Virginia · Nonprofit
National Museum of Americans in Wartime
National Museum of Americans in Wartime (Virginia) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $656,750 to it, the largest being Ralph Landau Foundation ($405,760). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $153k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $657k
- Net assets
- $27M
What National Museum of Americans in Wartime does
Mission
A museum honoring Americans who served in battle and on the home front in the 20th Century
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Oral History Project is also referred to as the Voices of Freedom Project. This project provides Veterans of Wartime and those serving on The Home Front an opportunity to record and preserve their stories. Stories are captured on video and a copy is provided to the Veteran. Additionally, a copy is provided to the Library of Congress Veterans History Project.WHEN THE MUSEUMS FACILITY OPENS, VARIOUS ADDITIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS WILL BE OFFERED. ONE PROGRAM WILL FOCUS ON EDUCATING YOUNG VISITORS ABOUT HOW THE COURAGE AND SACRIFICE OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAVE MADE THEIR OWN LIVES POSSIBLE. ADULT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WILL INCLUDE WORKSHOPS, LECTURES AND ROUNDTABLES ON DIVERSE TOPICS ABOUT THE AMERICAN WARTIME EXPERIENCE. THE MUSEUM HAS A FORMAL PARTNERSHIP WITH GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, WHICH WILL APPLY THE RESOURCES OF GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYS HIGHLY REGARDED DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND ART HISTORY AS WELL AS ITS CENTER FOR HISTORY AND THE NEWS MEDIA TO THE MUSEUMS EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
$41,045 spent31% of program spendingConduct activities and special events to honor americans who served in battle and on the homefront during military conflicts in the 20th and 21st centuries. The museum holds an annual open house that provides a chance for individuals to join by purchasing an annual membership, view a vehicle collection of over 100 military vehicles from various eras of war, view living history demonstrations and exhibits, and participate in many family-friendly activities. Once the museum opens, the vehicles will be on permanent display and used for live-action demonstrations.
$93,439 spent$27 earned by the program69% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $134,484.
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 $29M to $27M (−5%).
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 19% · 2022 48% · 2023 25% · 2024 33%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of National Museum of Americans in Wartime’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
Dennis Brant
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $178k → $49.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 National Museum of Americans in Wartime’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
National Museum of Americans in Wartime leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 91%; 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 45% · 2018 94% · 2019 88% · 2020 91% · 2021 100% · 2022 92% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
National Museum of Americans in Wartime draws 93% 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. $98k 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
National Museum of Americans in Wartime's revenue fell 54% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
31% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds National Museum of Americans in Wartime?
- National Museum of Americans in Wartime (Virginia) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $656,750 to it, the largest being Ralph Landau Foundation ($405,760). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does National Museum of Americans in Wartime have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $656,750 in grants to National Museum of Americans in Wartime, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of National Museum of Americans in Wartime?
- Ralph Landau Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $405,760 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like National Museum of Americans in Wartime 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.
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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 7 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