Funding search · EIN 133556721 · Groton, CT

Bonnell Cove Foundation

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 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

environmentalsafetytrainingeducationequipmentmarineclimateconsevation

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Top recipients

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  • 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.