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KALMAR NYCKEL FOUNDATION

KALMAR NYCKEL FOUNDATION (Delaware) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,261,053 to it, the largest being LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC ($393,500). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.7M
Funders on record
29
Grants received
$2.3M
Net assets
$5.1M
24/29 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 26%
01What it does

What Kalmar Nyckel Foundation does

Mission

The Kalmar Nyckel Foundation (knf) is a volunteer-based educational organization with a mission "to preserve and promote the cultural and maritime heritage of delaware and the delaware valley for the education and enrichment of all."

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Our modern-day kalmar nyckel the official tall ship of delaware has become one of the region's great educational resources. As a full-scale and faithful reproduction of the square-rigged ship that founded the colony of new sweden in 1638, the present-day kalmar nyckel serves as a floating classroom and inspirational platform for knf's award-winning educational programs. Kalmar nyckel voyages over 2,400 nautical miles each year, sailing from april to november, and our ship and shore programs reach more than 35,000 people during a typical year.

    $557,294 spent$413,974 earned by the program
    40% of program spending
  2. With our copeland maritime center and revitalized shipyard campus, we have become a year-round destination for both international and domestic visitors, students, families, and 250 active volunteers. In typical years, our field trip programs, classroom programs, and special educational community events reach over 20,000 people a year. Another 15,000 people of all ages visit our ship for sailing adventures and dockside tours.

    $832,684 spent$82,215 earned by the program
    60% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,389,978.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($1.3M) Expenses 100 ($1.5M) Net assets 100 ($6.5M)2019 Revenue 96 ($1.2M) Expenses 107 ($1.6M) Net assets 93 ($6.1M)2020 Revenue 109 ($1.4M) Expenses 105 ($1.6M) Net assets 90 ($5.9M)2021 Revenue 108 ($1.4M) Expenses 104 ($1.6M) Net assets 87 ($5.7M)2022 Revenue 109 ($1.4M) Expenses 120 ($1.8M) Net assets 81 ($5.3M)2023 Revenue 118 ($1.5M) Expenses 118 ($1.8M) Net assets 82 ($5.3M)2024 Revenue 152 ($2.0M) Expenses 132 ($2.0M) Net assets 82 ($5.3M)2025 Revenue 129 ($1.7M) Expenses 128 ($2.0M) Net assets 78 ($5.1M)
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Revenue (129)Expenses (128)Net assets (78)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $10M to $9.7M (−5%).

$10M
$9.7M
$9.7M
$9.5M
$9.1M
$9.0M
$9.1M
$8.8M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 4% · 2019 5% · 2020 41% · 2021 23% · 2022 21% · 2023 13% · 2024 27% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$219k
’18
−$375k
’19
−$179k
’20
−$177k
’21
−$410k
’22
−$258k
’23
−$24k
’24
−$274k
’25
2.5
months of
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.

Board chair

Robert Va Harra Jr

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed2329222119222527
Joined·+10+3+7+3+7+8+4
No longer listed·41085452
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $308k → $401k.

8 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 KALMAR NYCKEL FOUNDATION’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

KALMAR NYCKEL FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left

29% 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 KALMAR NYCKEL FOUNDATION.

17%
largest funder
47%
top three
~10
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 68% · 2019 27% · 2020 18% · 2021 45% · 2022 32% · 2023 22% — diversifying over time.

“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

76% of KALMAR NYCKEL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 83% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

KALMAR NYCKEL FOUNDATION draws 50% of its grant income from funders outside Delaware, across 4 states in all.

NY
PA
DE
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Delaware out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $601k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding KALMAR NYCKEL FOUNDATION receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.1M on record.

State$1.1M
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Top programs
  • GRANTS IN AID$628k
  • GRANTS$438k
  • OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE$16k
  • OPERATING SUPPLIES$2k
  • STUDENT BODY ACTIVITY$712
  • HONORARIUMS$50

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 KALMAR NYCKEL FOUNDATION

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

71% of spending goes to programs.

Program 71%Management 22%Fundraising 7%

Governance

27
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

76%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Christina's Annex LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds KALMAR NYCKEL FOUNDATION?
KALMAR NYCKEL FOUNDATION (Delaware) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,261,053 to it, the largest being LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC ($393,500). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does KALMAR NYCKEL FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $2,261,053 in grants to KALMAR NYCKEL FOUNDATION, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of KALMAR NYCKEL FOUNDATION?
LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $393,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like KALMAR NYCKEL FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Delaware. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 29 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing