Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BOW SEAT CREATIVE ACTION FOR CONSERVATION
BOW SEAT CREATIVE ACTION FOR CONSERVATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,000 to it, the largest being ISLAND FOUNDATION INC ($35,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $637k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $65k
- Net assets
- $208k
What Bow Seat Creative Action for Conservation does
Programs
We invited middle and high school students from around the world to participate in the 2025 ocean awareness student contest. Participants were asked to create film, poetry, artwork, and prose that reflected on the connections between human activities and the health of our oceans.this is an interdisciplinary contest that weaves together ocean awareness, creativity, and advocacy. Advocacy means taking a stand for something you believe in. It requires problem-solving skills, assertiveness, and most of all, knowing when to call the world to action.
$337,359 spentIn hopes of inspiring both within and outside the organization, we consistently engage in conservation projects such as beach cleanups, attending conferences and symposiums, and otherwise creating opportunities for others to conduct and promote ocean conservation. This includes our "future blue youth council" which is a diverse, international group of young people who serve for one year terms and work together to advance bow seat's mission and to empower their peers to advocate for the environment. Additionally, we have created an online hub for students, teachers, parents, and other educators to share teaching resources, news, and internship and job opportunities.
$224,544 spent
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-PF.
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 2023 to 2024, from $40k to $190k (+369%).
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
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of BOW SEAT CREATIVE ACTION FOR CONSERVATION’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
BOW SEAT CREATIVE ACTION FOR CONSERVATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of BOW SEAT CREATIVE ACTION FOR CONSERVATION'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 BOW SEAT CREATIVE ACTION FOR 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BOW SEAT CREATIVE ACTION FOR 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 BOW SEAT CREATIVE ACTION FOR CONSERVATION?
- BOW SEAT CREATIVE ACTION FOR CONSERVATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,000 to it, the largest being ISLAND FOUNDATION INC ($35,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BOW SEAT CREATIVE ACTION FOR CONSERVATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $65,000 in grants to BOW SEAT CREATIVE ACTION FOR CONSERVATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOW SEAT CREATIVE ACTION FOR CONSERVATION?
- ISLAND FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $35,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOW SEAT CREATIVE ACTION FOR CONSERVATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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