Funding search · EIN 472904502 · Boston, MA

Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs

Name: Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs 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.

46
grants reported: $80,761
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,900
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.

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fellowship foundation

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Purity Busena2 grants · $3,500
Abdulkareem Shamsuddeen Muhammad1 grant · $3,440
Kabir Olasebikan2 grants · $3,075
Joy Sandere2 grants · $2,800
Purity Mutua1 grant · $2,686
Irshad Qazikhil1 grant · $2,681
Austin Picinich1 grant · $2,600
Alex Mkwizu1 grant · $2,600
Nomena Tahiana Andria1 grant · $2,600
Brigitta Gunawan1 grant · $2,600

Giving over time

$6,110

2022

$19,890

2023

$18,774

2024

$35,987

2025

Grant history

All 46 reported grants, largest first.

$3,440
Abdulkareem Shamsuddeen Muhammad · 2024
Fellowship grant
$2,686
Purity Mutua · 2025
Fellowship grant
$2,681
Irshad Qazikhil · 2025
Fellowship grant
$2,600
Alex Mkwizu · 2025
Fellowship grant
$2,600
Austin Picinich · Kirkland, WA · 2025
Fellowship grant
$2,600
Brigitta Gunawan · 2025
Fellowship grant
$2,600
Nomena Tahiana Andria · 2025
Fellowship grant
$2,596
Fredrick Kilonzo · 2025
Fellowship grant
$2,575
Sophie Kim · Huntington Beach, CA · 2025
Fellowship grant
$2,572
Jing Graber · Austin, TX · 2025
Fellowship grant
$2,505
Diahann Hughes · 2023
Fellowship grant
$2,505
Spice Guest Inn · 2023
Fellowship grant
$2,500
Purity Busena · 2024
Fellowship grant
$2,500
Maria Kameta · 2023
Fellowship grant
$2,500
Net Love · Summit, NJ · 2023
Fellowship grant
$2,500
Somtoo Denelson Obiorah · 2023
Fellowship grant
$2,206
Javie Vinze Barcinal · 2024
Fellowship grant
$2,075
Kabir Olasebikan · 2024
Fellowship grant
$2,015
Meg Wah · 2023
Fellowship grant
$2,012
Ali Nasir · 2025
Fellowship grant
$2,000
Bimochan Pathak · 2025
Foundation grant
$2,000
Cynthia Zhang · Great Neck, NY · 2024
Fellowship grant
$2,000
Thivya Jeyapalan · 2024
Fellowship grant
$1,800
Joy Sandere · 2024
Fellowship grant
$1,750
MacKenzie Coates · Pontiac, IL · 2023
Fellowship grant
$1,600
Obo Bay Area Youth Climate Summit · Mill Valley, CA · 2023
Fellowship grant
$1,553
Paloma Lenz · Danbury, CT · 2024
Fellowship grant
$1,500
Karina Samuel · Coral Springs, FL · 2022
Fellowship grant
$1,200
Gwenan Walker · Williamsburg, VA · 2024
Fellowship grant
$1,064
Emma Batty Sukerta · 2025
Fellowship grant
$1,010
Raman Nijhawan · 2023
Fellowship grant
$1,005
Ashlee Yin Romero · 2023
Fellowship grant
$1,000
Gwenan Walker · Williamsburg, VA · 2025
Fellowship grant
$1,000
Jann Vinze I Barcinal · 2025
Fellowship grant
$1,000
Joy Sandere · 2025
Fellowship grant
$1,000
Kabir Olasebikan · 2025
Fellowship grant
$1,000
Paloma Lenz · Danbury, CT · 2025
Fellowship grant
$1,000
Purity Busena · 2025
Fellowship grant
$1,000
Yingrou Chen · Great Neck, NY · 2025
Fellowship grant
$905
Zuzanna Witek · 2022
Fellowship grant
$850
Thelma Faith Sithole · 2022
Fellowship grant
$800
Ishan Kapur · 2022
Fellowship grant
$800
Udayan Saha · 2022
Fellowship grant
$755
Delgermaa Anbat · 2022
Fellowship grant
$500
Siddharth Jha · 2022
Fellowship grant
$401
Jonathan Muuo · 2025
Fellowship grant

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