MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A54

Classification

1000

Street

715 BROADWAY ST

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Other organizations at this address

4 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

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• MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION

  EIN 54-0460860

• Marine Corps Aviation Association Community Services Inc

  EIN 85-4185871

• MARINE CORPS AVIATION ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED

  EIN 23-7230621

• SEMPER FI & AMERICAS FUND

  EIN 26-0086305

Mission and programs · 2025

• COMMANDERS' FORUMS: THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES FUNDING TO ASSIST COMMANDERS IN DEVELOPING AND PROVIDING FORUM OPPORTUNITIES SPECIFICALLY TAILORED TO ENHANCE THEIR MARINES AND SAILORS' KNOWLEDGE OF THE MILITARY HISTORICAL AND OPERATIONAL LESSONS AND HOW THOSE CAN BE APPLIED TO CURRENT CHALLENGES. THE FORUMS CAN RANGE FROM PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH NOTED AUTHORS AND SCHOLARS TO A CLASSICAL BATTLE STUDY. PARTICIPATION IN THE BATTLE STUDIES WILL HELP PREPARE A UNIT FOR CURRENT OPERATIONS THROUGH THE STUDY OF MILITARY HISTORY. PARTICIPANTS IN BATTLE STUDIES MAY WALK THE GROUND WITH EXPERTS IN ORDER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM THESE FAMOUS BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS. IN ADDITION, MCAF ACTIVELY SEEKS TO PROVIDE RELEVANT, PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION FOR ACTIVE-DUTY MARINES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO STAY ABREAST OF CURRENT ISSUES. THESE FORUMS FEATURE PROMINENT SPEAKERS, KEY DECISION MAKERS AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND OFFER KEY INSIGHTS AND UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES ON CURRENT MILITARY TOPICS. EVENTS ARE HELD AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, ALLOWING ACTIVE-DUTY MARINES AND OUR MEMBERS NATIONWIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE, AND GAIN AN APPRECIATION OF CURRENT ISSUES. IN 2025, NEARLY 9,000 MARINE LEADERS (NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS, STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AT MULTIPLE GRADES) PARTICIPATED IN THESE COMMANDERS' FORUMS EVENTS. THE FUNDS PAY FOR SPEAKING FEES, HONORARIUMS, BATTLEFIELD TOUR GUIDES AND OTHER COSTS THAT MARINE UNITS CAN TYPICALLY PAY FOR FROM THEIR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING.

  Expenses $1,578,826 · Grants $875,849

• THE MARINE EXCELLENCE AWARDS PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED TO RECOGNIZE THE PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF MARINES AND SAILORS (SERVING IN MARINE CORPS UNITS) AND TO RECOGNIZE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE IN MARINE CORPS OFFICER AND ENLISTED FORMAL SCHOOLS. THESE AWARDS ARE ALSO GIVEN FOR EXCEPTIONAL WRITTEN WORK. AWARDS ARE A VALUABLE INCENTIVE AND AN APPROPRIATE MEANS OF RECOGNIZING MARINES AND SAILORS WHO EXCEL IN THEIR COMMANDS, FORMAL SCHOOLS, AND LEADERSHIP COURSES. MCAF IS THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR OF AWARDS GIVEN TO THE U.S. MARINE CORPS. EACH YEAR MCAF GIVES AWARDS TO APPROXIMATELY 3,500 DESERVING MARINES AND SAILORS, 92 PERCENT OF WHICH GO TO ENLISTED MEN AND WOMEN. THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE AWARDS GIVEN TO OUTSTANDING MARINES: THE HONOR GRADUATE FROM DRILL INSTRUCTOR SCHOOL, RECRUIT TRAINING AWARDS (HONOR GRADUATE RECRUIT, HIGH SHOOTER AND HIGH PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST), THE BASIC OFFICER TRAINING COURSE HONOR GRADUATE, OFFICER CANDIDATES SCHOOL HONOR GRADUATE, AND STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER ACADEMY HONOR GRADUATE). IN 2025, OVER 3,700 MARINES RECEIVED AWARDS RECOGNIZING THEIR EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE AND THEIR CREATIVE AND PERSUASIVE WRITTEN WORK.

  Expenses $341,747 · Grants $40,030 · Revenue $6,391

• THE COMMANDERS' UNIT LIBRARY PROGRAM PROVIDES COMMANDERS WITH FUNDS TO ESTABLISH AND SUSTAIN THEIR UNIT PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY WHEN THE UTILIZATION OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS IS NOT PRACTICABLE. THE PROGRAM ALLOWS COMMANDERS TO SELECT BOOKS FROM THE MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT'S PROFESSIONAL READING LIST, WHICH ALL MARINES ARE REQUIRED TO READ DURING THEIR SERVICE IN THE CORPS. THE BOOK LIST CONTAINS TIMELESS MILITARY CLASSICS AS WELL AS RECENT BOOKS ON EMERGING AREAS OF INTEREST IN CURRENT MILITARY OPERATIONS AND CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING. SOME UNITS WITH UNIQUE AND EMERGING CAPABILITIES (E.G. UNMANNED VEHICLES/DRONES, CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS) CAN RECEIVE BOOKS SPECIFIC TO THEIR MISSION. IN 2025, 94 MARINE CORPS UNITS (BATTALIONS, SQUADRONS, REGIMENTS, GROUPS, ETC.) RECEIVED BOOKS TO ENHANCE THEIR UNIT LIBRARIES, MAKING PROFESSIONAL READING AVAILABLE TO OVER 37,000 MARINES. IN TOTAL IN 2025, THE MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION SPENT OVER $2,038,000 IN SUPPORT OF APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MARINES.

  Expenses $71,992 · Grants $71,992

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $2,685,536

  Expenses

  $3,064,854

  Contributions

  $2,654,137

  Grants paid

  $987,871

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,381,346

  Expenses

  $2,227,339

  Contributions

  $2,360,625

  Grants paid

  $1,056,401

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,003,526

  Expenses

  $2,038,561

  Contributions

  $1,977,517

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,886,618

  Expenses

  $1,721,184

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,086,252

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,616,005

  Expenses

  $1,507,757

  Assets (EOY)

  $820,923

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,597,271

  Expenses

  $1,624,619

  Assets (EOY)

  $650,789

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,589,862

  Expenses

  $1,603,730

  Assets (EOY)

  $664,123

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,811,720

  Expenses

  $1,536,917

  Assets (EOY)

  $827,101

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,759,696

  Expenses

  $1,508,674

  Assets (EOY)

  $624,449

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,739,709

  Expenses

  $1,780,054

  Assets (EOY)

  $732,305

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,639,990

  Expenses

  $1,711,063

  Assets (EOY)

  $753,741

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,820,479

  Expenses

  $1,808,120

  Assets (EOY)

  $929,206

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,205,117

  Assets (EOY)

  $938,470

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION

  $150,000

  2025 · SUPPORT AND SUSTAINMENT OF MARINE CORPS GAZETTE AND LEATHERNECK MAGAZINES

• MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION

  $150,000

  2023 · SUPPORT AND SUSTAINMENT OF MARINE CORPS GAZETTE AND LEATHERNECK MAGAZINES

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $61,249

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $56,418

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $55,811

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $50,000

  2023 · CIVIC

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $37,075

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $26,700

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $20,075

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• UNITED CHARITABLE

  $12,000

  2023 · SUPPORT USMC ASSOCIATION EFFORTS

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $10,250

  2023 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $10,000

  2024 · CIVIC

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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