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12 funders with a record of paying for “sailors”
Where the money went
Largest: $5,000 to KSEA (KOLLEGEWIDGWOK SAILING EDUCA — contribution to sailors in the opti
Largest: $2,000 to BELVEDERE COVE FOUNDATION — financial support for youth sailors
Largest: $470,000 to GENERAL INCORPORATED ASSOCIATION OF SAILORS FOR THE SEA JAPAN — conservation and science
Largest: $16,000 to US Navy Memorial Foundation — lone sailor awards
Largest: $80,000 to INDEPENDENCE SEAPORT MUSEUM — river ambassadors and sailor programs
Lotz Family FoundationFort Lauderdale, FL
3 matching grants · $75,200 · through 2024Largest: $45,200 to SAIL NEWPORT — to promote and operate affordable public sailing instruction and rental programs, and to create opportunities to attract new sailors to the sport.
Chicago Yacht Club FoundationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $55,930 · through 2024Largest: $28,000 to INLAND SEAS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION — saling event for female high school sailors
Petoskey-Harbor Springs AreaPetoskey, MICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $37,250 · through 2023Largest: $9,250 to LITTLE TRAVERSE SAILORS — spring 2023 grant cycle - little traverse sailors scholarship and local rate grant
Coastal Enterprises of JacksonvilleJacksonville, NCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $45,000 · through 2023Largest: $15,000 to CAROLINA MUSEUM OF THE MARINE — museum honoring the legacy of carolina marines and sailors
Teufelhunden FoundationMansfield, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $22,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to Wounded Warrior Regiment — further their mission related to the support, recovery, and non-medical care of combat and non-combat wounded, ill, and injured (wii) marines, sailors attached to marine units, and…
Frey FoundationGrand Rapids, MI
3 matching grants · $6,000 · through 2024Largest: $2,000 to Little Traverse Sailors — scholarship program support to serve children from economically disadvantaged households
Hunterward FoundationWoodland Hills, CA
3 matching grants · $17,500 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to THE KEY WEST COMMUNITY SAILING CENTER — a mission to teach the general public and sailors of all ages the joys of sailing in a safe and fun environment.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →