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SURFACE NAVY ASSOCIATION

SURFACE NAVY ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,840 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$2.3M
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$42k
Net assets
$2.0M
2/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Surface Navy Association does

Mission

We are an association at the center of surface warfare. We provide our members support, programs, and various activities that enable professional growth, personal satisfaction, and camaraderie.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Publication of a quarterly newsletter, surface sitrep, distributed to more than 5,000 members.

    $15,281 spent
    1% of program spending
  2. Awards program to recognize excellence in performance and accomplishments. Awards include old salt award, radm h.e schonland award for excellence in damage control, surface sailor of the year award, etc.

    $177,515 spentof which $153,983 as grants
    12% of program spending
  3. Assistance with affiliated chapters which are comprised of members residing in various geographic areas. Chapters administer local programs, assist in recruiting members and provide a local forum for discussion of navy issues.

    $1,331,731 spent$2,409,574 earned by the program
    87% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,524,527.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($1.7M) Expenses 100 ($1.4M) Net assets 100 ($2.0M)2020 Revenue 93 ($1.6M) Expenses 121 ($1.7M) Net assets 102 ($2.0M)2021 Revenue 57 ($968k) Expenses 95 ($1.4M) Net assets 94 ($1.9M)2022 Revenue 119 ($2.0M) Expenses 139 ($2.0M) Net assets 73 ($1.5M)2023 Revenue 123 ($2.1M) Expenses 151 ($2.2M) Net assets 81 ($1.6M)2024 Revenue 136 ($2.3M) Expenses 155 ($2.2M) Net assets 98 ($2.0M)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (136)Expenses (155)Net assets (98)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $3.3M to $2.5M (−24%).

$3.3M
$2.5M
$3.2M
$2.9M
$3.0M
$3.8M
201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

2% of SURFACE NAVY ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,679 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$272k
’19
−$150k
’20
−$396k
’21
$35k
’22
−$63k
’23
$102k
’24
12
months of
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.

Board chair

Craig Faller

Chairman of the board

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

201920202021202220232024
Listed72632343433
Joined·+20+8+19+9+10
No longer listed·1217911
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 76% 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 SURFACE NAVY ASSOCIATION’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

SURFACE NAVY ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

76% 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 SURFACE NAVY ASSOCIATION.

48%
largest funder
100%
top three
~3
effective funders

“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

76% of SURFACE NAVY ASSOCIATION'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 1 state.

FL

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $32k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SURFACE NAVY ASSOCIATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.

Operating margin4% · above the median
Months of reserve11.8mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding SURFACE NAVY ASSOCIATION receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $15k on record.

Federal$15k
grants $0contracts $15k
Top agencies
  • Department of Defense$15k

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 SURFACE NAVY ASSOCIATION

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

68% of spending goes to programs.

Program 68%Management 32%Fundraising 0%

Governance

33
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

97%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

VA

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Questions and answers

Who funds SURFACE NAVY ASSOCIATION?
SURFACE NAVY ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,840 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does SURFACE NAVY ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $41,840 in grants to SURFACE NAVY ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SURFACE NAVY ASSOCIATION?
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SURFACE NAVY ASSOCIATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 3 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