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NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC

NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC (Georgia) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,454,330 to it, the largest being GORDON A CAIN FOUNDATION ($2,500,000). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$8.0M
Funders on record
38
Grants received
$6.5M
Net assets
$72M
23/38 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 23%
01What it does

What National Infantry Museum Foundationinc does

Mission

The National Infantry Museum Foundation honors Soldiers by supporting the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center, whose mission is to provide education and training to Soldiers, families, and the general public on all facets of the history of the United States Infantry, the origin and development of Fort Benning, and an overview of the U.S. Army.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The National Infantry Museum Foundation honors Soldiers by supporting the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center. During 2024, THE MUSEUM HAD 165,392 VISITORS AND HOSTED 215 rentals and special events. THE NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM IS THE #1 RATED ATTRACTION IN THE COLUMBUS AREA ON TRIP ADVISOR AND WON THE USA TODAY 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, AND 2024 READER'S CHOICE AWARD FOR "BEST FREE MUSEUM IN AMERICA".

    $7,292,472 spent$3,964,422 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $7,292,472.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($6.4M) Expenses 100 ($7.1M) Net assets 100 ($74M)2018 Revenue 77 ($4.9M) Expenses 104 ($7.4M) Net assets 97 ($72M)2019 Revenue 94 ($6.0M) Expenses 103 ($7.3M) Net assets 95 ($70M)2020 Revenue 84 ($5.3M) Expenses 92 ($6.6M) Net assets 93 ($69M)2021 Revenue 88 ($5.6M) Expenses 95 ($6.8M) Net assets 92 ($68M)2022 Revenue 132 ($8.4M) Expenses 105 ($7.4M) Net assets 93 ($69M)2023 Revenue 182 ($12M) Expenses 114 ($8.1M) Net assets 98 ($72M)2024 Revenue 126 ($8.0M) Expenses 123 ($8.7M) Net assets 97 ($72M)
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Revenue (126)Expenses (123)Net assets (97)Peer revenue range

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 $82M to $79M (−4%).

$82M
$79M
$78M
$76M
$75M
$76M
$78M
$75M
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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.

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2018
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2020
2021
2022
2023
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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 9% · 2022 39% · 2023 9% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

47% of NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,377 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$751k
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−$2.5M
’18
−$1.3M
’19
−$1.2M
’20
−$1.2M
’21
$955k
’22
$3.5M
’23
−$729k
’24
2.2
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.

Chief executive

Peter Jones

President & CEO

Board chair

Tom Metz

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1619202021201919
Joined·+10+4+2+2+5+4+5
No longer listed·7321655
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 16 funders, grant income fell $1.4M → $1.4M.

9 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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: $1.3M from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Robert W Woodruff Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC raised.

From the IRS filings of NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 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 INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

39%
largest funder
64%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 53% · 2019 35% · 2020 36% · 2021 49% · 2022 30% · 2023 79% — 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

50% of NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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

NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC draws 71% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 11 states in all.

IL
NY
OH
RI
NE
VA
TN
AL
GA
TX
FL

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

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Georgia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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

Against its field

NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC's revenue grew 26% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin−9% · below the median
Months of reserve2.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $25.3M on record.

Federal$25.3M
grants $0contracts $25.3M
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Top agencies
  • Department of Defense$25.3M

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 6%Fundraising 11%

Governance

17
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

52%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

GA

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Questions and answers

Who funds NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC?
NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC (Georgia) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,454,330 to it, the largest being GORDON A CAIN FOUNDATION ($2,500,000). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC have?
IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $6,454,330 in grants to NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC?
GORDON A CAIN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 38 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