New Hampshire · Nonprofit
BLUE OCEAN SOCIETY FOR MARINE CONSERVATION
BLUE OCEAN SOCIETY FOR MARINE CONSERVATION (New Hampshire) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $205,127 to it, the largest being Maine Community Foundation Inc ($41,820). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $461k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $205k
- Net assets
- $42k
What Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation does
Mission
Our mission is to protect marine life in the gulf of maine through research, education, and inspiring action. Our most significant activities are studying marine life off the nh coast, conducting over 200 community beach cleanups each year, running educational programs at our blue ocean discovery center in hampton beach, nh, and lastly conducting interactive presentations for schools and groups throughout the new england region.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Interactive educational programs - provide hands-on programs in schools and at our blue ocean discovery center in hampton beach, to teach people about marine life and inspire them to protect the ocean. School programs feature our life-sized inflatable whale and pollution prevention education. Our blue ocean discovery center features touch tanks and a variety of other exhibits about the gulf of maine and marine conservation. Together, these programs reach approximately 22,000 people annually.
$123,272 spent$25,152 earned by the program39% of program spendingWhale research and education - provide naturalists on one local whale watch vessels who run a hands-on education program and inform over 10,000 people each year. Collect behavioral data on whales that is part of a long-term scientific study to identify, catalog and study the behavior of gulf of maine marine life, focusing on large whale species.
$128,056 spent$7,352 earned by the program40% of program spendingBeach cleanup and marine debris monitoring - engage volunteers in conducting over 200 beach cleanups a year, study microplastics and document litter as part of our long-term study on marine pollution. Use this data to develop targeted education and outreach programs.
$45,222 spent14% of program spendingOther programs to educate and promote a healthy marine environment, including interactive educational programs at the blue ocean discovery center and school presentations, and projects to inspire the public to take action to protect marine life.
$23,086 spent$105,102 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $319,636.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2023 to 2024, from $52k to $151k (+189%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 22% · 2019 11% · 2020 10% · 2021 30% · 2022 17% · 2023 8% · 2024 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
69% of BLUE OCEAN SOCIETY FOR MARINE CONSERVATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Jennifer Kennedy
Executive director
Board chair
Tyler O'Brien
Chair
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $14k → $63k.
7 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 BLUE OCEAN SOCIETY FOR MARINE CONSERVATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 14 of 15 funders by total. 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
BLUE OCEAN SOCIETY FOR MARINE CONSERVATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
51% 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 BLUE OCEAN SOCIETY FOR MARINE CONSERVATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 63% · 2019 51% · 2020 59% · 2021 45% · 2022 92% · 2023 32% — 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.
How long its funders stay
33% of BLUE OCEAN SOCIETY FOR MARINE CONSERVATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
BLUE OCEAN SOCIETY FOR MARINE CONSERVATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Hampshire, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $93k 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
BLUE OCEAN SOCIETY FOR MARINE CONSERVATION's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 80 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like BLUE OCEAN SOCIETY FOR MARINE CONSERVATION
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 New Hampshire
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BLUE OCEAN SOCIETY FOR MARINE CONSERVATION: 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 BLUE OCEAN SOCIETY FOR MARINE CONSERVATION?
- BLUE OCEAN SOCIETY FOR MARINE CONSERVATION (New Hampshire) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $205,127 to it, the largest being Maine Community Foundation Inc ($41,820). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLUE OCEAN SOCIETY FOR MARINE CONSERVATION have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $205,127 in grants to BLUE OCEAN SOCIETY FOR MARINE CONSERVATION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLUE OCEAN SOCIETY FOR MARINE CONSERVATION?
- Maine Community Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $41,820 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLUE OCEAN SOCIETY FOR MARINE CONSERVATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Hampshire. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), 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