Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
NAVAL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
NAVAL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $480,178 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($121,200). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2022
- $263k
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $480k
- Net assets
- $0
What Naval Historical Foundation does
Mission
The Naval Historical Foundation (nhf) has served people interested in the history of the u.s. Navy's contributions to america's maritime history and heritage since march of 1926. Our mission is to preserve and honor the legacy of those who came before us, and educate and inspire the generations that follow. Nhf increases awareness through: youth and award programs; forums, symposiums, and heritage events; and deep-sea exploration of the maritime domain, bringing naval history and scientific discovery to life.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Programs
Programs - nhf's programs focus on making organizational resources better known and more widely available. Nhf maintains the navyhistory.org website and supports other maritime websites in support of naval history museums and provides historical content through thursday tidings newsletter & 2nd saturday webinar.nhf also hosts signature events throughout the year to build awareness of naval history heritage programs. Recent events included an official superintendent's (usna) leadership & vision award's dinner, knox award dinner and luncheon, national history day teacher distinction awards, and vice admiral robert f. Dunn essay contest.nhf secured a department of the interior grant to digitize the first 13 volumes of naval documents from the american revolution. Project completed and can be located at https://www.navyhistory.org/ndar.
$114,508 spent11% of program spendingAncillary activities - nhf receives new books from various resources and makes them available to members and guests as part of a book review related to naval current and historical stories, views, etc. On various subject matters related to naval history.nhf provides informational services to organizations, families and others seeking guidance related to historical naval documents, artifacts, photos etc. Nhf operates a gift shop at the national museum of the u.s. Navy in support of the museum and to heighten the visitor experience.
$98,881 spent$41,991 earned by the program10% of program spendingMembership - this includes ongoing communications to current members and outreach to prospective new members.
$52,112 spent5% of program spendingCore services - nhf supports the naval history and heritage command through a range of activities, but primarily through the foundation's support of the national museum of the united states navy and the cold war gallery museum annex.nhf encourages naval and maritime scholarship by awarding prizes and fellowships to students and teachers. Specific awards include: the knox award for lifetime achievement in naval scholarship; the superintendent's annual leadership and vision award, for u.s. Naval academy midshipmen who demonstrate significant leadership and writing skills in understanding naval history; the beach award for midshipman who demonstrated excellence in naval scholarship; the coskey prizes awarded to high school students at national history day; and the teacher of distinction awards given to teachers across the united states. Annually, nhf supports multiple historical symposia. Recent topics have included the battle of leyte gulf 75th anniversary symposium. Nhf core services also include social media outreach through linkedin, facebook, twitter, instagram, and other outlets that have created wider awareness of the mission of the Naval Historical Foundation.
$53,600 spentof which $12,000 as grants5% of program spendingDistribution of remaining assets to united states naval institute. See schedule I and schedule n.
$692,000 spentof which $692,000 as grants68% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,011,101.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.4M to $0 (−100%).
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: 2017 9% · 2021 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 6 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
Radm Edward Masso
Executive director
Board chair
Adm William J Fallon
Chairman
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $24k → $10k.
5 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 NAVAL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION’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
NAVAL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
70% 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 NAVAL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 71% · 2019 28% · 2020 31% · 2021 56% · 2022 96% · 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.
How long its funders stay
18% of NAVAL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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
55% of NAVAL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $214k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 9 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $266k 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.
Organizations like NAVAL HISTORICAL 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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NAVAL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION?
- NAVAL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $480,178 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($121,200). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NAVAL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $480,178 in grants to NAVAL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NAVAL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $121,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NAVAL HISTORICAL 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 19 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