Texas · Nonprofit
APOSTLESHIP OF THE SEA OF THE USA
APOSTLESHIP OF THE SEA OF THE USA (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS REV PN LYNCH COUNCIL 704 ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $163k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $173k
What Apostleship of the Sea of the USA does
Mission
To provide catholic ministry services to cruise and shipping industry passengers and staff by interviewing and pre-screening priests to serve as chaplains on board ships.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Memberships and subscriptions to seafaring trade journals and organizations to keep abreast of services needed and areas unserved, telephone and office expenses relating to interviewing and screening priests in their exempt function duties, including new applicants for positions. Info technology including website to search for needs in the industry and advertise services. Office and telephone expenses relating to searches and applications, arranging travel expenses of priests and clergy in their exempt duties.
$35,942 spent51% of program spendingTravel and lodging of priests and board members in the performance of their exempt function duties and ministerial services. Bonding and liabiity insurance covering priests and board members in their exempt function duties, including travel and lodging required by circumstances. Trade shows, conferences, and meetings related to exempt functions.
$20,103 spent28% of program spendingPromotions,information technology,webpage support,and conference fees to educate and promote the availability of clergy and religious services worldwide to the seafaring community in the shipping and cruise line industries.
$14,501 spent21% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $70,546.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $97k to $142k (+46%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of APOSTLESHIP OF THE SEA OF THE USA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (75% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of APOSTLESHIP OF THE SEA OF THE USA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
APOSTLESHIP OF THE SEA OF THE USA draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
APOSTLESHIP OF THE SEA OF THE USA's revenue grew 25% between 2020 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like APOSTLESHIP OF THE SEA OF THE USA
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
43% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for APOSTLESHIP OF THE SEA OF THE USA: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds APOSTLESHIP OF THE SEA OF THE USA?
- APOSTLESHIP OF THE SEA OF THE USA (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS REV PN LYNCH COUNCIL 704 ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does APOSTLESHIP OF THE SEA OF THE USA have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,000 in grants to APOSTLESHIP OF THE SEA OF THE USA.
- Who is the largest funder of APOSTLESHIP OF THE SEA OF THE USA?
- KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS REV PN LYNCH COUNCIL 704 is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like APOSTLESHIP OF THE SEA OF THE USA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing