Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION
NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 63 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,521,951 to it, the largest being SEEDLINGS FOUNDATION ($5,200,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 63
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $24M
What National Archives Foundation does
Mission
The foundation was created to support the archivist of the united states in the development of programs, technology, projects and materials that will introduce the archives and interpret its holdings to individuals around the world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Museum activities: museum activities are intended to support audience development, branding and promotion of the national archives, volunteer programs, and physical renovation of gallery spaces. Activities include the july 4th celebration, renovating new exhibition and educational spaces, and many others.
$3,426,370 spentof which $2,204,096 as grants52% of program spendingNational archives store: the national archives store plays a vital role in fulfilling the mission of the National Archives Foundation. As the exclusive gift shop of the national archives museum, the national archives store supports exhibition and educational messaging through the development and presentation of high-quality merchandise highlighting the holdings of the national archives. All proceeds help support national archives exhibits, public programs, and educational initiatives across the country.
$1,922,839 spent$3,284,963 earned by the program29% of program spendingEducation: teachers and students from around the country participated in workshops and video conferences through the foundation supported the boeing learning center. Participating in these workshops and videos, students and teachers learn how to use the national archives records in the classroom. The foundation also helped the national archives maintain its docsteach website and supports national history day activities.
$771,932 spentof which $310,955 as grants12% of program spendingRonald reagan library: the ronald reagan library project is the situation room: washington's cabinet is a new scenario for the situation room experience series of educational simulations. The scenario is a joint project between the ronald reagan presidential library and george washington's mount vernon and is designed to be implemented at both locations. The simulation will accommodate 20-40 high school participants and will fit within a three-hour visitation window, including ninety minutes of "live play." the scenario serves high school participants as a baseline but will be a rewarding experience for undergraduates and adult groups alike. The scenario is an 18th century foreign policy crisis set during america's first "situation room" in the form of president george washington's cabinet. Players take on a role from the era of the founding fathers and act to save the country from being consumed by a world war.
$90,595 spentof which $72,132 as grants1% of program spendingThe lawrence f. O'brien gallery also opened a new exhibition: power & light: russell lee's coal survey. The exhibit provided visitors with an overview of lee's photography of coal mining towns during the mid-20th century.the national archives museum also reopened its renovated signature galleries, the american story, which features a broad range of original documents, photographs, and artifacts drawn from the holdings of the national archives. In addition, the museum opened the discovery center, an interactive educational space designed to support hands on learning and civic engagement for students and visitors of all ages.
$305,375 spentof which $215,612 as grants$503,865 earned by the program5% of program spendingTheater programs: the william g. Mcgowan threater, built and supported by the foundation, is washington, dc's premier venue for free documentary films, author lectures, and panel discussions exploring historical and current events.we the people campaign: in preparation for the 250th anniversary of the declaration of independence (2026), the we the people campaign is the foundations investment to bring the documents and resources of the national archives to all americans. It seeks to transform the public's understanding of american democracy through new programs, exhibits, educational resources for educators, and interactive simulations for students.
$17,820 spentof which $8,534 as grants0% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,534,931.
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 2023 to 2024, from $18M to $24M (+34%).
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 6% · 2022 5% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
58% of NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (58% 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.
Chief executive
Patrick M Madden
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Rodney E Slater
Chair & president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $64k → $2.9M.
12 of 63 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $260k from 7 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Boston Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 63 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
NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 59%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
28% 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 NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 47% · 2019 68% · 2020 47% · 2021 24% · 2022 28% · 2023 80% — 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
39% of NATIONAL ARCHIVES 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
NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION draws 86% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 21 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION's funding base is broadening — from 8 funders to 19 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like NATIONAL ARCHIVES 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
59%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL ARCHIVES 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 NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION?
- NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 63 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,521,951 to it, the largest being SEEDLINGS FOUNDATION ($5,200,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 63 organizations giving $13,521,951 in grants to NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION?
- SEEDLINGS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 63 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