California · Nonprofit
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,165,103 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($10,785,983). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 76
- Grants received
- $26M
- Net assets
- $28M
What Naval Postgraduate School Foundation Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to support the naval postgraduate school by providing funding and programmatic support for education, research, technology development, institutional initiatives, and community programs that advance national security and serve nps' military students and alumni.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The naval postgraduate school foundation supports the people of the naval postgraduate school, including active-duty students, their families, faculty, staff, and alumni. These programs strengthen quality of life, community connection, and continuity for service members and families during rigorous graduate education and continued service.people:the naval postgraduate school foundation supports the 2,500+ active-duty students and their families at the naval postgraduate school, along with nearly 1,000 faculty, staff members, and 60,000+ alumni making up the nps community. The nps student body consists of 88% active-duty service members from across the u.s. Armed services, along with over 200 international students from approximately 50 partner nations.the nps foundation supports programs that improve quality of life for nps students and their families, helping them build community, relationships and strengthen the family unit during their time in monterey. During fy 24-25, the foundation supported 20 recreation and affinity clubs within the nps community. Approximately 1,000 nps community members, including students, faculty, staff, and family members, participate in these clubs…
$529,557 spentof which $322,495 as grants8% of program spendingThe naval postgraduate school foundation supports applied research and education at the naval postgraduate school by providing funding for research tools, grants, fellowships, and awards aligned with national security priorities. These investments support interdisciplinary collaboration and student and faculty research addressing operational challenges.research:the nps foundation supports applied research and education at the naval postgraduate school by providing flexible funding for research tools, grants, fellowships and awards aligned with national security priorities. These investments support interdisciplinary collaboration and enable students and faculty to pursue research addressing operational challenges.a central component of the foundation's research support is athena, a defense-focused research discovery and collaboration platform developed and operated by the foundation. Athena enables researchers, sponsors and leaders across nps, the naval education enterprise and the larger navy and joint force to identify, access and analyze research activity using topics of interest, service priorities and other filters. The platform supports visibility across research efforts and…
$1,837,381 spent26% of program spendingThe naval postgraduate school foundation supports institutional initiatives that strengthen the naval postgraduate school's long-term capacity to educate national security leaders and conduct applied research and solution development for the naval and joint force. In fy 24-25, these efforts included planning and development of the naval innovation center at nps, investments in on-campus laboratories, secure and classified spaces and infrastructure, and events that support industry and government partnership. Institution:the nps foundation supports institutional initiatives that strengthen the naval postgraduate school's long-term capacity to educate, research, and develop solutions for the naval and joint force. These efforts focus on facilities, infrastructure, partnerships, and institutional engagement that support solution delivery and applied research.in fy 24-25, the foundation supported planning, partnerships, and infrastructure related to the naval innovation center at nps, a future facility that will serve as a hub for collaboration, experimentation, applied research, and solution development for the naval and joint force.fy 24-25 also included planning and execution of…
$4,579,416 spentof which $21,263 as grants66% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,946,354.
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 2024 to 2025, from $20M to $31M (+59%).
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 4% · 2024 1% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
Richard Patterson
CEO
Board chair
Hank Plain
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 31 funders, grant income rose $541k → $2.4M.
25 of 76 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% 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 POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 76 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
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
90% 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 POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 29% · 2019 39% · 2020 62% · 2021 55% · 2022 39% · 2023 28% — diversifying over time.
“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
45% of NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
85% of NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC'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 $4.0M that is directly attributable, 51% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $22M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 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
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC?
- NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,165,103 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($10,785,983). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 76 organizations giving $26,165,103 in grants to NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC, 48 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,785,983 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 76 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