Texas · Nonprofit
SEA STAR BASE GALVESTON
SEA STAR BASE GALVESTON (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $298,638 to it, the largest being POLYCARP FOUNDATION ($165,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $299k
- Net assets
- $34M
What Sea Star Base Galveston does
Programs
Facilities:ssbg's world class state of the art facility and fleet of vessels are available for community use. The marina, swimming pool, volleyball court, and outdoor chapel.
$2,745,757 spentSailing:the galveston community youth sailing center (gcysc) is a sailing sanctioned community sailing center that offers classes, memberships, and programs with a special emphasis on teaching youth and disabled individuals the art of sailing.
$105,909 spentFishing:ssbg offers instructional fishing lessons, as well as fishing charters and fishing from the docks providing opportunities for disadvantaged individuals to learn and experience the joys of fishing and to learn about the ecosystem around the gulf shore, specifically within and around offatts bayou.
$103,542 spentCamps:ssbg offers year-round youth camps and classes focused on the marine, maritime, and aquatics-based activities (such as swimming lessons and marine conservation.
$50,087 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2021 to 2022, from $53M to $45M (−14%).
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $17k → $165k.
From the IRS filings of SEA STAR BASE GALVESTON’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 STAR BASE GALVESTON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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: 2018 97% · 2019 100% · 2020 94% · 2021 79% · 2023 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 SEA STAR BASE GALVESTON's grant income comes from Texas 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.
Against its field
SEA STAR BASE GALVESTON holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding SEA STAR BASE GALVESTON receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $148k on record.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$148k
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 SEA STAR BASE GALVESTON
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SEA STAR BASE GALVESTON: 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 STAR BASE GALVESTON?
- SEA STAR BASE GALVESTON (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $298,638 to it, the largest being POLYCARP FOUNDATION ($165,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SEA STAR BASE GALVESTON have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $298,638 in grants to SEA STAR BASE GALVESTON, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SEA STAR BASE GALVESTON?
- POLYCARP FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $165,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SEA STAR BASE GALVESTON find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2020–2024), 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