Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
US NAVY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
US NAVY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,144,501 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($289,636). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.5M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What US Navy Memorial Foundation does
Mission
The navy memorial mission is to honor, recognize and celebrate the men and women of the sea services and the important contributions made by them while serving in the united states navy, marine corps, coast guard and merchant marine. The navy memorial serves to educate and inspire the american people about the vital role that the sea services play in our national security and the rich maritime history of the united states.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Visitor center services - the visitor center honors, recognizes, celebrates, and informs the public about america's enduring maritime heritage through commemorative ceremonies, reunion meetings, reenlistment and retirement ceremonies, band concerts, film and video presentations, photographic and data collections, special events, and exhibits.
$2,622,010 spent$615,645 earned by the program57% of program spendingEducational services: see schedule o for complete description.
$168,469 spentof which $10,000 as grants$261,983 earned by the program4% of program spendingSpecial events: see schedule o for complete description.
$1,405,262 spent31% of program spendingSales of memorabilia to further educate the public regarding the role of the navy and the contributions of those who have served the united states in the navy, marine corps, coast guard or merchant marines.
$392,913 spent$213,879 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,588,654.
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 2023 to 2024, from $5.5M to $9.3M (+68%).
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: 2021 6% · 2023 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
66% of US NAVY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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
Vadm John Nowell Jr Usn Ret
President & CEO
Board chair
Vadm Carol Pottenger Usn Ret
Acting chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $144k → $262k.
10 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 NAVY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 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
US NAVY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% 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
83% 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 NAVY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 34% · 2019 22% · 2020 25% · 2021 43% · 2022 25% · 2023 52% — growing more concentrated.
“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 US NAVY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
68% of US NAVY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION'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. Of the $364k that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 15 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $780k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
US NAVY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION's revenue grew 25% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like US NAVY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 41 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for US NAVY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: 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 NAVY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION?
- US NAVY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,144,501 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($289,636). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does US NAVY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $1,144,501 in grants to US NAVY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of US NAVY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $289,636 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like US NAVY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 32 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