Massachusetts · Nonprofit
USS CONSTITUTION MUSEUM INC
USS CONSTITUTION MUSEUM INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 58 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,076,689 to it, the largest being JOHN J & MARY R SCHIFF FOUNDATION ($3,500,000). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 58
- Grants received
- $8.1M
- Net assets
- $15M
What Uss Constitution Museum Inc does
Mission
The uss constitution museum engages all ages in the story of "old ironsides" to spark excitement about maritime heritage, naval service, and the american experience.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education/visitation the uss constitution museum welcomed 320,880 visitors during fy25, including over 19,000 students who either visited as part of organized school, camp or group visits or participated in a virtual field trip. The museum is open 7 days per week and charges no set admission fee to ensure that all who wish to learn about uss constitution can visit. We also share constitution's story with a national audience through a variety of online activities, educational programs and virtual field trips. Tripadvisor named the museum a 2024 "traveler's choice" based on visitor reviews that place the museum among the top 10% of attractions worldwide.
$1,541,196 spent$1,320,328 earned by the program61% of program spendingExhibits - the museum's participatory exhibits consistently receive high marks from our guests. "all hands on deck" is an award-winning, hands-on exhibit about the 1812 crew. "forest to frigate" combines history and stem challenges to explore ship design and construction. "old ironsides in war in peace" traces constitution's 225 year history. "honor, courage, commitment" traces the journey of navy sailors from enlistment to boot camp to joining the fleet around the world. "join the crew" is an interactive online exhibit. In fy25, the museum hosted the 45th annual masters of miniature model show highlighting 250 years of us navy ships.
$632,968 spent25% of program spendingCollections - the museum houses the largest collection of uss constitution-related objects in the world with nearly 2,000 artifacts and over 10,000 archival materials. A 2,400 volume library is available to researchers, students and the public by appointment. The museum protects, preserves and displays selections of its comprehensive collection of material related to "old ironsides." in fy25, the curatorial team prototyped two new programs to share the museum's collection and constitution's history with the public: "vault to vessel" behind-the-scenes tours in the summer and fall and "sailing through history" virtual discussions during the winter with the museum's public historian about topics in the ship's history.
$355,343 spent$44,975 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,529,507.
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 $9.2M to $12M (+28%).
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: 2017 14% · 2018 15% · 2019 12% · 2020 9% · 2021 29% · 2022 16% · 2023 14% · 2024 10% · 2025 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
55% of USS CONSTITUTION MUSEUM INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% 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.
Chief executive
Anne Grimes Rand
President/CEO
Board chair
Dennis J Langwell
Chairman/director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $498k → $1.8M.
8 of 58 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 USS CONSTITUTION MUSEUM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 58 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
USS CONSTITUTION MUSEUM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 68% · 2019 70% · 2020 57% · 2021 57% · 2022 61% · 2023 57% — 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
44% of USS CONSTITUTION MUSEUM INC'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
USS CONSTITUTION MUSEUM INC draws 53% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $515k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
USS CONSTITUTION MUSEUM INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding USS CONSTITUTION MUSEUM INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.2M on record — $1.9M federal, $1.3M state.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$1.1M
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$576k
- Department of the Interior$224k
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$1.3M
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 USS CONSTITUTION MUSEUM 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 Massachusetts
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
66%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds USS CONSTITUTION MUSEUM INC?
- USS CONSTITUTION MUSEUM INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 58 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,076,689 to it, the largest being JOHN J & MARY R SCHIFF FOUNDATION ($3,500,000). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does USS CONSTITUTION MUSEUM INC have?
- IRS filings report 58 organizations giving $8,076,689 in grants to USS CONSTITUTION MUSEUM INC, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of USS CONSTITUTION MUSEUM INC?
- JOHN J & MARY R SCHIFF FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like USS CONSTITUTION MUSEUM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 58 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