California · Nonprofit
Mystic Ocean Adventures Inc
Mystic Ocean Adventures Inc (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,000 to it, the largest being NELSON MARITIME ARTS FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $26k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Mystic Ocean Adventures Inc does
Mission
To promote hands on education, steam academic comprehension, environmental stewardship, teamwork, self-confidence and nautical skills with special focus on youth through sailing and the sea.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
To promote hands on education, steam academic comprehension, environmental stewardship, teamwork, self-confidence and nautical skills with special focus on youth through sailing and the sea. During the 2024 fiscal year, there were no programs conducted as the organization was still developing its programs.
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990.
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
Roger Chrisman
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Mystic Ocean Adventures Inc’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
Mystic Ocean Adventures Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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
“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 Mystic Ocean Adventures Inc's grant income comes from California funders.
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.
Against its field
Mystic Ocean Adventures Inc receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $26k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Mystic Ocean Adventures Inc
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
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 Mystic Ocean Adventures Inc: 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 Mystic Ocean Adventures Inc?
- Mystic Ocean Adventures Inc (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,000 to it, the largest being NELSON MARITIME ARTS FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Mystic Ocean Adventures Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $26,000 in grants to Mystic Ocean Adventures Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Mystic Ocean Adventures Inc?
- NELSON MARITIME ARTS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Mystic Ocean Adventures Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2025–2025), 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