Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 1932.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
21 people listed on the 990; $598K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).
Howard H Hoege III’s $257K as President & CEO is at the 30th percentile of top reported officer pay among 749 $10–100M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 7 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard H Hoege III | $256,777 | $224,327 | $213,861 | $214,044 | — |
| Howard Hoege | — | — | — | — | $222,087 |
| Jeffrey Esber | $121,353 | $121,491 | — | — | — |
| Nelson Forbes | $112,187 | $104,059 | — | $105,846 | $105,846 |
| Luisa a Vazquez-Lopez | $107,198 | — | — | — | — |
| Allison Dressler | — | — | — | $105,846 | $105,846 |
| Daniel Archibald | — | — | — | $105,689 | $105,689 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Connects people to the world's waters through shared maritime heritage.
Questions for The Mariners' Museum
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The two operational tenets of the "community-focused" prong of our strategy are "access" (to the art, artifacts, and archival material of the Mariners' Museum collection, and to the "living collection" the forest, lake, and wildlife - within Mariners' park), and "value" (with a primary focus on educational enrichment programs serving…
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 54-0541801) · Dispute this lineOne of the two operational tenets of the "collections-based" prong of our strategy is "conservation" of the art, artifacts, and archival material of the Mariners' Museum collection ("heritage conservation") and of the "living collection" the forest, lake, and wildlife - within Mariners' park ("environmental conservation").
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 54-0541801) · Dispute this lineOne of the two operational tenets of the "collections-based" prong of our strategy is "research, or "building the body of knowledge" about the Mariners' museum's vast maritime archival collection (an estimated 2 million archival pieces), maritime library (over 100,000 volumes), maritime art collection (thousands of paintings and works on…
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 54-0541801) · Dispute this lineFunders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | FY24 | FY23 | FY22 | FY21 | FY20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of yearLn 1g | $21.4M | $18.7M | $19.3M | $17.3M | $14.6M |
| AddedLn 1b | $1.4M | $500K | $6.3M | $3.9M | $643K |
| SpentLn 1d–1f | $2.0M | $4.3M | $2.4M | $3.4M | $166K |
| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $9.0M | $6.2M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $15.8M | $18.5M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $22.7M | $22.5M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $147.6M | $154.5M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $9.1M | $8.6M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $138.5M | $146.0M |
| Line | FY24 |
|---|---|
| Gross | $4K |
| Net | $4K |
| Tax | $0 |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $21K | $21K | ||
| Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5 | $598K | $316K | $85K | $196K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $6.1M | $5.1M | $252K | $821K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $227K | $183K | $11K | $33K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $719K | $581K | $37K | $100K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $486K | $391K | $24K | $70K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $10K | $9K | $1K | $73 |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $51K | $45K | $6K | $379 |
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $212K | $95K | $26K | $90K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $33K | $3K | $188 | $30K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $159K | $126K | $8K | $25K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $68K | $62K | $6K | $377 |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $801K | $702K | $90K | $9K |
| TravelLn 17 | $69K | $55K | $7K | $7K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $64K | $62K | $862 | $2K |
| InterestLn 20 | $103K | $90K | $12K | $765 |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $193K | $13K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $88K | $72K | $9K | $7K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $940K | $770K | $84K | $86K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $12.5M | $10.1M | $853K | $1.5M |
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| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
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| FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 11, 2025 | $14.3M | $12.5M | $1.9M | $146.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 11, 2024 | $9.5M | $11.3M | −$1.8M | $138.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $14.8M | $10.4M | $4.3M | $130.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 16, 2022 | $10.0M | $10.1M | −$101K | $150.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2021 | $4.3M | $2.2M | $2.1M | $137.6M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
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Part I · Summary $14,341,457 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $14,341,457 across 10 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $12,472,762 across 19 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $154,526,932 assets, 18 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $145,959,772 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file FY2024 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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