Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1989.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
85 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
18 people listed on the 990.
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 15aNo
Programs and updates
Inspires and educates through interactive maritime experiences celebrating our connection to the sea.
Questions for Nauticus Foundation
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Nauticus is a maritime discovery center located along the waterfront in downtown, norfolk offering a unique form of experiential learning for all ages. Through interactive exhibits and stem to stern programming, nauticus uses the museum, battleship wisconsin, sailing center, and schooner virginia to tell the story of the maritime…
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 54-1475802) · 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 FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $4.1M | $2.3M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $701K | $764K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $12.3M | $14.9M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $19.5M | $19.5M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $2.2M | $564K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $17.4M | $19.0M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $1.7M | $1.3M | $194K | $154K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $34K | $27K | $3K | $4K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $204K | $173K | $12K | $19K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $125K | $104K | $11K | $10K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $2K | $1K | $608 | |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $51K | $51K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $3K | $3K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $420K | $394K | $23K | $3K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $161K | $160K | $1K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $36K | $34K | $2K | $302 |
| TravelLn 17 | $13K | $12K | $126 | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $220K | $220K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $124K | $111K | $14K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $999K | $919K | $68K | $13K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $318K | $224K | $32K | $62K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $4.4M | $3.7M | $414K | $267K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS May 15, 2026 | $6.0M | $4.4M | $1.6M | $19.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS May 15, 2025 | $10.9M | $4.3M | $6.6M | $17.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS May 15, 2024 | $9.3M | $10.2M | −$882K | $10.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS May 12, 2023 | $7.5M | $2.5M | $5.0M | $11.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 16, 2022 | $4.7M | $2.0M | $2.7M | $6.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS May 17, 2021 | $2.2M | $2.5M | −$336K | $3.7M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990
Part I · Summary $5,965,329 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $5,965,329 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,395,363 across 15 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $19,537,732 assets, 17 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $18,973,504 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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