Washington · Nonprofit
BLACK IN MARINE SCIENCE
BLACK IN MARINE SCIENCE (Washington) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,475,841 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($687,500). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.2M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Black in Marine Science does
Mission
Our mission is to celebrate, educate, and amplify, creating an inclusive community that addresses underrepresentation in the field.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
DUE TO AN INCREASE OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, WE ADDED OTHER included in the budget that's then approved by the board. PROGRAMS
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The bims institute is the research arm of Black in Marine Science
$278,927 spent$608,455 earned by the program20% of program spendingBims week is an annual scientific wellness retreat hosted by black in
$652,158 spent$548,789 earned by the program47% of program spendingBip week is a comprehensive marine science immersion program focusing
$92,817 spent$32,547 earned by the program7% of program spendingBIMS TV (BIMS BITES, BIMS DIVES, BIM BITES KIDS) was created in 2020 when all BIMS content premiered. Videos are made ASL accessible to create an equitable scientific environment. BIMS TV has reached over 1,998 subscribers with 30,000 plus views and 504,800 impressions. BIMS BITES premieres twice a month based on topics in marine science disseminated by Black marine scientists. BIMS BITES KIDS targets childern to create more excitement and a greater understanding of science, BIMS DIVES is a monthly live stream where they discuss hot topics in marine science with an infield expert.
$373,407 spent$902,153 earned by the program27% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,397,309.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $1.3M to $668k (−48%).
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.
99% of BLACK IN MARINE SCIENCE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $115k → $342k.
5 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BLACK IN MARINE SCIENCE’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.
How concentrated its funding is
BLACK IN MARINE SCIENCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
88% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BLACK IN MARINE SCIENCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 87% · 2022 64% · 2023 29% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
63% of BLACK IN MARINE SCIENCE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $546k that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from funders outside Washington, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $930k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
BLACK IN MARINE SCIENCE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 482 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 482 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding BLACK IN MARINE SCIENCE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.4M on record.
- National Science Foundation$3.2M
- Department of the Interior$150k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BLACK IN MARINE SCIENCE
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
54% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BLACK IN MARINE SCIENCE?
- BLACK IN MARINE SCIENCE (Washington) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,475,841 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($687,500). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BLACK IN MARINE SCIENCE have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,475,841 in grants to BLACK IN MARINE SCIENCE, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLACK IN MARINE SCIENCE?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $687,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLACK IN MARINE SCIENCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 15 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