Blue Ocean Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204360719
IRS 990-PF coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2015, Form 990-PF 2024, Form 990-N 2007
Location
Germantown, MD, USA
Phone
2407789985
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,916,709
Expenses
$467,022

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

International Relief

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 13 grants totaling $352,500. The stated grant purposes included support bali vocational school, support young student edu program, and support rehabilitation education, plus 9 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 92% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 88% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. The available information about grant readiness automatic revocation leaves an important question unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 98
  • Endowment Health: 78

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 75.5%; rating input score 75; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 18 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 95
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Missing
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 23.29; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 78th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.