Oregon · Nonprofit
Universal Ship Cancellation Society
Universal Ship Cancellation Society (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $55 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($55). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $69k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $55
- Net assets
- $150k
What Universal Ship Cancellation Society does
Mission
The Universal Ship Cancellation Society, Inc., (APS Affiliate #98), a non-profit, tax exempt corporation, (IRS 501(c)(3)) founded in 1932, promotes the study of the history of naval vessels, naval postal markings, and other postal documents involving the U.S. Navy and other maritime organizations of the world. Members of the society typically collect naval covers. Some members are primarily interested in cachets, some are primarily interested in postmarks, and some are interested in both. Some members conduct research in their areas of interest and publish their findings through the Society. Such reference material is then available for all collectors. Many members share an interest in naval covers as well as an interest in naval or maritime history. The Societys monthly journal, the Log, contains a blend of these two interests.The U.S.C.S. Log (ISSN 0279-6139), the official publication of the Universal Ship Cancellation Society, Inc, is published monthly.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The uscs log is published monthly for approximately 1,400members. The log contains current & historical infoconcerning postal service of us naval ships & stations.the uscs catalog of us naval postmarks list all postmarks used in usnavy ships from 1908 to present, being the sole source & historicalrecord of this information. The uscs naval cover cachet maker cataloglists & illustrates all cachets used on naval covers from aprroximately1930 to present date, being the sole source & historical record.
$45,476 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $45,476.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $160k to $126k (−21%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $17 → $19.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 Universal Ship Cancellation Society’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 Universal Ship Cancellation Society's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $55 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like Universal Ship Cancellation Society
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In Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
93%
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 Universal Ship Cancellation Society: 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 Universal Ship Cancellation Society?
- Universal Ship Cancellation Society (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $55 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($55). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Universal Ship Cancellation Society have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $55 in grants to Universal Ship Cancellation Society, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Universal Ship Cancellation Society?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $55 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Universal Ship Cancellation Society find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), 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