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NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES
NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES (Virginia) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $836,419 to it, the largest being ATKINSON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($344,200). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $836k
- Net assets
- $7.3M
What Navy League of the United States does
Mission
The Navy League of the United States is a professional organization whose primary objective is to be a source of information to the general public, provide direct assistance to men and women in the sea services and sponsor scholarships and youth programs which are geared toward the sea services. In addition, the navy league serves as an advocate for the sea services in various public forums.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Sea-air-space: the navy league's sea-air-space exposition was founded in 1965 as a means to bring the u.s. Defense industrial base, private-sector u.s. Companies and key military decision makers together for an annual innovative, educational, professional and maritime based event located in the heart of washington, dc. Sea-air-space is now the largest maritime exposition in the u.s. And continues as an invaluable extension of the navy league's mission of maritime policy education and sea service support.sea-air-space features:-more than 290 dynamic, innovative and sophisticated defense and maritime industry exhibits displaying the latest in technology and equipment in a 100,000 square foot exhibit space and serving over 15,000 attendees. -abundant opportunities to learn about, test and see the most advanced military equipment.professional development sessions featuring:- high level discussions on important strategic policy issues- the most up-to-the-minute developments in policy, programs and needs for the maritime services.- panelists from the u.s. Departments of defense, homeland security and state; the u.s. Navy, marine corps and coast guard; and the maritime administration.…
$4,639,088 spentof which $12,517 as grants$6,539,854 earned by the program69% of program spendingCenter for maritime strategy supports all of the nation's sea services, including the navy, marine corps, coast guard, and merchant marine, through conducting scholarly research and analysis to drive prudent national security policies to strengthen american national security.
$1,319,475 spent$545,657 earned by the program20% of program spendingSea power magazine: seapower magazine is the official publication of the Navy League of the United States. It is the only publication in existence today that covers all four u.s. Sea services in a way that illustrates their interdependence and importance to each other and the nation. It is a critical tool in the navy league's mission of education and advocacy.seapower is more than a magazine. It is a brand of the navy league with a footprint in digital as well a print. In all its forms, seapower strives to be a fair and honest broker of sea service and navy league news and information. The almanac issue, published in january, is an essential and sought-after reference tool for all things related to the sea services.seapower articles in print (30,000 monthly circulation) and online (available to all navy league members) cover a wide range of topics, including national defense, foreign policy, naval affairs, commercial maritime issues, homeland security, and defense research, development and procurement.the magazine is published 10 times a year, with the combined issues of february/march and july/august.supporting team seapower are journalists who are highly regarded in the fields…
$723,954 spent$279,597 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,682,517.
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 2022 to 2023, from $82M to $76M (−8%).
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% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Michael Stevens
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Dan Mccort
Region president chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 8 funders, grant income rose $59k → $163k.
7 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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: $75k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Navy League Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES raised.
From the IRS filings of NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES’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
NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
43% 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 NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 44% · 2019 83% · 2020 80% · 2021 56% · 2022 98% · 2023 71% — broadly stable.
“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
24% of NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $220k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Government funding NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $350k on record.
- Department of Defense$350k
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 NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
61%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 37 states
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Navy League Building LLC · disregarded
- Navy League Foundation · exempt
- Navy League Development Corporation · corp_trust
- Navy League Building Condominium Unit Owners Association · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES?
- NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES (Virginia) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $836,419 to it, the largest being ATKINSON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($344,200). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $836,419 in grants to NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES?
- ATKINSON FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $344,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES 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.
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 27 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