Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
MILITARY HERITAGE FOUNDATION
MILITARY HERITAGE FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $299,716 to it, the largest being PRITZKER MILITARY FOUNDATION ($153,166). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $300k
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What Military Heritage Foundation does
Mission
To promote the development of the u.s. Army heritage and education center (usahec) and its programs and to sustain and enhance the center's and the foundation's ability to inform and educate the american public on the contributions of soldiers and the u.s. Army to our nation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Support to the u.s. Army. The army heritage center foundation continued its efforts in 2024 to support the u.s. Army by advancing the development of the u.s. Army heritage and education center (usahec); promoting the center as a major research center; and enhancing its collections, programs, and outreach. In 2024, the foundation expended $128,021 to support these objectives.based on stated needs from the army, the capital campaign to support the future expansion of the hall of the american soldier was discontinued. The foundation did, however, seek and obtain a commonwealth of pennsylvania redevelopment assistance capital program matching grant (racp) to enhance the space around the event pavilion and improve handicap access to the location. The foundation spent 2024 working with the army and a landscape architect on the design of the enhancements to the pavilion area to include concrete pathways to the area from the front of the complex, additional seating, a stage, and a fire pit. The foundation's active role working with potential donors of manuscript and library collections was maintained. In 2024, the foundation facilitated 18 in-kind donations that were processed and/or…
$92,395 spent16% of program spendingEducational programsthe foundation's education programs continued to promote the use of usahec's collections, the study of history, and outreach to students, teachers, and members of the public on a local, regional, and national basis. The foundation expended $130,028 on these initiatives.for 2024, the foundation again managed the national history day in pennsylvania (nhd in pa) program. Foundation staff working with our partners facilitated regional contests and planned and executed the state contest at scranton university. The contest at the state level supported approximately 570 students and student teams and resulted in 62 attending the national contest.
$145,985 spent$89,658 earned by the program25% of program spendingMuseum storein 2024, the museum store continued to face challenges due to continued reduced onsite visitation. The store made $4877.72 in 2024.
$130,470 spent$93,777 earned by the program23% of program spendingOther general program services included funds to support public, member, and foundation focused programs. These included expenses of staff time performing research for the general public, presenting lectures and briefings to a variety of groups, newsletters to foundation members, and special events.in 2024, the foundation hosted two on site dinners. The army birthday program in june featured the carlisle town band. In november 2024, the foundation's membership and recognition dinner occurred with honoring former pennsylvania governor thomas corbett, and the first troop philadelphia city cavalry.also continuing in 2024 was the foundation's support of army mandated battlefield staff rides for to be commissioned rotc cadets. The foundation partnered with trained and licensed gettysburg battlefield guides to provide facilitators for the staff rides. Cadets also visit usahec to learn about the center. Some even stay in the onsite replica wwii barracks to offset lodging costs. Plans to expand the program nationally and add additional museum locations for the cadets to visit were put in place due to the creation of the colonel donald esper rotc endowment. In 2024, the foundation hosted…
$204,928 spent$78,286 earned by the program36% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $573,778.
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 2017 to 2018, from $1.2M to $2.2M (+90%).
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: 2021 13% · 2022 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
66% of MILITARY HERITAGE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
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.
Board chair
Robert Desousaa
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $1k → $55k.
6 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 MILITARY HERITAGE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 16 of 17 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
MILITARY HERITAGE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
31% 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 MILITARY HERITAGE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 84% · 2019 50% · 2020 52% · 2021 78% · 2022 66% · 2023 27% — 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
44% of MILITARY HERITAGE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 35% 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
MILITARY HERITAGE FOUNDATION draws 88% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $65k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
MILITARY HERITAGE FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MILITARY HERITAGE FOUNDATION
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 40 states
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MILITARY HERITAGE FOUNDATION: 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 MILITARY HERITAGE FOUNDATION?
- MILITARY HERITAGE FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $299,716 to it, the largest being PRITZKER MILITARY FOUNDATION ($153,166). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MILITARY HERITAGE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $299,716 in grants to MILITARY HERITAGE FOUNDATION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MILITARY HERITAGE FOUNDATION?
- PRITZKER MILITARY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $153,166 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MILITARY HERITAGE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 17 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