How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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W Frank Bohlen
1 Scott Lane
Mystic, CT 06355
(860) 608-5295
[email protected] - Form and materials
- Applicants should submit the foundation's grant summary report, which can be found on the foundation's website. The grant application includes the following: 1) an organizational description; 2) a financial summary; 3) the request description; 4) the project funding sources; 5) an evaluation plan; and 6) the expected results.
- Deadlines
- February 1 and october 1 of each year
- Restrictions
- All organizations must be tax-exempt under section 501(c) (3) of the internal revenue code and must be classified as -not a private foundation" under section 509(a). The foundation concentrates its activities in two principal areas: safety at sea or environmental protection.
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$126,474
- Grants listed
- 30
- Assets, end of year
- $1,710,237
-
Tax year 2024
$107,036
- Grants listed
- 20
- Assets, end of year
- $1,594,483
-
Tax year 2023
$96,919
- Grants listed
- 19
- Assets, end of year
- $1,449,832
-
Tax year 2022
$89,269
- Grants listed
- 15
- Assets, end of year
- $1,319,698
-
Tax year 2021
$66,214
- Grants listed
- 12
- Assets, end of year
- $1,552,429
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Tax year 2020
$70,109
- Grants listed
- 16
- Assets, end of year
- $1,355,367
-
Tax year 2019
$80,046
- Grants listed
- 18
- Assets, end of year
- $1,263,045
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Tax year 2018
$67,116
- Grants listed
- 14
- Assets, end of year
- $1,115,902
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return.
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Savannah Science MuseumSavannah, GA
Environmental & safety at sea
$6,000 -
Cobscook InstituteTrescott TWP, ME
Equipment training
$5,607 -
Hurricane Island FoundationRockland, ME
Environmental
$5,550 -
Bellingham Bay Community Boating CTBellingham, WA
Environmental & safety at sea
$5,000 -
Billion Oyster Project IncNew York, NY
Environmental project
$5,000 -
Cape Cod Maritime MuseumHyannis, MA
Safety at sea
$5,000 -
Oikonos Ecosysterm KnowledgeKailua, HI
Environmental & safety at sea
$5,000 -
Sawhorse RevolutionSeattle, WA
Environmental & safety at sea
$5,000 -
Washington Yacht ClubSeattle, WA
Environmental & safety at sea
$5,000 -
Chicago Yacht Club FoundationChicago, IL
Environmental & safety at sea
$4,875 -
Community Boating Center IncNew Bedford, MA
Environmental & safety at sea
$4,764 -
Bigelow Lab for Ocean ScienceEast Boothbay, ME
Environmental & safetey at sea
$4,695 -
Maritime GloucesterGloucester, MA
Environmental & safety at sea
$4,500 -
New England ScienceStonington, CT
Environmental & safety at sea
$4,500 -
Ocean AllianceGloucester, MA
Environmental & safety at sea
$4,500 -
SailmainePortland, ME
Environmental & safety at sea
$4,320 -
Save the BayProvidence, RI
Safety at sea
$4,300 -
SoundwatersStamford, CT
Environmental & safety at sea
$4,200 -
Downtown Sailing CenterBaltimore, MD
Environmental & safety at sea
$4,000 -
Gulf of Maine Research InstitutePortland, ME
Safety at sea
$4,000 -
Maine Center for Coastal FisheriesStonington, ME
Environmental & safety at sea
$4,000 -
Mass Oyster ProjectConcord, MA
Environmental & safety at sea
$4,000 -
Interdistrict Committee for ProjectGroton, CT
Environmental & safety at sea
$3,500 -
Spaulding Wooden Boat CenterSausalito, CA
Safety at sea
$3,500 -
The Landing SchoolArundel, ME
Environmental & safety at sea
$3,168 -
Center for Coastal StudiesProvincetown, MA
Environmental
$3,035 -
Sail Africa Youth DevelopmentDurban Marina, Saudi Arabia
Environmental & safety at sea
$3,000 -
Seaside SustainabilityGloucester, MA
Environmental & safety at sea
$3,000 -
E IncBoston, MA
Environmental & safety at sea
$2,000 -
Apex Youth ConnectionsBiddeford, ME
Environmental & safety at sea
$1,460
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Environment6 grants $21,03526% of the total
- Arts and culture3 grants $14,50018% of the total
- Youth development2 grants $10,31413% of the total
- Education2 grants $10,00012% of the total
- Sports and recreation2 grants $8,87511% of the total
- Science and technology2 grants $7,5009% of the total
- 2 other causes2 grants $8,50011% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Maine8 grants $32,800
- Massachusetts8 grants $30,799
- Washington3 grants $15,000
- Connecticut3 grants $12,200
- Georgia1 grant $6,000
- Hawaii1 grant $5,000
- New York1 grant $5,000
- Illinois1 grant $4,875
- Rhode Island1 grant $4,300
- Maryland1 grant $4,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Joyce LhamonDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
- Paul RogersTREASURER Hours 5Pay $0
- Peter BalasubramanianBOARD MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0
- JW Robert MedlandPRESIDENT Hours 5Pay $0
- W Frank BohlenSECRETARY Hours 5Pay $0
- Joseph HarrisDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
- Christopher OtorowskiBOARD MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0
- Maureen RoddyBOARD MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0
- Christopher TatumBOARD MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0
- Magaret BrandonBOARD MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0
- Robert FloydBOARD MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0
- William FossBOARD MEMBER Hours 2Pay $0
The return
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