Louisiana · Nonprofit
THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC
THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 358 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,172,299 to it, the largest being Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation ($7,908,001). 175 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $95M
- Funders on record
- 358
- Grants received
- $44M
- Net assets
- $432M
What The National World War II Museum Inc does
Mission
The national wwii museum tells the story of the american experience in the war that changed the world-why it was fought, how it was won, and what it means today-so that all generations will understand the price of freedom and be inspired by what they learn.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The national world war ii museumcollections & permanent exhibits the arsenal of democracy: the herman and george r. Brown salute to the home front includes galleries that explore the road to war and then how the war was fought on the home front. Allied victory was an epic undertaking fueled by stateside industry, ingenuity, and the labor of millions of patriotic americans. Through multimedia and interactive displays, and drawing on artifacts and oral histories from the museum's extensive collections, the arsenal of democracy creates countless opportunities for visitors to make personal (continued on schedule o) connections with the men and women who helped win the war.the d-day invasion of normandy helps one understand what the allies faced in normandy, from the comprehensive preparations beforehand to the daunting challenges once troops landed on normandy beaches. Visitors explore deadly fortifications awaiting the allies, view the weapons, uniforms, and gear of the germans and americans, and meet the commanders of operation overlord. The artifacts and stories of individual soldiers who participated in the invasion put a human face on the most decisive day of world war ii-june 6,…
$51,406,842 spent$22,846,089 earned by the program86% of program spendingEducation and conferenceseducational travel programwhile the national wwii museum provides vivid insight into the war that changed the world, nothing can tell its story more dramatically than a visit to the sites where victory was fought for and won.as the nation's foremost expert in wwii history, the museum's travel program is dedicated to providing the highest quality educational content by creating custom-curated itineraries with renowned historians and expert local guides with unparalleled knowledge of wwii locations- from lesser-known sites available exclusively to the national wwii museum's travel programs to iconic landmarks (continued on schedule o) educational travel program tours (continued): steeped in heroism and history. Guests experience a journey to the beaches, bridges, cities, and villages where crucial battles took place and history-making decisions were made. Tours generally include the europeaneuropean theatre of operations (england, france, italy, germany) and the pacific theatre of operations (philippines, japan).in addition to the overseas tours, the museum hosts domestic multi-day experiences based at the museum's campus in new orleans. The experience the…
$8,705,842 spent$13,462,576 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $60,112,684.
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 2018 to 2019, from $299M to $329M (+10%).
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 5% · 2018 4% · 2019 8% · 2020 10% · 2021 16% · 2022 25% · 2023 8% · 2024 11% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
48% of THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Board chair
Suzanne T Mestayer
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 67 funders to 123 funders, grant income rose $1.7M → $7.6M.
28 of 358 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $6.7M from 27 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 358 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 NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% 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
41% 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 NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 69% · 2019 33% · 2020 17% · 2021 24% · 2022 13% · 2023 41% — 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
35% of THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% 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
THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 43 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17M arriving through sponsors registered in 21 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 NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 570 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.3M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$3.0M
- Department of Commerce$824k
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$780k
- Department of the Interior$356k
- National Endowment for the Humanities$200k
- Department of Defense$126k
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 NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM 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 Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 12 states
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- Pt-305 Excursions LLC · disregarded
- World War II Theatre Inc · exempt
- World War II Pavilions Inc · exempt
- World War II Campaigns Inc · exempt
- Warehouse District Development Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC?
- THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 358 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,172,299 to it, the largest being Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation ($7,908,001). 175 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC have?
- IRS filings report 358 organizations giving $44,172,299 in grants to THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC, 175 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC?
- Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $7,908,001 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 358 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