California · Nonprofit
PACIFIC BATTLESHIP CENTER
PACIFIC BATTLESHIP CENTER (California) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,477,526 to it, the largest being ASSOCIATED FOUNDATIONS INC ($500,000). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.8M
- Funders on record
- 61
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $4.6M
What Pacific Battleship Center does
Mission
To ignite curiosity, connect communities, and enhance understanding of america's role in maritime peace and prosperity.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Museum operations - battleship iowa is a community anchor on the la waterfront, generating tourism and economic activity in our local towns, resulting in a better quality of life for residents many of whom are small business owners. Battleship iowa has grown to become a cultural icon as an inclusive venue to gather and interact with people of diverse backgrounds and ages.
$4,123,294 spent$2,101,615 earned by the program70% of program spendingVeterans program - our veterans program, known as veterans west, serves approximately 25,000 former service members, of all ages and branches, annually. Veterans west operates out of the veterans resource center aboard battleship iowa, a place where service members and their families are welcomed and respected, where they can socialize, enjoy the camaraderie of other veterans in a unique setting, and benefit from a variety of programs and activities to help them re-connect and re-engage in a civilian world. Currently, about half of our volunteer crew is composed of veterans.
$1,248,400 spent$1,760,670 earned by the program21% of program spendingEducational programs - the Pacific Battleship Center utilizes the in-situ environment of battleship iowa to address national education deficiencies and spark interest in stem, history, civics, and leadership through innovative education and museum programs. On average, 20,000 students are served annually through field trip and overnight programs.
$487,290 spent$681,928 earned by the program8% of program spendingIn february 2024, the organization assumed certain assets and liabilities from city of los angeles fleet week foundation. The transaction included the receipt of cash totaling $260,000 and the assumption of liabilities totaling $172,026. The net effect of these transaction amounted to $87,974.
$84,386 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,858,984.
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 $6.9M to $11M (+54%).
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: 2018 6% · 2019 3% · 2020 8% · 2021 11% · 2022 2% · 2023 0% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
37% of PACIFIC BATTLESHIP CENTER’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
Jonathan Williams
President/CEO
Board chair
Radm Mike Shatynski Usn Ret
Board chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $132k → $293k.
6 of 61 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 PACIFIC BATTLESHIP CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 61 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
PACIFIC BATTLESHIP CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 49% · 2019 47% · 2020 26% · 2021 59% · 2022 34% · 2023 17% — 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
36% of PACIFIC BATTLESHIP CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% 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
53% of PACIFIC BATTLESHIP CENTER's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $302k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
PACIFIC BATTLESHIP CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding PACIFIC BATTLESHIP CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $250k on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$250k
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 PACIFIC BATTLESHIP CENTER
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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 39 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PACIFIC BATTLESHIP CENTER: 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 PACIFIC BATTLESHIP CENTER?
- PACIFIC BATTLESHIP CENTER (California) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,477,526 to it, the largest being ASSOCIATED FOUNDATIONS INC ($500,000). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PACIFIC BATTLESHIP CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 61 organizations giving $2,477,526 in grants to PACIFIC BATTLESHIP CENTER, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PACIFIC BATTLESHIP CENTER?
- ASSOCIATED FOUNDATIONS INC is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PACIFIC BATTLESHIP CENTER 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.
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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 61 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing