New York · Nonprofit
INTREPID MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC
INTREPID MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 81 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,942,089 to it, the largest being FISHER BROTHERS FOUNDATION INC % FISHER BROTHERS ($3,480,000). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $39M
- Funders on record
- 81
- Grants received
- $7.9M
- Net assets
- $70M
What Intrepid Museum Foundation Inc does
Mission
As an educational and cultural nonprofit institution centered on the aircraft carrier intrepid, a national historic landmark, the mission of the intrepid museum foundation (intrepid museum) is to promote the awareness and understanding of history, science and service through its collections, exhibitions and programming, in order to honor our heroes, educate the public and inspire our youth. The museum's mission is realized in three ways: 1) through collections, exhibitions and interpretations of american and global history; 2) through innovative stem, history, and leadership education programs for students; and 3) by the integral role the museum plays in the local and national community, hosting a wide range of public cultural events and programs for youth, families, senior citizens, families in transitional housing, veterans and the men and women in service to our nation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Exhibits and museum servicesexhibitsthe museum offered a range of on-site and digital experiences to immerse visitors into the museum themes of the intersection of history and innovation and to expand on the stories of space science and intrepid during its eras of service. These new exhibitions were free with onsite admission. Concorde restoration and return/openingfor several months the british airways concorde was moved off-site from the museum to the brooklyn navy yard to undergo critical restoration and to ensure that work was achieved to protect and preserve the historic aircraft for years to come. A third-party vendor specializing in aircraft painting and repair completed the work in the first quarter of the 2024 and with much fanfare and press coverage on march 14, 2024, the british airways concorde returned to the intrepid museum. "apollo: when we went to the moon" temporary exhibitionfree with admission to the museum, march 26 - september 2intrepid's largest-ever temporary licensed exhibition in the museum's space shuttle pavilion showcasing the captivating history of the apollo program, through interactive media, photographs and rarely seen artifacts from the u.s. Space…
$24,286,330 spent$20,455,155 earned by the program77% of program spendingEducation & evaluationin 2024, the education team continued to use the center for history and innovation as a guiding framework for their endeavors and worked to be on top of the latest best practices for supporting stressed youth and teachers. Education staff members continued to work from a place of welcoming and inclusiveness, offering programs such as the cultural immigrant initiative and programming explicitly highlighting typically marginalized stories and voices such as women in stem fields, lgbtq veterans and african american contributions during intrepid's active service years. Ultimately, the museum's education team served over 40,000 individuals through various types of educator-led programming in the fiscal year spanning january 1, 2024 - december 31, 2024, and over 31,000 more through self-guided materials and online content. Center for history & innovation keystone projects and strategic planning programming is focused on supporting the museum's mission by amplifying the experiences of those on the frontlines of history and the stories behind the engineering marvels in our collection, inviting individuals of all ages to experience wonder, ask questions and be…
$5,378,649 spent$232,409 earned by the program17% of program spendingOther programspublic programsthe museum staged 27 public programs (13 onsite programs and 14 virtual programs). This included festivals (kids week, fleet week); movie nights; astronomy nights. Nearly all the programs (but one) were free with admission to the museum. The museum hosts "free fridays" from april to october to create an inclusive and welcoming experience for all audiences who want to experience the museum after hours. Additional programming is provided including our free summer movie series (on the flight deck) and some of our onsite astronomy programs with celebrated astronauts and scientists. The summer tasting event was a paid experience.total onsite attendance: 62,229 total virtual attendance: 483,459another centerpiece event included intrepid as one of the new york city locations for the partial solar eclipse event (april 8, 2024) with educational programming provided and complimentary commemorative solar eclipse glasses for visitors.intrepid hosted several astronauts, among them the celebrated, astronaut fred haise who served as apollo 13's lunar module pilot for the dramatic mission, which was originally scheduled to be a ten-day trip to the fra mauro region of…
$1,899,531 spent6% of program spendingThe museum provides program support and administrative services to a 501(c)3 organization with a related mission: the intrepid fallen heroes fund (ifhf), which was originally founded by the intrepid museum foundation. The museum's support includes but is not limited to personnel, office space and facility services, as well as technology, data and communications systems support, all at no cost.
$174,208 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $31,738,718.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $107M to $92M (−14%).
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 6% · 2018 3% · 2019 3% · 2020 10% · 2021 38% · 2022 20% · 2023 5% · 2024 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
26% of INTREPID MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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 broadened from 21 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $463k → $1.3M.
18 of 81 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 INTREPID MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 81 funders by total. 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
INTREPID MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 60%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 22% · 2018 69% · 2019 57% · 2020 29% · 2021 53% · 2022 43% · 2023 35% — 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.
How long its funders stay
31% of INTREPID MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
81% of INTREPID MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 states 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.
Against its field
INTREPID MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC's funding base is broadening — from 21 funders to 23 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 772 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding INTREPID MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.6M on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$2.4M
- National Endowment for the Humanities$1.2M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$750k
- National Science Foundation$250k
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$40k
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 INTREPID MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 31 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Intrepid Relief Fund · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INTREPID MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC?
- INTREPID MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 81 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,942,089 to it, the largest being FISHER BROTHERS FOUNDATION INC % FISHER BROTHERS ($3,480,000). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTREPID MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 81 organizations giving $7,942,089 in grants to INTREPID MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTREPID MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC?
- FISHER BROTHERS FOUNDATION INC % FISHER BROTHERS is the largest funder on record, with $3,480,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTREPID MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 81 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