Virginia · Nonprofit
MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION
MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,950 to it, the largest being THE HULL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($40,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.8M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $42k
- Net assets
- $17M
What Marine Corps Association does
Mission
The mission of the Marine Corps Association (mca) is to support the marine corps by disseminating knowledge of military art and science among marines, provide opportunities for professional development for marines, and to foster the spirit and preserve the traditions of the knowledge of military art and science among marines, provide opportunities for professional development for marines, and to foster the spirit and preserve the traditions of the marine corps throughout the marine corps family.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Retail operations:since mca is the premier provider of all in-print books listed on the marine corps professional reading program, it operates a retail book service (both online and through brick-and-mortar stores) for the convenience of members in building their own professional libraries. The marine shop is located in quantico, virginia. The mail order service is located in quantico, virginia, in the mca headquarters. With the purchase of the marine shop in quantico, virginia, in january 2007, mca is now able to offer quality uniforms, accessories, and services to all marines. These products and services complement mca's other professional offerings and enable mca to better serve all marines' needs.
Publications and membership:the Marine Corps Association produces two monthly publications, the "marine corps gazette and the "leatherneck." the "marine corps gazette's" mission has remained unchanged during its 111 years of publication: "to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas that will advance knowledge, interest and esprit in the marine corps". The "leatherneck" magazine continues its commitment to telling the corps' story with articles on its illustrious history, current operations and exercises, continuing updates on the organization and equipment of marines, and plans for the future. These magazines are offered as part of the benefits of mca membership.
Professional development and awards dinner:each year, mca advances leadership and recognizes excellence in the marines through dinners, luncheons, and professional events. These professional development opportunities promote camaraderie among marines and provide the opportunity for marines to learn leadership and mentoring skills, acquire additional knowledge of ongoing operations, and receive strategic and tactical information from high profile guest speakers.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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 2024 to 2025, from $17M to $19M (+10%).
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 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.
Chief executive
Ltgen Charles Chiarotti
Usmc (ret), president & CEO
Board chair
Ltgen Mark Brilakis Usmc Ret
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $2k → $10k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $501k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Marine Corps Association Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION raised.
From the IRS filings of MARINE CORPS 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
MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 3 states 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 MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $837k on record.
- Department of Defense$837k
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 MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Marine Corps Association Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MARINE CORPS 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 MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION?
- MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,950 to it, the largest being THE HULL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($40,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $41,950 in grants to MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION?
- THE HULL FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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