Connecticut · Nonprofit
THE BITTER END FOUNDATION INC
THE BITTER END FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $200,000 to it, the largest being THE DAVE HOKIN FOUNDATION ($200,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $7k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $200k
- Net assets
- $97k
What The Bitter End Foundation Inc does
Mission
The foundation is committed stewards of our planet's oceans. The foundation supports the continued success, unique needs, and wellbeing of seaside communities by providing in-kind, financial and educational support, protecting sea life, undersea and surrounding habitats, and encouraging conservation efforts.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2022 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
This year the organization added two additional programs that were not reported last year. (1) the foundation pledged a donation in the amount of $40,000 to visar (virgin island search and rescuse) to be applied to rescue vessels. Visar's rescue vessels are fully outfitted with the latest medical, vessel safety, search and rescue equipment, and communication devices. (2) the bitter end foundation provided the funding for each graduating students e-book.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The foundation provided a grant to unite bvi foundation (a british virgin islands non profit organization) to support the work to combat the stony coral tissue loss disease in the british virgin islands.
$12,000 spentof which $12,000 as grants22% of program spendingThe foundation pledged a donation in the amount of $40,000 to visar (virgin island search and rescuse) to be applied to rescue vessels. Visar's rescue vessels are fully outfitted with the latest medical, vessel safety, search and rescue equipment, and communication devices.
$40,000 spentof which $40,000 as grants74% of program spendingThe bitter end foundation provided the funding for each graduating students e-book.
$2,000 spentof which $2,000 as grants4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $54,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2018 to 2019, from $23k to $273k (+1109%).
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.
92% of THE BITTER END FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of THE BITTER END FOUNDATION 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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE BITTER END FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
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
THE BITTER END FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 3,102 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,102 international nonprofits under $100k, FY2022
Organizations like THE BITTER END FOUNDATION INC
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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE BITTER END FOUNDATION 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 THE BITTER END FOUNDATION INC?
- THE BITTER END FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $200,000 to it, the largest being THE DAVE HOKIN FOUNDATION ($200,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE BITTER END FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $200,000 in grants to THE BITTER END FOUNDATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BITTER END FOUNDATION INC?
- THE DAVE HOKIN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BITTER END FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2022 (financials across 2018–2022), and the filings of 1 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