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AIRCRAFT CARRIER HORNET FOUNDATION

EIN 94-3226801 ALAMEDA, CA

Revenue 2023
$2,591,134
Expenses 2023
$3,456,071

Program services were 70.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A540
Classification
1000
Street
707 W HORNET AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE FOUNDATION PRESERVES AND HONORS THE LEGACY OF THE USS HORNET, A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK, AND ITS ROLE IN NAVAL AVIATION, THE DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY, THE APOLLO PROGRAMS, AND EXPLORATION OF SPACE. THE USS HORNET CONNECTS THE GREATEST GENERATION OF AMERICANS WITH FUTURE GENERATIONS, EDUCATING AND INSPIRING THEM TO MEET THE CHALLENGES THEY WILL FACE IN THE DAYS TO COME.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AIRCRAFT CARRIER HORNET FOUNDATION PRESERVES AND HONORS THE LEGACY OF THE USS HORNET.

  • THE USS HORNET IS A VINTAGE WWII AIRCRAFT CARRIER. MAINTAINING SUCH A LARGE SHIP IN GOOD ORDER IS COSTLY. MOREOVER, THE SHIP OPERATES AS A MUSEUM, SERVING THE PUBLIC; CONSEQUENTLY, THERE ARE MANY LOCAL INSPECTIONS DESIGNED TO SECURE PUBLIC SAFETY. MAINTAINING THE SHIP/MUSEUM IS AN ONGOING PROJECT.

    Expenses $867,834 · Revenue $780,449

  • PUBLIC PROGRAMS MAINLY ENCOMPASSES THE LIVE ABOARD PROGRAM WHICH SERVES SINGLES OR GROUPS FOR OVERNIGHT STAYS ON THE SHIP, AS WELL AS BIRTHDAY PARTIES. EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED FOR SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN IN ACCORDANCE WITH STEM.

    Expenses $673,717 · Revenue $350,480

  • PRIVATE EVENTS ARE USUALLY LARGE GROUP OR CORPORATE EVENTS. COMMUNITY EVENTS ARE PROGRAMS TO CAPTURE LARGE GROUPS OF VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM ON IMPORTANT HOLIDAYS SUCH AS THE 4TH OF JULY OR MEMORIAL DAY, ETC.

    Expenses $905,029 · Revenue $788,531

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • SAM LAMONICA

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • MAUREEN VAVRA

    BOARD VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • TIM LUTZ

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUE RODERICK

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • CLIFF BELL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KURT LIBBY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CECILIA GAERLAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • ANUDEEP BHATIA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JONATHAN YUEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROLF SABYE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHUCK MYERS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DREW DEWALT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ISY ANSCHUTZ

    CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $80,000
    From this org
    $80,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • LAURA FIES

    CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $85,000
    From this org
    $85,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,591,134
    Expenses
    $3,456,071
    Contributions
    $407,921
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,777,837
    Expenses
    $3,697,387
    Contributions
    $898,760
    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
    $4,113,760
    Expenses
    $2,355,280
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,215,418

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $891,727
    Expenses
    $1,262,764
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,048,210

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,881,776
    Expenses
    $2,274,539
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,073,603

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,577,417
    Expenses
    $3,068,692
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,646,322

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,982,030
    Expenses
    $3,339,226
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,243,497

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,982,030
    Expenses
    $3,339,226
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,243,497

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,945,901
    Expenses
    $3,851,290
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,451,759

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,599,492
    Expenses
    $3,645,109
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,273,535

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,856,427
    Expenses
    $3,226,354
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,393,028

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.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

  • CAR DONATION SERVICES INC

    $6,450 raised

    2024 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $2,598 to charity

  • CAR DONATION SERVICES INC

    $10,100 raised

    2023 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $4,462 to charity

  • CAR DONATION SERVICES INC

    $12,667 raised

    2022 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $5,146 to charity

  • CAR DONATION SERVICES INC

    $12,500 raised

    2021 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $5,729 to charity

  • CAR DONATION SERVICES INC

    $32,200 raised

    2020 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $16,624 to charity

  • CAR DONATION SERVICES INC

    $10,802 raised

    2019 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $4,344 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.