Virginia · Nonprofit
The Army Historical Foundation Inc
The Army Historical Foundation Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 88 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,628,700 to it, the largest being ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY ($38,529,732). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $9.5M
- Funders on record
- 88
- Grants received
- $50M
- Net assets
- $-17589152
What The Army Historical Foundation Inc does
Mission
The mission of the Army Historical Foundation (AHF) is to honor the American Soldier by preserving and presenting the history and heritage of the United States Army. AHF is the official Foundation of the National Museum of the United States Army and is responsible for fundraising, memberships, and operational and attractions management. The Foundation was established in 1983 as a member-based, charitable 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. AHF's mission and vision are rooted in over five decades of experience in the army history community. AHF strives to: Engage: create a meaningful museum experience for visitors of all ages, immersing them in army history and the lives of our soldiers, their families, and the army community. Educate: Help tell the army story by showcasing the U.S.'s role and relationship to the nation. Inspire: Encourage others to learn more about the U.S. Army through soldier stories that also promote esprit de corps and Army values. We ensure that the U.S. Army's history, heritage, lessons, and legacy are preserved for future generations. Continue other Army history initiatives, publishing the award-winning journal of the Army history-On Point, answering…
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
2025 National Museum Program: The foundation operated all revenue-generating activities for the National Museum of the United States Army. The U.S. Army owns, operates, and maintains the Museum, while the Foundation is responsible for revenue generation, fundraising, and membership. Revenue-generating activities include but are not limited to, special events, retail service, food services (cafe and catering), and simulators.
$5,087,523 spent$1,448,256 earned by the program88% of program spendingHistorical and Education Programs: The Army Historical Foundation (AHF) offers a free inquiry service on matters related to Army history. The service is provided by AHF staff historians who research in the Foundation's military library, at the U.S. Army Center of Military History, the National Archives, and online resources. AHF staff responds to inquiries from members, donors, and the general public nationwide. Three issues of On Point magazine were published in 2025. They featured articles by notable military historians covering a wide range of Army history and artwork, as well as book reviews related to Army history. The Distinguished Writing Awards program, established over 25 years ago, recognizes authors who have significantly contributed to literature on U.S. Army history. In 2025, the Foundation presented monetary awards to authors of five books and two articles. In 2025, the Foundation continued to develop digital program opportunities across multiple social media channels to include interviews with a World War II Veteran and Museums with Army stories as well as continuing to improve its keystone Battle Ride program that now engages with noted Army and military historians…
$673,319 spentof which $5,500 as grants$18,433 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,760,842.
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 2019 to 2020, from $135M to $9.5M (−93%).
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 1% · 2018 0% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of The Army Historical Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Board chair
GEN Eric K Shinseki USA-Ret
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 29 funders, grant income fell $33M → $1.3M.
17 of 88 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 The Army Historical Foundation Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 88 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
The Army Historical Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% 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 The Army Historical Foundation Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 31% · 2019 80% · 2020 31% · 2021 35% · 2022 19% · 2023 30% — 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
43% of The Army Historical Foundation Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
86% of The Army Historical Foundation Inc's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
The Army Historical Foundation Inc's revenue fell 63% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding The Army Historical Foundation Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $25k on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$25k
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 The Army Historical 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
52% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 44 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Army Historical Foundation Inc: 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 The Army Historical Foundation Inc?
- The Army Historical Foundation Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 88 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,628,700 to it, the largest being ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY ($38,529,732). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Army Historical Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 88 organizations giving $49,628,700 in grants to The Army Historical Foundation Inc, 46 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Army Historical Foundation Inc?
- ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY is the largest funder on record, with $38,529,732 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Army Historical Foundation Inc 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 88 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