Maryland · Nonprofit
UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOC
UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOC (Maryland) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,530,686 to it, the largest being JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ($821,214). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $3.5M
- Net assets
- $153M
What United States Naval Academy Alumni Assoc does
Mission
To serve and support the united states, the naval service, the naval academy, and its alumni.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Membership support - costs to provide services to members of the alumni association, class and chapter support, and special alumni events. The association engaged with 71,840 existing and 2,245 new members in the current fiscal year. The association supports 104 chapters around the world, 77 parent clubs throughout the us and 6 shared interest groups. Staff supports an international chapter officer's forum each year, two class meetings and various parent functions. Association members are invited to participate in a number of special events including tailgates and founder's day, luncheons with speakers, academy events and activities with the brigade of midshipmen.
$5,168,611 spent$714,001 earned by the program38% of program spendingSupport - the association makes contributions to the u.s. Naval academy and the u.s. Naval academy foundation inc., a related party. Contibutions to u.s. Naval academy supported cyber programs, stem and endowed chairs, midshipmen clubs sports and international travel/studies, creative arts and athletic facilities.
$3,929,982 spentof which $3,929,982 as grants29% of program spendingAlumni communications - support for all electronic and website-based communications. The association supports it members worldwide through its robust website and electronic communications, helping to sustain their bond with the school, their class and classmates.
$1,700,439 spent12% of program spendingCareer transitions - expenses related to the service academics career conference. The association manages job fairs four times per year around the country which are exclusive to service academy alumni. The association also provides career counseling and other career support opportunities for interested alumni.
$1,662,406 spent$1,271,539 earned by the program12% of program spendingPublications: shipmate, alumni register and business resource directory - through these publications, the association reaches out to members to perpetuate the history, traditions, memories and growth of the u.s. Naval academy. Over 50,000 members receive the association's magazine shipmate eight times per year.
$1,104,530 spent$234,498 earned by the program8% of program spendingPartnership marketing - expenses related to affinity programs and merchandise sales. The association offers programs to its members which offer unique products and services, while gengerating revenue for the association.
$92,429 spent1% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,658,397.
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 2020 to 2021, from $106M to $131M (+24%).
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.
52% of UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Mark E Ferguson
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $46k → $449k.
11 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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: $29M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest US Naval Academy Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOC raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 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
UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
64% 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 UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 89% · 2019 88% · 2020 62% · 2021 48% · 2022 48% · 2023 21% — 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
67% of UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOC draws 62% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOC
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 Maryland
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
88%
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 3 related entities
- US Naval Academy Foundation Inc · exempt
- Charitable Remainder Trusts (2) · corp_trust
- Charitable Remainder Trusts (4) · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOC?
- UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOC (Maryland) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,530,686 to it, the largest being JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ($821,214). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOC have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $3,530,686 in grants to UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOC?
- JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY is the largest funder on record, with $821,214 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 34 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