Funding search · EIN 043707013 · Annapolis, MD

Blue Waters Foundation

Name: Blue Waters Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

42
grants reported: $1.0M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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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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.

Southeast Alaska Food Bank3 grants · $235,000
Stephen Siller Tunnel To Tower Foundation4 grants · $115,000
Anne Arundel County Food Bank4 grants · $105,000
Hospice of the Chesapeake Foundation4 grants · $95,000
The Helping Up Mission4 grants · $90,000
Friends of the Light House4 grants · $90,000
Anne Arundel County Casa4 grants · $70,000
Infinite Hero Foundation4 grants · $60,000
Juneau Community Foundation1 grant · $60,000
Gary Sinise Foundation3 grants · $55,000

Giving over time

$301,000

2021

$225,000

2022

$230,000

2023

$280,000

2024

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$85,000
Southeast Alaska Food Bank · Juneau, AK · 2024
General support
$75,000
Southeast Alaska Food Bank · Juneau, AK · 2023
General support
$75,000
Southeast Alaska Food Bank · Juneau, AK · 2022
General support
$60,000
Juneau Community Foundation · Juneau, AK · 2021
General support
$45,000
Stephen Siller Tunnel To Tower Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024
General support
$40,000
Anne Arundel County Casa · Annapolis, MD · 2021
General support
$40,000
Anne Arundel County Food Bank · Crownsville, MD · 2021
General support
$30,000
Hospice of the Chesapeake Foundation · Pasadena, MD · 2024
General support
$30,000
Infinite Hero Foundation · Lake Forest, CA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Hospice of the Chesapeake Foundation · Pasadena, MD · 2023
General support
$30,000
Stephen Siller Tunnel To Tower Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2022
General support
$25,000
Anne Arundel County Food Bank · Crownsville, MD · 2024
General support
$25,000
The Helping Up Mission · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General support
$25,000
Friends of the Light House · Annapolis, MD · 2023
General support
$25,000
The Helping Up Mission · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General support
$25,000
Friends of the Light House · Annapolis, MD · 2021
General support
$25,000
Gary Sinise Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
$25,000
Stephen Siller Tunnel To Tower Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2021
General support
$20,000
Friends of the Light House · Annapolis, MD · 2024
General support
$20,000
Anne Arundel County Food Bank · Crownsville, MD · 2023
General support
$20,000
Infinite Hero Foundation · Lake Forest, CA · 2023
General support
$20,000
The Helping Up Mission · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General support
$20,000
Anne Arundel County Food Bank · Crownsville, MD · 2022
General support
$20,000
Friends of the Light House · Annapolis, MD · 2022
General support
$20,000
Hospice of the Chesapeake Foundation · Pasadena, MD · 2022
General support
$20,000
Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake · Baltimore, MD · 2021
General support
$20,000
The Helping Up Mission · Baltimore, MD · 2021
General support
$15,000
Gary Sinise Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
General support
$15,000
Gary Sinise Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
General support
$15,000
Stephen Siller Tunnel To Tower Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2023
General support
$15,000
Anne Arundel County Casa · Annapolis, MD · 2022
General support
$15,000
Hospice of the Chesapeake Foundation · Pasadena, MD · 2021
General support
$15,000
Ywca · Arnold, MD · 2021
General support
$10,000
Anne Arundel County Casa · Annapolis, MD · 2023
General support
$10,000
Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General support
$5,000
Anne Arundel County Casa · Annapolis, MD · 2024
General support
$5,000
All Children'S Chorus of Annapolis · Annapolis, MD · 2022
General support
$5,000
Infinite Hero Foundation · Lake Forest, CA · 2022
General support
$5,000
All Children'S Chorus of Annapolis · Annapolis, MD · 2021
General support
$5,000
Infinite Hero Foundation · Lake Forest, CA · 2021
General support
$5,000
The United Way of Central Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2021
General support
$1,000
Habitat for Humanity Western Kentucky University · Bowling Green, KY · 2021
General support

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