Texas · Nonprofit
SKELETON CREW ADVENTURES
SKELETON CREW ADVENTURES (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,071 to it, the largest being ED RACHAL FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $460k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $77k
- Net assets
- $196k
What Skeleton Crew Adventures does
Mission
Skeleton Crew Adventures is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that offers adventure therapy (at) to america's warriors. Our mission is to provide relief and opportunity to veterans, military service members, and their families through sail training, coastal cruising excursions, and offshore sailing expeditions. Adventure therapy (at) is defined as the prescriptive use of adventure experiences provided by mental health professionals, often conducted in natural settings, that kinesthetically engage clients on cognitive, affective, and behavioral levels.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Godspeed offshore sailing program the offshore sailing program provides adventure therapy and sail training to veterans and their families suffering from ptsd. During 2023, the offshore sailing program sailed more than 35,000 man miles (miles sailed multiplied by number of veterans sailing) including participation in a part of a round the world race. This participation resulted in significant attention being brought to Skeleton Crew Adventures attracting substantial donations to support the program.
$123,607 spent74% of program spendingInshore sailing & training program the program offers sail training and adventure therapy on inshore waters, primarily targetting veterans and their families who are new to sailing. The aim is to provide a theraputic environment that fosters skills development, teamwork and confidence building. During the year, Skeleton Crew Adventures conducted regular sail training sessions and inshore sailing practice.
$14,505 spent9% of program spendingVeterans outreach & support program this focuses on creating public awareness about veteran suicide and disabilities through events, outreach activities and follow-up support. The aim is to build a supportive community for veterans and first responders, providing them with necessary resources and connections to manage their mental health and well-being. During the year, Skeleton Crew Adventures organized numerous awareness events and outreach activities, and provided continuous support for veterans through follow-up programs and community events.
$6,105 spent4% of program spendingSkeleton Crew Adventures has lead sailing single and multi- day trips for over 275 veterans and first responders covering over 27,000 nautical miles. Additionally, sca has entered the ocean globe race which will take the only team from the usa, which is manned completely by veterans, in a race around the world using limited technology to rely on their sailing prowess. While underway, sca will be making a documentary that will help raise awareness for the cause - the last such documentary that the founder of sca made has been viewed over 4,000,000 times across numerous streaming platforms. Skeleton crew has been featured in numerous sailing or veteran related magazines, and has been featured on news programs across the country.
$22,330 spent13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $166,547.
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 $24k to $248k (+947%).
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.
104% of SKELETON CREW ADVENTURES’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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
Russell Niemie
Chairman
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 SKELETON CREW ADVENTURES’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
SKELETON CREW ADVENTURES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
41% 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 SKELETON CREW ADVENTURES.
“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
54% of SKELETON CREW ADVENTURES's grant income comes from Texas funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $22k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
SKELETON CREW ADVENTURES runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,914 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,914 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like SKELETON CREW ADVENTURES
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.
Where the money goes
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SKELETON CREW ADVENTURES?
- SKELETON CREW ADVENTURES (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,071 to it, the largest being ED RACHAL FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SKELETON CREW ADVENTURES have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $77,071 in grants to SKELETON CREW ADVENTURES.
- Who is the largest funder of SKELETON CREW ADVENTURES?
- ED RACHAL 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 SKELETON CREW ADVENTURES 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 FY2023 (financials across 2022–2023), 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