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THE ARTIST BOAT INC

THE ARTIST BOAT INC (Texas) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,160,444 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ($606,772). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$8.2M
Funders on record
37
Grants received
$3.2M
Net assets
$25M
21/37 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 17%
01What it does

What The Artist Boat Inc does

Mission

The artist boat, inc. Is dedicated to promoting awareness and preservation of coastal margins and the marine environment through the disciplines of the sciences and the arts.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Eco-Art Workshops & AdventuresThe Artist Boat, Inc. served 6,707 participants over the course of the 2024-2025 fiscal year through Eco-Art Workshops and Adventures, engaging them in classroom, studio, laboratory, and field-based environmental educational activities, integrating the arts and sciences for the exploration of coastal and marine habitats. The Artist Boat, Inc.s program participants are of all ages and come from a variety of backgrounds. They include students ranging from elementary school age to lifelong learners over age 55, teachers, and the general public. Each of the programs is designed to interpret coastal and marine ecosystems through various visual art media, including drawing and painting, mosaic installation, and sculpture. Educational topics covered by these programs include the physical and biological components, benefits and multiple uses, point and non-point source pollution, flora/fauna, historical perspectives, and efforts toward restoration of habitats in coastal and marine ecosystems, with special emphasis on issues affecting the Gulf of Mexico and the Texas coast. Field-based activities include excursions into local habitats and incorporate the use…

    $950,290 spent
    67% of program spending
  2. Coastal Heritage PreserveThe Coastal Heritage Preserve is an 1,039 -acre tract of undeveloped land on the west end of Galveston Island comprised of estuarine and palustrine wetlands, tidal flats, and upland coastal habitats. This preserve serves as a platform for the delivery of The Artist Boat, Inc.s integrated arts and science-based environmental education programs. In the 2024-2025 fiscal year, The Artist Boat, Inc. engaged 967 volunteers in habitat management, restoration, debris removal, installation of public access amenities and controls, and related stewardship activities at the Coastal Heritage Preserve.

    $321,127 spent
    23% of program spending
  3. Eco-Art Residencies & CampsThe Artist Boat, Inc. provides in-school, after-school, and winter/spring/summer inter-sessional environmental education programs, implemented on school campuses and at The Artist Boat, Inc.s facilities, integrating art and science. Residencies and camps directly served 494 youth and indirectly served many more through public art installations and curriculum development during the fiscal year 2024-2025.

    $142,412 spent
    10% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,413,829.

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 ($2.3M) Expenses 100 ($940k) Net assets 100 ($11M)2022 Revenue 132 ($3.1M) Expenses 144 ($1.4M) Net assets 145 ($15M)2023 Revenue 151 ($3.5M) Expenses 136 ($1.3M) Net assets 166 ($18M)2024 Revenue 352 ($8.2M) Expenses 136 ($1.3M) Net assets 232 ($25M)
2017202220232024
Revenue (352)Expenses (136)Net assets (232)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 2023 to 2024, from $18M to $26M (+39%).

$11M
$16M
$18M
$26M
2017202220232024
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
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 62% · 2022 56% · 2023 64% · 2024 82%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

92% of THE ARTIST BOAT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,293 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.4M
’17
$1.7M
’22
$2.3M
’23
$6.9M
’24
11
months of
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

Karla Klay

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2017202220232024
Listed109910
Joined··+0+5
No longer listed··04
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $174k → $612k.

6 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 THE ARTIST BOAT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 funders by total. 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

THE ARTIST BOAT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left

45% 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 THE ARTIST BOAT INC.

19%
largest funder
41%
top three
~12
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 45% · 2019 31% · 2020 33% · 2021 23% · 2022 41% · 2023 33% — 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.

How long its funders stay

44% of THE ARTIST BOAT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

65% of THE ARTIST BOAT INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.

CO
MO
MD
DC
TX

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $451k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE ARTIST BOAT INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin84% · top quartile
Months of reserve11.0mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)20% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding THE ARTIST BOAT INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $808k on record.

Federal$808k
grants $808kcontracts $0
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22
24
25
Top agencies
  • Environmental Protection Agency$391k
  • Department of Commerce$350k
  • Department of the Interior$67k

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.

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In Texas

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

59% of spending goes to programs.

Program 59%Management 27%Fundraising 14%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

98%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE ARTIST BOAT INC?
THE ARTIST BOAT INC (Texas) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,160,444 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ($606,772). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE ARTIST BOAT INC have?
IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $3,160,444 in grants to THE ARTIST BOAT INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE ARTIST BOAT INC?
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES is the largest funder on record, with $606,772 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE ARTIST BOAT INC 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 37 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