California · Nonprofit
US Merchant Marine Veterans Of WWII
US Merchant Marine Veterans Of WWII (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,478 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA HUMANITIES ($7,362). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $700k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $718k
What US Merchant Marine Veterans Of WWII does
Mission
Restore, maintain and operate the SS Lane Victory, a national historic landmark and museum dedicated to the memories of those Merchant Mariners who lost their lives during World War II and educating the public for them. The ship is also used for a training platform for fire, police, port security and military personnel.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
All other activities related to keeping the SS Lane Victory afloat.
$110,918 spent$81,010 earned by the program72% of program spendingThe use of the ship as a set location for film and TV and as a floating museum for the public.
$43,135 spent$49,050 earned by the program28% of program spendingThe ship is used as a training platform for local police, harbor security, homeland security which includes US coast guard, and military security forces.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $154,053.
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. 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 2021 to 2022, from $947k to $1.1M (+18%).
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.
9% of US Merchant Marine Veterans Of WWII’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $47 → $30.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 US Merchant Marine Veterans Of WWII’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.
How concentrated its funding is
US Merchant Marine Veterans Of WWII leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 US Merchant Marine Veterans Of WWII.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of US Merchant Marine Veterans Of WWII's grant income comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $116 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.
Against its field
US Merchant Marine Veterans Of WWII runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,934 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,934 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding US Merchant Marine Veterans Of WWII receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7k on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$7k
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 US Merchant Marine Veterans Of WWII
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
47%
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 US Merchant Marine Veterans Of WWII: 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 US Merchant Marine Veterans Of WWII?
- US Merchant Marine Veterans Of WWII (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,478 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA HUMANITIES ($7,362). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does US Merchant Marine Veterans Of WWII have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $7,478 in grants to US Merchant Marine Veterans Of WWII, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of US Merchant Marine Veterans Of WWII?
- CALIFORNIA HUMANITIES is the largest funder on record, with $7,362 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like US Merchant Marine Veterans Of WWII find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 2 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