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WASHINGTON MARITIME BLUE
WASHINGTON MARITIME BLUE (Washington) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,368,038 to it, the largest being Builders Vision Foundation ($950,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.8M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Washington Maritime Blue does
Mission
Maritime blue is a strategic alliance propelling the pacific northwest toward global leadership in ocean-based innovation. We foster collaboration among industry, government, academia, communities, and investors to create sustainable maritime and ocean industries. We empower our region to thrive in the blue economy by accelerating innovation and entrepreneurship, centering equity, addressing climate change, restoring marine ecosystems, and building a diverse workforce.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
During fy25, the organization began launch of the blue hub program. See part iii for additional details surrounding this programmatic activity.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Community engagement - workforce development programs for youth and maritime employers focused on serving young adults furthest from opportunity. This year 91 youth participated in programs, $128,850 in youth stipends were delivered, and 29 interns were placed in jobs or internships.
$936,933 spentof which $171,952 as grants$512,585 earned by the program30% of program spendingQuiet sound - voluntary initiative to reduce acoustic impacts from large commercial vessels on southern resident killer whales. In quiet sound's third annual voluntary slowdown, 66% of vessels slowed down. This resulted in a 12% less noisy soundscape. Sound levels were reduced by 1.3 db (35%) in the frequency band used by killer whales for communication and by 0.2 db (5%) in the frequency band used for echolocation.
$816,160 spent$595,479 earned by the program26% of program spendingJoint innovation - projects and strategic initiatives developing the blue economy markets. This year the team facilitated three formal collaboratives, engaging dozens of members around renewable ocean energy, maritime decarbonization, and healthy ocean ecosystems. Set to open in 2026, the maritime innovation center will conform to the living building challenge, the highest sustainable building standard in the world, and will serve as a convening place for the blue economy.
$617,312 spent$149,123 earned by the program20% of program spendingBlue ventures - entrepreneurship programs for early and mid-stage startups including accelerators and incubators. This year eight startups joined our seattle and tacoma incubators, gaining workspace, mentors, and connections across washington's maritime sector. Four founders participated in the maritime blue innovation accelerator, receiving $100,000 each in investment.
$487,091 spent$265,000 earned by the program16% of program spendingThe blue hub is both a physical and figurative gathering space for new ideas to flourish. We operate a 6,000 square foot office space at fishermen's terminal in seattle. We share the space with members, startup founders, and guests. We host networking events, convenings, and roundtables throughout the year. In late 2026, maritime blue along with the port of seattle, will open the maritime innovation center. With seven, class a waterfront offices available for rent, co-working space, a classroom, and event capacity for more than 200, the maritime innovation center will be the pacific northwest's beacon for the blue economy.
$231,870 spent$132,781 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,089,366.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $664k to $1.6M (+146%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 46% · 2022 49% · 2023 42% · 2024 69% · 2025 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
64% of WASHINGTON MARITIME BLUE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Joshua Berger
CEO
Board chair
Nico De Golia
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $260k → $651k.
4 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 WASHINGTON MARITIME BLUE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 15 of 16 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
WASHINGTON MARITIME BLUE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
37% 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 WASHINGTON MARITIME BLUE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 77% · 2022 70% · 2023 46% — 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
WASHINGTON MARITIME BLUE draws 84% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $265k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
WASHINGTON MARITIME BLUE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,074 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding WASHINGTON MARITIME BLUE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.8M on record.
- Department of Commerce$1.7M
- Department of Energy$100k
- Department of Homeland Security$40k
- Department of State$4k
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 WASHINGTON MARITIME BLUE
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Maritime Blue Foundation · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WASHINGTON MARITIME BLUE?
- WASHINGTON MARITIME BLUE (Washington) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,368,038 to it, the largest being Builders Vision Foundation ($950,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WASHINGTON MARITIME BLUE have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $2,368,038 in grants to WASHINGTON MARITIME BLUE, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WASHINGTON MARITIME BLUE?
- Builders Vision Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $950,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WASHINGTON MARITIME BLUE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 16 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