Virginia · Nonprofit
THE INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION
THE INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being CARMAX FOUNDATION ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.2M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $24M
What The Institute of Navigation does
Mission
Advancing the art and science of navigation, positioning, and timing. The Institute of Navigation (ion) is a membership organization incorporated in january 1967 for the purpose of advancing the art and science of navigation through publications, regional and national meetings, the education of the next generation of navigation professionals, and through its officers and working committees.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Joint navigation conference - the largest u.s. Military positioning, navigation, and timing (pnt) conference of the year with joint service and government participation. The event focuses on technical advances in pnt with emphasis on joint development, test and support of affordable pnt systems, logistics and integration. From an operational perspective the conference will focus on advances in battlefield applications of gps; critical strengths and weaknesses of field navigation devices; warfighter pnt requirements and solutions; and navigation warfare.
$629,020 spent$1,379,680 earned by the program26% of program spendingSatellite division's technical meeting - the world's largest technical meeting and showcase of gnss technology, products, and services. The conference unites international leaders in gnss and related positioning, navigation, and timing fields to present new research, introduce new technologies, discuss current policy, demonstrate products and exchange ideas.
$622,600 spentof which $2,568 as grants$1,284,484 earned by the program26% of program spendingMembership services - membership consisted of both individuals and corporations, from industry, government and academia who seek to promote the art and science of navigation, positioning and timing. This includes the publication of navigation: journal of The Institute of Navigation, the organization's open access, peer reviewed, and indexed technical publication.
$516,958 spent$357,337 earned by the program21% of program spendingPlans
$312,058 spent$444,405 earned by the program13% of program spendingInternational technical meeting/ptti
$267,664 spent$422,795 earned by the program11% of program spendingCouncil and chapters
$50,086 spentof which $4,014 as grants2% of program spendingAwards
$14,896 spentof which $6,281 as grants1% of program spendingPublications
$14,477 spent$55,445 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,427,759.
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 $18M to $23M (+30%).
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: 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of THE INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Lisa Beaty
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $500.
From the IRS filings of THE INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION’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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 210 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 210 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $17k on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$17k
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 INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 THE INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION: 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 INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION?
- THE INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being CARMAX FOUNDATION ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,000 in grants to THE INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION?
- CARMAX FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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