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BLUE SEA PHILANTHROPY USA

EIN 47-3541807 LEESBURG, VA

Largest nonprofits in Virginia

Revenue 2024
$1,275,139
Expenses 2024
$1,229,918

Program services were 87.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T01
Classification
1000
Street
305 HARRISON ST SE 3RD FLOOR

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BLUE SEA PHILANTHROPY USA IMPROVES THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF OTHER REGISTERED CHARITIES BY PROVIDING CENTRALIZED FUNDRAISING EVENTS THAT OFFER REGISTERED CHARITIES ACCESS TO SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE IN PLANNING, EXECUTION, ADMINISTRATION, AND INHERENT ECONOMIES OF SCALE RELATED TO SUCH EVENTS. BASED ON SPECIFIC CRITERIA, CHARITIES PARTICIPATING IN THE ORGANIZATION'S EVENTS ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE GRANTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BLUE SEA PHILANTHROPY USA IMPROVES THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF OTHER REGISTERED CHARITIES BY PROVIDING CENTRALIZED FUNDRAISING EVENTS THAT OFFER REGISTERED CHARITIES ACCESS TO SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE IN PLANNING, EXECUTION, ADMINISTRATION, AND INHERENT ECONOMIES OF SCALE RELATED TO SUCH EVENTS. BASED ON SPECIFIC CRITERIA, CHARITIES PARTICIPATING IN THE ORGANIZATION'S EVENTS ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE GRANTS.BLUE SEA PHILANTHROPY USA RUNS PEER-TO-PEER FUNDRAISING EVENTS THAT HELP LOCAL CHARITIES EXPAND CAPACITY, RAISE MORE SUPPORT, AND INCREASE IMPACT. PARTICIPATING CHARITIES ACCESS OUR FUNDRAISING EXPERTISE AND SYSTEMS, JOIN OUR EVENTS, AND RECEIVE GRANTSALLOWING THEM TO RAISE MORE FUNDS WITH LOWER COSTS AND LESS RISK.

  • BLUE SEA OPERATES A YEARLY FUNDRAISING EVENT CALLED "COLDEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR" PARTNERING WITH 501(C)(3) CHARITIES TO RAISE FUNDS THAT ARE GRANTED TO THE PARTNERING CHARITIES WITH THE BALANCE OF COVERING THE COSTS OF THE EVENT. THE CHARITIES RECEIVING THE GRANTS USE THE GRANTS TO SUPPORT THEIR EXISTING PROGRAMS WHICH GENERALLY PROVIDE FOOD, SHELTER, OR OTHER SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

    Expenses $1,081,281 · Grants $918,639

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Brain Carney

    PRESIDENT, BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Bruce McEvoy

    SECRETARY, BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Terry Barnes

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Shelley Donald

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,275,139
    Expenses
    $1,229,918
    Contributions
    $1,275,139
    Grants paid
    $918,639
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $670,477
    Expenses
    $601,315
    Contributions
    $669,788
    Grants paid
    $499,349
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $141,005
    Expenses
    $139,015
    Contributions
    $141,005
    Grants paid
    $106,441

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021

Tax period
1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021
Principal officer
Victoria Grant
Mailing address
305 Harrison St SE 3rd FloorLeesburg VA 20175

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • BLUE SEA PHILANTHROPY INC

    PC · CHARITABLE · CA

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

  • Exemption revoked 15 May 2018, reinstated 15 May 2018.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.