Iowa · Nonprofit
USS IOWA (SSN-797) COMMISSIONING COMMITTEE
USS IOWA (SSN-797) COMMISSIONING COMMITTEE (Iowa) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,475 to it, the largest being Wise Family Foundation Wise Family Foundation ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $196k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $21k
- Net assets
- $191k
What Uss Iowa (Ssn-797) Commissioning Committee does
Mission
The mission of the commissioning committee is to generate the funds necessary to provide amenities, equipment and celebration events not funded by congress.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The christening and commissioning ceremonies for a navy ship are long-standing and revered traditions that promote patriotism among those who attend and demonstrates to the crew of the vessel that the public appreciates the great sacrifices they make to defend our nation. A commissioning ceremony is costly, and congress only provides very limited funds for basics such as bunting, attendee stands and bus transportation from a local hotel to the ceremony. To give the crew and the public the proper ceremony, the committee must raise the necessary funds to organize various events supporting the ceremony and the accompanying celebrations. Donated funds are used to purchase items for the crew that are not supplied by the navy, such as exercise and entertainment equipment to be used by the crew while at sea, and other amenities that improve the quality of life for the crew as they endure months at sea in close quarters, and away from home and their loved ones, in defense of our nation. Funds are also used for plaques and other emblematics and memorabilia that honor the crew for being 'plank owners', which are the first crew members to man the ship. Additionally, some of these funds are…
$261,623 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $261,623.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2022 to 2023, from $110k to $256k (+133%).
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: 2023 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of USS IOWA (SSN-797) COMMISSIONING COMMITTEE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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
Maccrea Douglas
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $11k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 IOWA (SSN-797) COMMISSIONING COMMITTEE’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
USS IOWA (SSN-797) COMMISSIONING COMMITTEE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
25% 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 USS IOWA (SSN-797) COMMISSIONING COMMITTEE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 91% — 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.
Where its funders are
USS IOWA (SSN-797) COMMISSIONING COMMITTEE draws 63% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k 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
USS IOWA (SSN-797) COMMISSIONING COMMITTEE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like USS IOWA (SSN-797) COMMISSIONING COMMITTEE
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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds USS IOWA (SSN-797) COMMISSIONING COMMITTEE?
- USS IOWA (SSN-797) COMMISSIONING COMMITTEE (Iowa) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,475 to it, the largest being Wise Family Foundation Wise Family Foundation ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does USS IOWA (SSN-797) COMMISSIONING COMMITTEE have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $21,475 in grants to USS IOWA (SSN-797) COMMISSIONING COMMITTEE.
- Who is the largest funder of USS IOWA (SSN-797) COMMISSIONING COMMITTEE?
- Wise Family Foundation Wise Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like USS IOWA (SSN-797) COMMISSIONING COMMITTEE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 4 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