North Carolina · Nonprofit
MARINE BIO-TECHNOLOGIES CENTER OF INNOVATION (MBCOI)
MARINE BIO-TECHNOLOGIES CENTER OF INNOVATION (MBCOI) (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $83,189 to it, the largest being NC IDEA ($75,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $481k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $83k
- Net assets
- $220k
What Marine Bio-Technologies Center of Innovation (Mbcoi) does
Mission
To facilitate collaboration on emerging marine biotechnologies between and among universities, scientific researchers, industry, and funding organizations to commercialize new scientific discoveries for the economic benefit of the state of north carolina.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
The corporation initially funded by appropriations from the north carolina general assembly, is established to assist the state government of north carolina in the expansion of the state's long-standing life sciences initiative by working with public and private universities and other scientific research institutions and other private organizations to help focus north carolina-based scientific research in promising marine bio- technologies and to encourage and facilitate the commercial application of such technologies in ways that will sustain and diversify the state's economy in the future and provide productive employment, particularly in the distressed coastal area of eastern north carolina.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $76k → $8k.
From the IRS filings of MARINE BIO-TECHNOLOGIES CENTER OF INNOVATION (MBCOI)’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
MARINE BIO-TECHNOLOGIES CENTER OF INNOVATION (MBCOI) leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% 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: 2017 89% · 2018 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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 MARINE BIO-TECHNOLOGIES CENTER OF INNOVATION (MBCOI)'s grant income comes from North Carolina 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 MARINE BIO-TECHNOLOGIES CENTER OF INNOVATION (MBCOI)
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MARINE BIO-TECHNOLOGIES CENTER OF INNOVATION (MBCOI)?
- MARINE BIO-TECHNOLOGIES CENTER OF INNOVATION (MBCOI) (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $83,189 to it, the largest being NC IDEA ($75,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MARINE BIO-TECHNOLOGIES CENTER OF INNOVATION (MBCOI) have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $83,189 in grants to MARINE BIO-TECHNOLOGIES CENTER OF INNOVATION (MBCOI), 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARINE BIO-TECHNOLOGIES CENTER OF INNOVATION (MBCOI)?
- NC IDEA is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARINE BIO-TECHNOLOGIES CENTER OF INNOVATION (MBCOI) find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), 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