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PROJECT DEEP INC

PROJECT DEEP INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $161,750 to it, the largest being FOX ROCK FOUNDATION ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$151k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$162k
Net assets
$51k
2/5 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Project Deep Inc does

Mission

Education and instruction of scuba diving, marine photography and marine science.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Education and instruction of scuba diving, marine photography and marine science

    $117,347 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $117,347.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($92k) Expenses 100 ($90k) Net assets 100 ($20k)2018 Revenue 97 ($89k) Expenses 106 ($96k) Net assets 69 ($14k)2019 Revenue 103 ($95k) Expenses 102 ($92k) Net assets 82 ($17k)2022 Revenue 78 ($71k) Expenses 71 ($64k) Net assets 73 ($15k)2023 Revenue 100 ($92k) Expenses 93 ($84k) Net assets 113 ($23k)2024 Revenue 136 ($125k) Expenses 142 ($129k) Net assets 96 ($19k)2025 Revenue 168 ($155k) Expenses 159 ($144k) Net assets 150 ($30k)2026 Revenue 164 ($151k) Expenses 144 ($130k) Net assets 254 ($51k)
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Revenue (164)Expenses (144)Net assets (254)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2025 to 2026, from $31k to $55k (+78%).

$21k
$14k
$17k
$15k
$23k
$21k
$31k
$55k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of PROJECT DEEP INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 16,168 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$2k
’17
−$6k
’18
$3k
’19
$8k
’22
$8k
’23
−$4k
’24
$11k
’25
$21k
’26
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2022: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $13k → $100k.

From the IRS filings of PROJECT DEEP 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

PROJECT DEEP INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

62%
largest funder
96%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 98% · 2019 100% · 2020 50% · 2021 100% · 2022 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

91% of PROJECT DEEP INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

WI
MA
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
Massachusetts out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PROJECT DEEP INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 442 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin14% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 442 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026

Organizations like PROJECT DEEP INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PROJECT DEEP 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 PROJECT DEEP INC?
PROJECT DEEP INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $161,750 to it, the largest being FOX ROCK FOUNDATION ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PROJECT DEEP INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $161,750 in grants to PROJECT DEEP INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PROJECT DEEP INC?
FOX ROCK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PROJECT DEEP INC 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 5 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