Texas · Nonprofit
American Bureau of Shipping
American Bureau of Shipping (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,273,456 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ($3,273,456). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $537M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $3.3M
- Net assets
- $1.9B
What American Bureau of Shipping does
Mission
To serve the public interest as well as the needs of our members and clients by promoting the safety of life and property and preserving the natural environment through the development and verification of standards for design, construction and operational maintenance of ships and marine related facilities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
As a classification society founded in 1862, the core commitment of ABS has been setting safety standards for the marine and offshore industries. This is achieved through the establishment and application of technical standards, known as Rules, for the design, construction, and operational maintenance of ships and marine related facilities. Classification is the process that certifies adherence to these Rules, comprising technical design review, construction monitoring, and ongoing survey of ships and marine related facilities over their operating life and the maintenance of the ABS Record. These activities are conducted through a network of offices in over 60 countries.Together with classification services, the company provides statutory audit services on behalf of certain regulators and flag state registries in over 100 countries.
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.9B to $2.1B (+11%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Christopher J Wiernicki
Chairman and CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1.3M → $543k.
From the IRS filings of American Bureau of Shipping’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
American Bureau of Shipping draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Government funding American Bureau of Shipping receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $172.6M on record — $172.6M federal, $4k state.
- Department of Defense$128.1M
- Department of Transportation$24.4M
- Department of Commerce$9.4M
- Department of Homeland Security$4.6M
- Department of Energy$3.5M
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.9M
- TRUST FUND$4k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like American Bureau of Shipping
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 78 related entities
- Common Structural Rules Software LLC · partnership
- Herbert - ABS Software Solutions LLC · partnership
- ABS Group of Companies Inc · corp_trust
- ABSG Consulting Inc · corp_trust
- ABS Quality Evaluations Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for American Bureau of Shipping: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds American Bureau of Shipping?
- American Bureau of Shipping (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,273,456 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ($3,273,456). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does American Bureau of Shipping have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,273,456 in grants to American Bureau of Shipping, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of American Bureau of Shipping?
- NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES is the largest funder on record, with $3,273,456 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like American Bureau of Shipping find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing