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Great Lakes Observing System Regional Association

Name: Great Lakes Observing System Regional Association grants, 2021–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

66
grants reported: $7.6M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $69,048
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.

What they fund

lake monitoring data erie michigan superior water coastal

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Ioos Association4 grants · $1.7M
Michigan Tech22 grants · $1.6M
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee3 grants · $870,364
Spindance1 grant · $615,230
Colorado School of Mines3 grants · $431,647
Regents of University of Michigan4 grants · $381,310
Rps Group Plc1 grant · $372,526
Upstate Freshwater Institute3 grants · $261,008
Florida Atlantic University4 grants · $226,421
Digital Industry Group Llc (Dig)1 grant · $203,055

Giving over time

$2.8M

2021

$1.0M

2022

$1.7M

2023

$2.0M

2024

Grant history

All 66 reported grants, largest first.

$615,230
Spindance · Holland, MI · 2021
Seagull Launch Sequence
$468,867
Ioos Association · Harpswell, ME · 2024
Supports regional associations of the US IOOS program
$434,419
Ioos Association · Harpswell, ME · 2023
Supports regional associations of the US IOOS program
$432,815
Ioos Association · Harpswell, ME · 2022
Supports regional associations of the US IOOS program
$373,670
Michigan Tech · Houghton, MI · 2024
BITWISE Benthic Investigation Technology for Waters in the Great Lakes with Improved Survey Efficiency
$372,526
Rps Group Plc · South Kingstown, RI · 2021
Data aggregation and management for access into GLOS and IOOS web portals
$338,826
Ioos Association · Harpswell, ME · 2021
Supports regional associations of the US IOOS program
$337,115
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Monitoring programs in Lake Michigan
$314,128
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2021
Monitoring programs in Lake Michigan
$294,308
Colorado School of Mines · Golden, CO · 2024
National Water Initiative Coastal Model Evaluation
$219,121
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Monitoring programs in Lake Michigan
$203,055
Digital Industry Group Llc (Dig) · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021
Initial designs of the frontend of GLOS new IT platform.
$187,257
Michigan Tech · Houghton, MI · 2023
Bitwise
$165,009
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Monitoring programs in Lake Michigan
$132,377
Regents of University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Monitoring in Lake Erie and climate data products
$126,415
Regents of University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Monitoring in Lake Erie and climate data products
$119,672
Michigan Tech · Houghton, MI · 2024
Building Capacity to Measure and Asses Offshore, Full-frequency Water Level Fluctuations to Support Coastal Hazard Observation and Prediction
$115,201
Upstate Freshwater Institute · Syracuse, NY · 2023
Year-round Real-time Monitoring of the Lake Ontario Nearshore
$107,475
Michigan Tech · Houghton, MI · 2023
MTU Observing Systems Operations Maintenance
$107,472
Michigan Tech · Houghton, MI · 2021
Monitoring programs in the Straits of Mackinac
$103,646
Florida Atlantic University · Atlanta, GA · 2023
An Autonomous Digital Holographic Imaging System for Detecting Cyanobacterial Composition abundance in Lake Erie
$95,499
Michigan Tech · Houghton, MI · 2024
MTU Observing Systems Operations Maintenance 2024-2025
$92,477
Colorado School of Mines · Golden, CO · 2022
National Water Initiative Coastal Model Evaluation
$91,480
Upstate Freshwater Institute · Syracuse, NY · 2024
Year-round Real-time Monitoring of the Lake Ontario Nearshore
$90,434
City of Defiance · Defiance, OH · 2021
Upper Maumee Smart Watershed Pilot
$84,076
Ltbb of Odawa Indians · Harbor Springs, MI · 2021
Expanding nearshore monitoring capabilities in northern Lake MI in the context of water quality, wave action, nutrients, and Lake Whitefish/zooplankton dynamics
$84,020
Regents of University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Monitoring stations around the St. Louis Estuary and into Lake Superior
$83,625
Regents of University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2021
Monitoring in Lake Erie and climate data products
$78,277
Michigan Tech · Houghton, MI · 2023
NOAA NCCOS Ground Truthing 2023
$77,696
Michigan Tech · Houghton, MI · 2022
Monitoring programs in the Straits of Mackinac
$76,615
Michigan Tech · Houghton, MI · 2023
MTU Observing Systems Refurbishment Enhancement 2023
$70,851
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2021
Data Platform Expansion and Transition Huron to Erie Corridor and Watershed
$70,000
Heidelberg University · Tiffin, OH · 2021
Enhancing the accessibility of the Heidelberg Tributary Loading program through real-time water quality data and integration into GLOS
$68,097
Michigan Tech · Houghton, MI · 2021
An Expanded Spotter buoy network on the upper Great Lakes in support of recreational boating
$64,428
Florida Atlantic University · Atlanta, GA · 2022
An Autonomous Digital Holographic Imaging System for Detecting Cyanobacterial Composition abundance in Lake Erie
$62,266
Lake County Department of Utilities · Painesville, OH · 2021
Lake County Ohio Water Quality
$54,327
Upstate Freshwater Institute · Syracuse, NY · 2021
Year-round Real-time Monitoring of the Lake Ontario Nearshore
$49,423
Clarkson University · Potsdam, NY · 2021
The REASON River Environment and Sensor Observation Network Project Understanding Ecosystem Change on the St. Lawrence River-Kaniatarowanenneh to support Community Strategies for Well-Being
$48,805
Northwestern Michigan College · Traverse City, MI · 2021
An Expanded Spotter Buoy Network on the Upper Great Lakes in support of Recreational Boating, Shipping and Ferry Line Operations.
$44,862
Colorado School of Mines · Golden, CO · 2023
National Water Initiative Coastal Model Evaluation
$44,111
Michigan Tech · Houghton, MI · 2024
GLYON Great Lakes Year-Round Observation Network
$41,894
Michigan Tech · Houghton, MI · 2022
An Expanded Spotter buoy network on the upper Great Lakes in support of recreational boating
$40,952
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Monitoring algal blooms and dissolved oxygen concentrations around commercial fishing operations
$40,000
Florida Atlantic University · Atlanta, GA · 2024
An Autonomous Digital Holographic Imaging System for Detecting Cyanobacterial Composition abundance in Lake Erie
$38,893
Regents of University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Monitoring in Lake Erie and climate data products
$37,526
Michigan Tech · Houghton, MI · 2023
Operation and Maintenance High Frequency Radar in the Straits of Mackinac, Michigan
$32,940
New Water · Green Bay, WI · 2021
Real-time phosphate monitoring at the mouth of the Fox River, Green Bay
$32,588
Michigan Tech · Houghton, MI · 2022
Monitoring programs in Lake Superior and remote sensing data products
$32,474
Michigan Tech · Houghton, MI · 2024
Operation and Maintenance High Frequency Radar in the Straits of Mackinac, Michigan
$30,661
Michigan Tech · Houghton, MI · 2024
Sensor-Centric Coastal Process Evaluation SCoPE
$25,903
Superior Watershed Partnership · Marquette, MI · 2021
Lake Superior, Improving Solar/Wind Reliability for International Climate Research and Upgrading Coastal Community Buoy Program
$23,460
University Prep Science & Math · Detroit, MI · 2021
Citizen Science in the Heart of Detroit
$21,266
Michigan Tech · Houghton, MI · 2021
Monitoring programs in Lake Superior and remote sensing data products
$19,337
Michigan Tech · Houghton, MI · 2023
Offshore Winter Observing System
$18,903
Regents of University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Monitoring stations around the St. Louis Estuary and into Lake Superior
$18,347
Florida Atlantic University · Atlanta, GA · 2021
An Autonomous Digital Holographic Imaging System for Detecting Cyanobacterial Composition abundance in Lake Erie
$16,746
Michigan Tech · Houghton, MI · 2022
NOAA NCCOS Ground Truthing 2023
$16,698
Regents of University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Monitoring stations around the St. Louis Estuary and into Lake Superior
$16,577
Michigan Tech · Houghton, MI · 2024
Operation and Maintenance High Frequency Radar in the Straits of Mackinac, Michigan - Year VI
$16,079
Regents of University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Monitoring stations around the St. Louis Estuary and into Lake Superior
$14,046
Research Foundation for State University of New York · Albany, NY · 2022
Monitoring in Lake Ontario
$11,958
Research Foundation for State University of New York · Albany, NY · 2023
Monitoring in Lake Ontario
$10,704
Michigan Tech · Houghton, MI · 2023
Vital year-round measurements on the worlds largest lake via cabled under-ice observatories
$10,000
Regional Science Consortium · Erie, PA · 2021
Support two Walnut Creek Buoy and Nearshore Buoy of the four buoys operated and maintained by RSC
$7,653
Research Foundation for State University of New York · Albany, NY · 2024
Monitoring in Lake Ontario
$891
Michigan Tech · Houghton, MI · 2024
Offshore Winter Observing System

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