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12 funders with a record of paying for “schooner”
Where the money went
Largest: $10,000 to SOUND EXPERIENCE — support of the organization program fostering environmental sustainability, youth development and maritime careers through shipboard programs aboard the schooner adventuress on the…
Largest: $80,000 to Mystic Schooners — 2024-2025 unrestricted grant
Southcoast Community FoundationNew Bedford, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $105,000 · through 2024Largest: $85,000 to SCHOONER ERNESTINA — pathways to success for new bedford students impacted by homelessness, poverty & covid-19
Largest: $21,157 to Schooner Martha Foundation — to restore the sailing vessel martha
Largest: $61,000 to GRAND BANKS SCHOONER MUSEUM TRUST — 26,000 keepers house ( restoration
Largest: $40,000 to SCHOONER APOLLONIA — general operating support - hudson river sail freight - andrus fellowship
Boston FoundationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $125,000 · through 2024Largest: $115,000 to Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association — operating support/annual fund
Largest: $23,000 to CALL OF THE SEA — partial funding for purchase of new carb mandated engine for schooner seaward
Largest: $2,000 to PRAIRIE SCHOONER — for educational purposes
Master Wardens and Members of the LodgeBoston, MACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $22,000 · through 2024Largest: $12,000 to SCHOONER ADVENTURES — girls on adventure program
Largest: $17,000 to SCHOONER EMESTINA-MORRISSEY ASSOCIATION INC — sails over seas & ice, the life & times of sem
Sibbri FoundationVineyard Haven, MA
2 matching grants · $130,000 · through 2024Largest: $70,000 to MARTHAS VINEYARD OCEAN ACADEMY — general operating support and a contribution towards the rebuilding of the academy's topsail schooner, sehandoah.
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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 →