The American Battle Monuments Foundation (abmf.org) supports the education and outreach efforts of the American Battle Monuments commission (abmc.gov) abmc is the federal agency responsible for all 26 American military cemeteries and 31 Monuments or memorials in 17 foreign counties. More than 233,000 American service members are buried or memorialized (remains missing) at abmc hallowed sites away from the homeland.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 274 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $104K a year · 13% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$133K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $50K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$4K
0.5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.1M
+89% vs prior year
Spent
$1.1M
To programs
86%
Net assets
$750K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.1M
FY2025▲ +89%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$65K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$882K
FY2023$391K
FY2024$574K
FY2025$1.1M
Expenses
$1.1M
FY2025▲ +18%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$201K
FY2022$498K
FY2023$820K
FY2024$921K
FY2025$1.1M
Net assets
$750K
FY2025-0.04%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$78K
FY2021$993K
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$948K
FY2024$751K
FY2025$750K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2019.

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Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $929K Management & general 7% · $78K Fundraising 7% · $77K

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

15 people listed on the 990; $133K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$132,666Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Christine Q Burtt’s $133K as Executive Director is at the 63rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023
Christine Q Burtt$132,666$121,000$110,000

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Maintains American cemeteries and monuments abroad, honoring fallen service members.

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3 programs · $173K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Past is prologue essay contest- outreach to the younger generation manifested in two programs, the abmf 2025 past is prologue essay contest, and the abmf /ABMC fellows program. In the former, 803 students from 46 states and 13 countries competed with essays about a day in the life of a specific person on pearl harbor on december 7, 1941.

$148Kprogram expense
02

Commemorative events- to commemorate the 80TH anniversary of the end of wwii, abmf hosted events at the manila american cemetery in the philippines and a v-e day event in paris. We honored veterans of wwii and were privileged to have several participate in these special activities.

$25Kprogram expense
03

Historical collection acquisition- abmf assisted in the acquisition of a historically significant collection of uniforms and memorabilia of america's first combat aviators. Some of the articles will be displayed at the lafayette escadrille memorial, resting ground of some members of the wwi lafayette flying corps

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$50K
Grants paid · 2 grants · $94K · 2025–2025
American History Unbound INCNJ · FY2025$50,000
Unitemized GrantFY2025$44,000

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$908K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$163K
Investment incomeLn 3$16K
Money outPt IX
$1.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$929K
Managementcol C$78K
Fundraisingcol D$77K
Owns and owesPt X
$750K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$603K
Total assetsLn 16$754K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$908K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$163K
Investment incomeLn 3$16K
Total revenueLn 12$1.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$315K
SavingsLn 2$288K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$603K
Total assetsLn 16$754K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K
Net assetsLn 32$750K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 6274
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$704K$603K
Total assetsLn 16$759K$754K
LiabilitiesLn 26$8K$4K
Net assetsLn 32$751K$750K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$50K$50K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$44K$44K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$133K$122K$11K
Management feesLn 11a$237K$163K$74K
Accounting feesLn 11c$46K$46K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$200K$190K$10K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$31K$30K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$15K$10K$3K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$18K$12K$6K
TravelLn 17$36K$36K$214$64
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$272K$272K
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.1M$929K$78K$77K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.1M$1.1M−$294$750K 990 PDF
FY2024 $574K$921K−$347K$751K 990 PDF
FY2023 $391K$820K−$429K$948K 990 PDF
FY2022 $882K$498K$384K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.1M$201K$914K$993K 990 PDF
FY2020 $65K$78K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,083,631 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $561,186$908,161
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$163,402
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $11,982$16,208
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $447−$4,140
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $573,615$1,083,631
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$94,000
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $121,000$132,667
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $799,938$857,258
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $920,938$1,083,925
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$347,323−$294
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,083,631 across 5 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for −$4,140 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$908,161
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$908,161
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $163,402$163,402
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $16,208$16,208
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $159,262 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $16,208$1,083,631
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,083,925 across 12 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $50,000$50,000
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $44,000$44,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $122,082 · Management $10,585$132,667
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $162,988 · Fundraising $74,309$237,297
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $45,515$45,515
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $190,000 · Management $9,900$199,900
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $29,743 · Management $1,154$30,897
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $10,101 · Management $2,558 · Fundraising $2,500$15,159
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $11,994 · Management $6,194$18,188
IX-17 TravelPrograms $35,747 · Management $214 · Fundraising $64$36,025
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $272,237$272,237
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $2,040$2,040
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $928,892 · Management $78,160 · Fundraising $76,873$1,083,925
Part X · Balance sheet $754,067 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $191,892$315,473
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $511,982$287,963
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $17,720$111,450
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $37,083$39,181
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $758,677$754,067
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $8,013$3,697
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $8,013$3,697
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $750,664$710,370
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$40,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $750,664$750,370
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $758,677$754,067
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $750,370 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,083,631
XI-2 Total expenses$1,083,925
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$294
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$750,664
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$750,370

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