Funding search · EIN 133556721 · Groton, CT

Bonnell Cove Foundation

Name: Bonnell Cove Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

84
grants reported: $419,698
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

environmental safety training education equipment marine climate consevation

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Wooden Boats for Veterans Foundatio3 grants · $22,500
Brigs Youth Sail Training3 grants · $16,976
Maine Island Trail Association2 grants · $15,000
Call of the Sea2 grants · $14,945
Friends of Casco Bay2 grants · $12,500
Billion Oyster Project3 grants · $12,500
Hurricane Island Foundation3 grants · $11,950
Center for Coastal Studies2 grants · $11,483
Cobscook Institute2 grants · $10,607
Sea Education Association2 grants · $10,500

Giving over time

$89,269

2022

$96,919

2023

$107,036

2024

$126,474

2025

Grant history

All 84 reported grants, largest first.

$15,000
Wooden Boats for Veterans Foundatio · Sdausalito, CA · 2024
Safety at sea
$10,000
Brigs Youth Sail Training · 2024
Safety at sea
$10,000
Gulf of Maine Lobster F · Kennebunkport, ME · 2023
Environmental
$10,000
Loggerhead Marine Center · Juno Beach, FL · 2022
Environmental
$10,000
Maine Island Trail Association · Portland, ME · 2022
Environmental
$10,000
Rocking the Boat · New York, NY · 2022
Safety at sea
$9,945
Call of the Sea · Sausalito, CA · 2023
Safety at sea
$9,000
The Gloucester Adventure · Gloucester, MA · 2024
Marine education
$8,500
Sound Experience · Port Townsend, WA · 2022
Environmental & safety at sea
$8,448
Center for Coastal Studies · Provincetown, MA · 2023
Environmental
$7,500
Friends of Casco Bay · South Portland, ME · 2022
Environmental
$6,000
Savannah Science Museum · Savannah, GA · 2025
Environmental & safety at sea
$6,000
Centrum Foundation · Port Townsend, WA · 2023
Environmental
$6,000
US Sailing Association · Bristol, RI · 2023
Safety at sea
$6,000
Sea Education Association · Woods Hole, MA · 2022
Safety at sea
$5,607
Cobscook Institute · Prescott Twp, ME · 2025
Equipment training
$5,550
Hurricane Island Foundation · Rockland, ME · 2025
Environmental
$5,000
Bellingham Bay Community Boating Ct · Bellingham, WA · 2025
Environmental & safety at sea
$5,000
Billion Oyster Project · New York, NY · 2025
Environmental project
$5,000
Cape Cod Maritime Museum · Hyannis, MA · 2025
Safety at sea
$5,000
Oikonos Ecosysterm Knowledge · Kailua, HI · 2025
Environmental & safety at sea
$5,000
Sawhorse Revolution · Seattle, WA · 2025
Environmental & safety at sea
$5,000
Washington Yacht Club · Seattle, WA · 2025
Environmental & safety at sea
$5,000
Backcountry Medical Guides · Belligham, WA · 2024
Medical training at sea
$5,000
Bellingham Bay Community Boating Ce · Bellingham, WA · 2024
Environmental & safety at sea
$5,000
Billion Oyster Project · New York, NY · 2024
Environmental project
$5,000
Broad Reach Foundation for Youth L · 2024
Ship to shore leadership
$5,000
Call of the Sea · Sausalito, CA · 2024
Safety at sea
$5,000
Cobscook Institute · Prescott Twp, ME · 2024
Equipment training
$5,000
Fins Attached Marine Research and C · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Marine research and consevation
$5,000
Friends of Casco Bay · South Portland, ME · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
Sea Meadow Marine Foundation · Yarmouth, ME · 2024
Education
$5,000
Spaulding Wooden Boat Center · Sausalito, CA · 2024
Safety at sea
$5,000
Vashon Mauri Island Nat · Vashon, WA · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
Maine Coast Fisherman · Brunswick, ME · 2023
Safety at sea
$5,000
Maine Island Trail Association · Portland, ME · 2023
Environmental
$5,000
Maralliance · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Safety at sea
$5,000
Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Assn · Bellingham, WA · 2023
Environmental
$5,000
Ocean Research Project · Annapolis, MD · 2023
Environmental
$5,000
Puget Sound Restoration · Bainbridge, WA · 2023
Environmental
$5,000
Vashon Mauri Island Nat · Vashon, WA · 2023
Environmental
$5,000
Bellingham Bay Community Boating Ce · Bellingham, WA · 2022
Environmental & safety at sea
$5,000
Cape Cod Maritime Museum · Hyannis, MA · 2022
Safety at sea
$5,000
New York Harbor Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Safety at sea
$5,000
The Coral Reef Alliance · Oakland, CA · 2022
Environmental
$5,000
Wooden Boats for Veterans Foundatio · Vallejo, CA · 2022
Safety at sea
$4,875
Chicago Yacht Club Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Environmental & safety at sea
$4,764
Community Boating Center · New Bedford, MA · 2025
Environmental & safety at sea
$4,695
Bigelow Lab for Ocean Science · East Boothbay, ME · 2025
Environmental & safetey at sea
$4,500
Maritime Gloucester · Gloucester, MA · 2025
Environmental & safety at sea
$4,500
New England Science · Stonington, CT · 2025
Environmental & safety at sea
$4,500
Ocean Alliance · Gloucester, MA · 2025
Environmental & safety at sea
$4,500
Sea Education Association · Woods Hole, MA · 2024
Safety at sea
$4,320
Sailmaine · Portland, ME · 2025
Environmental & safety at sea
$4,300
Save the Bay · Providence, RI · 2025
Safety at sea
$4,200
Soundwaters · Stamford, CT · 2025
Environmental & safety at sea
$4,000
Downtown Sailing Center · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Environmental & safety at sea
$4,000
Gulf of Maine Research Institute · Portland, ME · 2025
Safety at sea
$4,000
Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries · Stonington, ME · 2025
Environmental & safety at sea
$4,000
Mass Oyster Project · Concord, MA · 2025
Environmental & safety at sea
$4,000
Gulf of Maine Research Institute · Portland, ME · 2022
Safety at sea
$3,976
Brigs Youth Sail Training · 2023
Safety at sea
$3,500
Interdistrict Committee for Project · Groton, CT · 2025
Environmental & safety at sea
$3,500
Spaulding Wooden Boat Center · Sausalito, CA · 2025
Safety at sea
$3,350
Maine Maritime Museum · Bath, ME · 2023
Environmental
$3,200
Hurricane Island Foundation · Rockland, ME · 2024
Environmental
$3,200
Hurricane Island Foundation · Rockland, ME · 2023
Environmental
$3,168
The Landing School · Arundel, ME · 2025
Environmental & safety at sea
$3,035
Center for Coastal Studies · Provincetown, MA · 2025
Environmental
$3,000
Sail Africa Youth Development · 2025
Environmental & safety at sea
$3,000
Seaside Sustainability · Gloucester, MA · 2025
Environmental & safety at sea
$3,000
Barry University · Miami, FL · 2024
Climate and ocean summit
$3,000
Marine Mammals of Maine · Bath, ME · 2023
Environmental
$3,000
National Audubon Society · Breman, ME · 2023
Safety at sea
$3,000
Brigs Youth Sail Training · 2022
Safety at sea
$3,000
Sail Newport · Newport, RI · 2022
Safety at sea
$2,836
Sail Newport · Newport, RI · 2024
Safety at sea
$2,500
Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Assn · Bellingham, WA · 2024
Environmental
$2,500
Billion Oyster Project · New York, NY · 2023
Environmental project
$2,500
Wooden Boats for Veterans Foundatio · Sdausalito, CA · 2023
Safety at sea
$2,269
Sustainable Marblehead · Marblehead, MA · 2022
Environmental
$2,000
E · Boston, MA · 2025
Environmental & safety at sea
$2,000
Save the Bay · Providence, RI · 2024
Safety at sea
$1,460
Apex Youth Connections · Biddeford, ME · 2025
Environmental & safety at sea

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.