Kentucky · Nonprofit
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOATING LAW ADMINISTRATORS INC
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOATING LAW ADMINISTRATORS INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $219,694 to it, the largest being Michael and Ina Korek Foundation Trust ($218,673). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.9M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $220k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What National Association of State Boating Law Administrators Inc does
Mission
Nasbla's mission is to strengthen the ability of the state and territorial boating authorities to reduce death, injury and property damage associated with recreational boating and ensure a safe, secure and enjoyable boating environment.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Member programs - mainly consisting of boat operator and training (boat) program courses for maritime law enforcement officers. The courses range from basic to highly technical skills for officers to use on the water and offered to federal, state, local and tribal agencies across the u.s. And the u.s. Territories. Other programs in this category are boating course conformity assessments, and contracting for staff or specialized services with other nonprofit partner agencies.
$1,942,036 spent$467,726 earned by the program57% of program spendingPublic policy projects including: implementing the recreational boating safety strategic plan - nasbla and the states; boating accident investigation and reporting courses for maritime law enforcement; boating under the influence detection & enforcement courses for maritime law enforcement officers; the operation dry water campaign - a boating under the influence awareness and enforcement campaign; the boating safety education dashboard; the spring aboard campaign advocating for boaters to take a boating safety education course; the public health approach to boating safety; and staged boating collisions project to enhance boating accident investigation courses.
$1,445,113 spent$1,842,259 earned by the program43% of program spendingGovernment affairs activities - partnering with other organizations to advocate for the continued passage and funding of the sport fish recreational boating trust fund, which funds state and federal nonprofit grant programs. Nasbla also advocates for continued port security grant funding that provides for the training of maritime law enforcement officers.
$1,764 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,388,913.
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 $1.4M to $3.8M (+178%).
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: 2020 7% · 2021 44% · 2022 39% · 2023 37% · 2024 37%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
38% of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOATING LAW ADMINISTRATORS INC’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.
Chief executive
Ron Sarver
Executive director
Board chair
Curt Lewis
Chair and board member
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $11k → $1k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOATING LAW ADMINISTRATORS 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
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOATING LAW ADMINISTRATORS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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 91% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% — 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
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOATING LAW ADMINISTRATORS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Kentucky, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $21 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOATING LAW ADMINISTRATORS INC's revenue grew 30% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 804 public safety & disaster nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOATING LAW ADMINISTRATORS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $13.3M on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$13.1M
- Department of Defense$196k
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 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOATING LAW ADMINISTRATORS 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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOATING LAW ADMINISTRATORS 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 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOATING LAW ADMINISTRATORS INC?
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOATING LAW ADMINISTRATORS INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $219,694 to it, the largest being Michael and Ina Korek Foundation Trust ($218,673). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOATING LAW ADMINISTRATORS INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $219,694 in grants to NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOATING LAW ADMINISTRATORS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOATING LAW ADMINISTRATORS INC?
- Michael and Ina Korek Foundation Trust is the largest funder on record, with $218,673 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOATING LAW ADMINISTRATORS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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