Florida · Nonprofit
Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program Inc
Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program Inc (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,250 to it, the largest being FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($10,250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $400k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $193k
What Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program Inc does
Mission
The LAMP is dedicated to the investigation, interpretation, and better understanding of the maritime history and archeology of St. Augustine, the "First Coast" region of Florida, and beyond.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Archaeological Research - The research arm of the St. Augustine Lighthouse and Maritime Museum is the separately incorporated Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program, LAMP. LAMP maintains an active program of both archival and archaeological research and employs archaeologists, a professional paleographer (expert on colonial Spanish script), and an archaeological conservator (specialist in the stabilization of waterlogged archaeological artifacts). LAMP maintains a conservation laboratory, diving locker, analytic laboratory, and also extensive databases of port records, ship losses, and other historical data. It is working actively to bring its stories to the public at the museum and has developed a heritage boat-building program as well as a field school and training workshops for university students, including scholarships for underserved individuals.
$279,269 spent$16,698 earned by the program100% of program spendingMaritime Archaeological Field School - LAMP oversees an intense accredited educational program allowing both undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to participate in a marine survey and underwater excavation of a historic shipwreck site. In addition to methodological training and academic lectures, students get valuable real-world experience in all aspects of archaeological fieldwork, scientific diving and seamanship, and laboratory analysis.
Public Archeology - LAMP Boat-works is dedicated to keeping traditional wooden boat-building alive and relevant for new generations by focusing on the construction of traditional vessel types once common in the waters of St. Augustine and Northeast Florida. It also works with archaeologists to aid with the interpretation, reconstruction and experimental replication of archaeological boat and ship remains. LAMP also maintains a research library of thousands of books, reports, documents, papers and audio-visual media related to maritime history and archeology. Throughout the year, volunteers donate their time to build a variety of small craft, including skiffs and barca chata. The building of a Spanish chalup is an ongoing partnership with the St. Augustine Maritime Heritage Foundation and the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park. An increased effort to bring more archaeological research to the public is a continuing effort.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $279,269.
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 2022 to 2023, from $136k to $366k (+169%).
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 14% · 2018 52% · 2019 39% · 2020 7% · 2021 63% · 2022 20% · 2023 9% · 2024 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Kevin Sweeny
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program Inc’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
100% of Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program Inc's grant income comes from Florida funders.
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.
Against its field
Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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
- St Augustine Lighthouse and Marit · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program Inc: 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 Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program Inc?
- Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program Inc (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,250 to it, the largest being FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($10,250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,250 in grants to Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program Inc?
- FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 2017–2025), 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