Virginia · Nonprofit
BOATUS FOUNDATION
BOATUS FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $89,166 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($64,949). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $89k
- Net assets
- $968k
What Boatus Foundation does
Mission
The boatu.s. Foundation is an innovative leader promoting safe, clean, and responsible boating. The foundation provides educational outreach directly to boaters and supports partner organizations nationwide.with millions of boaters on the water, our aim is to reduce accidents and fatalities, increase stewardship of our waterways and keep boating a safe and enjoyable pastime. The Boatus Foundation is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Our work is primarily funded by grants and individual donations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Online boating safety course - the foundation provides a free boating safety course on the internet. Any boater with a computer and access to the internet can take this nasbla approved course and gain valuable safety information and safe boating skills. A free certificate may be printed upon completing a final exam with a score of 80% or higher. In 2024, 261,650 boaters enrolled in the online course. In partnership with several other organizations, the foundation provides additional more technical boating safety courses available online for purchase.
$1,676,724 spent$27,947 earned by the program53% of program spendingNoaa marine debris removal program - the foundation was awarded a $10 million-dollar multi-year grant to complete several projects in support of removing marine debris and abandoned and derelict vessels (adv's) from across the nation. The main program award is in support of a national competition for sub awardees to accomplish removals. In addition, the foundation will create a database to document where adv's exist currently to assist state and local governments with future removal activities. In 2024, with the support of noaa funding, the foundation planned a first of its kind virtual summit to be held in early 2025 to bring more awareness to the issues surrounding marine debris removal and disposal solutions.
$822,910 spent$558,200 earned by the program26% of program spendingOn the water training program - as part of its general education mission, the foundation created an on the water training program in 2017 which partners with local providers to offer the public more access to hands on skills training aboard recreational vessels. Hands on training reduces recreational boating accidents and fatalities. More than 9000 students have received training since the program's inception. At the end of 2024, the foundation shifted its program model from providing the administrative services related to scheduling and payment for training to a listing service model for vetted local providers. The foundation publishes and promotes general education information regarding boating safety, marine debris, and clean water initiatives on its website. Distribution efforts include various marketing channels, direct email and multiple public speaking events by staff. Boatus Foundation staff hold leadership positions on many boating safety organizations nationwide.
$273,256 spent$188,393 earned by the program9% of program spendingKids afloat - provides local, us based nonprofit organizations an opportunity to apply to purchase kid-sized life jackets at a discounted rate of $5 per jacket.epirb rental - provides emergency position indicating radio beacons and personal locator beacons to boaters for rent.fishing line recycling program - builds and provides fishing line recycling bins, signage and support to active fishing locations across the country.
$370,495 spent$148,910 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,143,385.
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 2018 to 2019, from $1.7M to $2.3M (+33%).
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: 2023 2% · 2024 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
66% of BOATUS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (69% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Tammy Moore
Chairman president & COO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $38k → $6k.
5 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 BOATUS FOUNDATION’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
BOATUS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 BOATUS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 100% · 2020 71% · 2021 100% · 2022 51% · 2023 88% — 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
25% of BOATUS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 27% 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
BOATUS FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $22k 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
BOATUS FOUNDATION's revenue grew 87% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 804 public safety & disaster nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding BOATUS FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $550k on record — $550k federal, $140 state.
- Department of Homeland Security$550k
- FEES - GENERAL-FOR SERVICE $140
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 BOATUS FOUNDATION
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Boat America Corporation · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BOATUS FOUNDATION?
- BOATUS FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $89,166 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($64,949). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BOATUS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $89,166 in grants to BOATUS FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOATUS FOUNDATION?
- NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $64,949 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOATUS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 11 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