Florida · Nonprofit
UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC
UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 111 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,974,602 to it, the largest being SWIMMING WITH A MISSION INC ($3,768,155). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $9.1M
- Funders on record
- 111
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $24M
What Udt - Seal Museum Association Inc does
Mission
The national navy udt-seal museum is the only museum dedicated solely to preserving the history and heritage of the navy seals and their predecessors, including naval combat demolition units, office of strategic services maritime units, amphibious scouts and raiders and underwater demolition teams. Located in ft pierce, fl the birthplace of the navy frogman, the museum promotes public education by providing the opportunity to explore the history of naval special warfare. We honor our fallen on the black granite walls of the navy seal memorial housed on the museum grounds while caring for our families through the trident house and navy museum scholarship fund.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The museum continues to preserve and relate the history of the navy seals and their predecessors through the preservation of artifacts, the education of the accomplishments of these brave men and women and the opportunity to explore these accomplishments on site.
$1,977,890 spent$601,590 earned by the program69% of program spendingTrident house charities addresses the unique needs of special operations families by 1) providing scholarships from preschool to college, 2) providing critical respite and encouraging healing for special operators as well as gold star families and military personnel, 3) provide a working k-9 program for warriors with mobility limitations, traumatic brain injuries, and post-traumatic stress disorder to dramatically improve their quality of life, and 4) providing family support to active duty and veterans and their families by filling in the gaps where federal funding is not available.
$662,831 spentof which $650,768 as grants23% of program spendingCalifornia expansion - the navy seal museum san diego. Building a world class museum to promote public education by exploring the history of the us navy seals and their predecessors.
$211,837 spent7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,852,558.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $26M (+47%).
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: 2020 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
Rick Kaiser
CEO
Board chair
Rick Woolard
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 32 funders, grant income rose $480k → $2.9M.
19 of 111 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 111 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
UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
77% 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 UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 37% · 2019 52% · 2020 46% · 2021 36% · 2022 27% · 2023 23% — 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
33% of UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC draws 62% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 21 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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.
Government funding UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $151k on record — $150k federal, $526 state.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$150k
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $526
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 UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Navy Seal Museum San Diego LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC?
- UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 111 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,974,602 to it, the largest being SWIMMING WITH A MISSION INC ($3,768,155). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 111 organizations giving $16,974,602 in grants to UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC, 49 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC?
- SWIMMING WITH A MISSION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,768,155 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 111 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