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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
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
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 program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $7,292,472.
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 $82M to $79M (−4%).
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: 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).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Chief executive
Peter Jones
President & CEO
Board chair
Tom Metz
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
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
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.
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.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC's revenue grew 26% between 2017 and 2024.
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.
- 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.
Organizations like NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC
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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC: 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 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