Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BOSTON MARINE SOCIETY
BOSTON MARINE SOCIETY (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $207,920 to it, the largest being Elisha V Ashton Trust UW ($207,920). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $208k
- Net assets
- $26M
What Boston Marine Society does
Mission
Promote knowledge of the coast, relieve members and families of poverty, and financially assist in the education and training of maritime academy students.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Scholarships and memorial funds granted to maritime academies and others associated with the education and preservation of the coast.
$177,500 spentof which $177,500 as grants35% of program spendingFinancial aid and assistance to members & families in poverty.
$20,000 spentof which $20,000 as grants4% of program spendingOther expenses to maintain historical assets held by the society that are used to educate the public about the coast.
$78,211 spent15% of program spendingConferences and meetings to provide a forum for the discussion of the coast and to promote public awareness of the coast.
$231,764 spent$11,200 earned by the program46% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $507,475.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $26M to $23M (−13%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Lisa V Walsh
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $26k → $30k.
From the IRS filings of BOSTON MARINE SOCIETY’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
100% of BOSTON MARINE SOCIETY's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like BOSTON MARINE SOCIETY
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
51% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BOSTON MARINE SOCIETY: 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 BOSTON MARINE SOCIETY?
- BOSTON MARINE SOCIETY (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $207,920 to it, the largest being Elisha V Ashton Trust UW ($207,920). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BOSTON MARINE SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $207,920 in grants to BOSTON MARINE SOCIETY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOSTON MARINE SOCIETY?
- Elisha V Ashton Trust UW is the largest funder on record, with $207,920 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOSTON MARINE SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing