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SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS
SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS (Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $114,076 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($104,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $114k
- Net assets
- $21M
What Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers does
Mission
The mission of the society is to advance the art, science and practice of naval architecture, marine engineering, ocean engineering and other marine-related professions through:* the global exchange of knowledge and ideas relative to the marine industry* education in engineering as it relates to the marine industry* encouraging and sponsoring research and development in naval architecture, marine engineering, ocean engineering and other marine fields.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Publications: society members have written and published millions of pages of original research, technical papers, books and other content. Establishing sname as a world-wide leader in the advancement of naval architecture and marine engineering.
$695,925 spentof which $22,200 as grants$142,648 earned by the program35% of program spendingFunctions and meeting: sname hosts or sponsors hundreds of events every year, from the annual sname maritime convention (smc), otc (offshore technology conference) to international symposia to section gatherings. Events offer venues networking and fellowship and regularly feature state of the art technical presentations and other learning opportunities.
$892,528 spent$1,030,504 earned by the program45% of program spendingMembership: sname, formed in 1893 to serve naval architects and marine engineers, has evolved over the years to serve the full spectrum of the vessel life cycle, including: students - educators & researchers - engineers & designers -shipbuilders - manufacturers - operators - recyclers & salvors.
$401,770 spentof which $88,800 as grants$477,724 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,990,223.
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 2020 to 2021, from $16M to $21M (+31%).
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 0% · 2021 12% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
11% of SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $62.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% 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 SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS’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
SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
91% of SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS'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 $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 2 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $104k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS's revenue fell 23% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 497 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6k on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$6k
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 SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS
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
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS: 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 SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS?
- SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS (Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $114,076 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($104,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $114,076 in grants to SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $104,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS 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 4 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