUnited Seamens Service IncVirginia Maritime Association: $18,000 · OtherVirginia Maritime AssociationNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WATERFRONT EMPLOYERS: $10,000 · OtherMEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING CO (USA) INC: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · Other+1 more: $6,000 · OtherHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $118,454 · Recreation & SportsHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND…OPERATION SMILE INC: $78,000 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE I…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $23,000 · HealthHOLY NAME MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · HealthWATERFRONT ALLIANCE INC: $25,500 · Community ImprovementFORSGATE FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · PhilanthropyFamily Service Center of Galveston County Texas: $7,000 · Human Services
Other$241,796Recreation & Sports$118,454International$78,000Health$38,000Community Improvement$25,500Philanthropy$7,500Human Services$7,000

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 budgetHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $118,454 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $78,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK SHIPPING ASSOCIATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MARITIME SAFETY ASSOCIATION INC: $40,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetWATERFRONT ALLIANCE INC: $25,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $23,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Seamens Service Inc: $22,796 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetVirginia Maritime Association: $18,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHOLY NAME MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WATERFRONT EMPLOYERS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFamily Service Center of Galveston County Texas: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNYNJ Foreign Freight Forwarders & Brokers Association Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 10% 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization United States Maritime Alliance Ltd funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United States Maritime Alliance Ltd. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    6get 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 · 0–20%
    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 16 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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