Washington · Nonprofit
BREMERTON HISTORICAL SHIPS ASSOCIATION
BREMERTON HISTORICAL SHIPS ASSOCIATION (Washington) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $89,649 to it, the largest being TIN CAN SAILORS INC ($41,215). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $574k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $90k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Bremerton Historical Ships Association does
Mission
The Bremerton Historic Ships Association's primary purpose is to achieve heritage awareness, educational enhancement, memorial recognition, revitalization & economic development, and naval & maritime services recognition and appreciation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Bremerton Historic Ships Association's primary purpose is to achieve heritage awareness, educational enhancement, memorial recognition, revitalization & economic development, and naval & maritime services recognition and appreciation. The organization preserves the historic vessel USS Turner Joy, and offers tours to the general public. Displays of historical artifacts are collected and preserved for the public's benefit. The organization also conducts educational events such as public speaking forums, hosts veteran groups to share their stories and experiences with the public, operates a gift shop with related maritime and commemorative items, and organizes various outreach programs for the general public, including STEM types of programs for school-aged children.
$482,644 spent$489,136 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $482,644.
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 2020 to 2021, from $980k to $1.2M (+21%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 63% · 2018 14% · 2019 16% · 2020 44% · 2021 56% · 2022 24% · 2023 13% · 2024 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $21k → $84.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BREMERTON HISTORICAL SHIPS ASSOCIATION’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.
How concentrated its funding is
BREMERTON HISTORICAL SHIPS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BREMERTON HISTORICAL SHIPS ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 56% · 2020 59% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
BREMERTON HISTORICAL SHIPS ASSOCIATION draws 65% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
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In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BREMERTON HISTORICAL SHIPS ASSOCIATION: 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 BREMERTON HISTORICAL SHIPS ASSOCIATION?
- BREMERTON HISTORICAL SHIPS ASSOCIATION (Washington) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $89,649 to it, the largest being TIN CAN SAILORS INC ($41,215). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BREMERTON HISTORICAL SHIPS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $89,649 in grants to BREMERTON HISTORICAL SHIPS ASSOCIATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BREMERTON HISTORICAL SHIPS ASSOCIATION?
- TIN CAN SAILORS INC is the largest funder on record, with $41,215 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BREMERTON HISTORICAL SHIPS ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 4 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