Indiana · Nonprofit
Sea Scope Incorporated
Sea Scope Incorporated (Indiana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $520,125 to it, the largest being THE INDIANAPOLIS FOUNDATION INC ($256,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $198k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $520k
- Net assets
- $177k
What Sea Scope Incorporated does
Mission
To increase diversity in science aquatics and marine conservation
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Since we have begun our programs in 2022, over 500 youth between the ages 10-18 years have been served through several of our community partnerships.In the Discoverers program pathway weve successfully taken 31 minority youth to Florida and trained them as scuba diversOver 250 youth have been taken to the Indianapolis Zoo to experience the Oceans exhibit and the Dolphin show to connect what they learned in the classroom to a meaningful experience with live aquatic animals.Over 300 youth participants have been taught water safety and basic swim.301 ocean literate Eco-Warriors created,36 Discoverer Scuba Divers trained,5 Discoverer Snorkels trained in Florida,5 AquaForce certified lifeguards with 4 renewed annual certifications and one certified pool operator,3 AquaForce certified rescue scuba divers,2 AquaForce dive interns trained in Barbados,and 1 AquaForce fishing instructor intern at OYEA.First minority and women led Scuba Diving Training Facility in Indiana
$147,449 spentof which $160,214 as grants$26,846 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $147,449.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2022 to 2023, from $17k to $131k (+664%).
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.
100% of Sea Scope Incorporated’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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.
Board chair
Ahmad Kersey
Board Chair President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $100k → $198k.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 Sea Scope Incorporated’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
Sea Scope Incorporated leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
59% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Sea Scope Incorporated.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 65% — diversifying over time.
“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
57% of Sea Scope Incorporated's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $222k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Indiana funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $299k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states 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
Sea Scope Incorporated holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Sea Scope Incorporated
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 Indiana
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
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Sea Scope Incorporated: 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 Sea Scope Incorporated?
- Sea Scope Incorporated (Indiana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $520,125 to it, the largest being THE INDIANAPOLIS FOUNDATION INC ($256,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Sea Scope Incorporated have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $520,125 in grants to Sea Scope Incorporated, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Sea Scope Incorporated?
- THE INDIANAPOLIS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $256,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Sea Scope Incorporated find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 7 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