Bonnell Cove Foundation
Camden, ME · EIN 13-3556721. Reported 66 grants totalling $359,438 to 46 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Bonnell Cove Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,976 and $6,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $15,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wooden Boats for Veterans Foundatio | Sdausalito, CA | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Brigs Youth Sail Training | Hamilton, Ontario | $21,310 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Coastal Studies | Provincetown, MA | $17,338 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Maine Island Trail Association | Portland, ME | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Call of the Sea | Sausalito, CA | $14,945 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of Casco Bay | South Portland, ME | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sea Education Association | Woods Hole, MA | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bellingham Bay Community Boating Ce | Bellingham, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gulf of Maine Lobster F | Kennebunkport, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Loggerhead Marine Center | Juno Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York Harbor Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rocking the Boat | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Coral Reef Alliance | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Vashon Mauri Island Nat | Vashon, WA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Long Live the King | Seattle, WA | $9,730 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Gloucester Adventure Inc | Gloucester, MA | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sound Experience | Port Townsend, WA | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hurricane Island Foundation | Rockland, ME | $8,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Billion Oyster Project Inc | New York, NY | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Assn | Bellingham, WA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northwest Straits Foundation | Bellingham, WA | $7,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ascensions Community Se | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Centrum Foundation | Port Townsend, WA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| US Sailing Association | Bristol, RI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sail Newport | Newport, RI | $5,836 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Backcountry Medical Guides | Belligham, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bellingham Bay Communit | Bellingham, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Broad Reach Foundation for Youth L | Waterloo | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cape Cod Maritime Museum | Hyannis, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cobscook Institute | Prescott Twp, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fins Attached Marine Research and C | Colorado Springs, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maine Coast Fisherman | Brunswick, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maralliance | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northwest School of Wood | Port Hadlock, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ocean Research Project | Annapolis, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Puget Sound Restoration | Bainbridge, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sea Meadow Marine Foundation | Yarmouth, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Spaulding Wooden Boat Center | Sausalito, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northwest Maritime Center | Port Townsand, WA | $4,775 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Save the Bay | Providence, RI | $4,385 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gulf of Maine Research Institute | Portland, ME | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maine Maritime Museum | Bath, ME | $3,350 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Barry University | Miami, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Marine Mammals of Maine | Bath, ME | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Audubon Society | Breman, ME | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sustainable Marblehead Inc | Marblehead, MA | $2,269 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
16 of 46 (35%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 25%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Center for Coastal Studies
ENVIRONMENTAL WHITE SHARK MOVE - Sound Experience
ENVIRONMENTAL & SAFETY AT SEA - Fins Attached Marine Research and C
MARINE RESEARCH AND CONSEVATION - Bellingham Bay Communit
SAFETY AT SEA SAFETY BOAT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 40 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | $66,214 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 15 | $89,269 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 19 | $96,919 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 20 | $107,036 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 24% of this one's giving went to organizations in Washington. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Washington.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Bonnell Cove Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 124 Chestnut Street, Camden, ME, 04843. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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