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MARINERS MUSEUM

EIN 54-0541801 NEWPORT NEWS, VA

Revenue 2024
$14,341,457
Expenses 2024
$12,472,762

Program services were 81.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A500
Classification
2000
Street
100 MUSEUM DR

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 · 2024

Mission

THE MARINERS' MUSEUM AND PARK CONNECTS PEOPLE TO THE WORLD'S WATERS, BECAUSE THROUGH THE WATERS - THROUGH OUR SHARED MARITIME HERITAGE - WE ARE CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER.

  • 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 SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN). OUR EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS (EEP'S) ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE ENGAGING EXPERIENCES THAT ENHANCE THE STANDARD CLASSROOM CURRICULUM, ENCOURAGE ACTIVE STUDENT PARTICIATION, AND EMPHASIZE IMPORTANT LIFE SKILLS SUCH AS CRITICAL THINKING AND COMMUNICATION. PARTICIPATION IN OUR EEP'S FOSTER A GREATER SENSE OF BELONGING WITHIN THE STUDENTS WE SERVE, CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF OUR MISSION. DURING THE 2023-2024 ACADEMIC YEAR, THE MARINERS' MUSEUM SERVED LOCAL SCHOOLS WITH MORE THAN 26,000 STUDENT ENGAGEMENTS. OVER 80% OF THESE STUDENTS PARTICIPATED FOR FREE, THE PROGRAMS FOR THE REMAINDER WERE HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED, AND IN MANY INSTANCES, WE PAID THE TRANSPORTATION COSTS TO GET THE STUDENTS TO OUR MARINERS' CAMPUS. OUR TEAM ALSO COMPLETED THE FIRST YEAR OF "THE MARINERS' LAKE EFFECT" PROGRAM WITH ALL SIXTH-GRADERS FROM NEWPORT NEWS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. FOR MANY, THIS WAS THEIR FIRST TIME ON THE WATER FOR AN IMMERSIVE KAYAK EXPERIENCE.

    Expenses $4,596,036 · Grants $11,560 · Revenue $325,719

  • ONE 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"). HIGHLIGHTS FROM HERITAGE CONSERVATION WORK IN 2024 FEATURE THE RELOCATION OF THE MUSEUM'S NEARLY 90 FIGUREHEADS AS WELL AS OVER TWO DOZEN STERNBOARDS WITH THE GOAL OF IMPROVING THE PREVENTIVE CARE OF THESE IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS. TEAM MEMBERS FROM MULTIPLE MUSEUM DEPARTMENTS BUILT OUT STORAGE FOR THESE RELOCATED COLLECTIONS ACTUALLY WITHIN MUSEUM GALLERIES, SIMULTANEOUSLY IMPROVING COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS. CONTEMPORANEOUSLY, THE MUSEUM'S DIGITIZATION AND ARCHIVAL TEAMS LAUNCHED AN IN-HOUSE DIGITIZATION PROJECT FUNDED BY A "SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES" GRANT. NEARLY 13,500 NEGATIVES WERE DIGITIZED FROM THE A. AUBREY BODINE AND EDWIN LEVICK COLLECTIONS. THE MARINERS' PARK TEAM AND OUR CONSERVATION SCIENTIST CONTINUED ACTIVE WATER QUALITY TESTING OF OUR 167-ACRE MARINERS' LAKE, A PROGRAM THAT SHOWS OUR STORMWATER-FED LAKE REMAINS HEALTHY. OUR FOREST MANAGEMENT TEAM CONTINUED THE REMOVAL OF HAZARD TREES ALONG PUBLIC TRAILS WITHIN MARINERS' PARK, AND SUSTAINED EARLIER INVASIVE-SPECIES REMOVAL EFFORTS WITHIN THE FOREST.

    Expenses $2,986,932 · Grants $4,850 · Revenue $159,806

  • ONE 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 PAPER), AND MARITIME ARTIFACT COLLECTION, AND ABOUT THE "LIVING COLLECTION" THE FOREST, LAKE, AND WILDLIFE WITHIN MARINERS' PARK. IN 2024, OUR CONSERVATION RESEARCH SCIENTIST, IN COLLABORATION WITH A CONSERVATION SCIENCE FELLOW, FURTHER REFINED AN APPROACH TO CAPTURE AND/OR MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF SULPHUR TRAPPED IN WATERLOGGED ARCHAEOLOGICAL WOOD. THIS PROBLEM, UNTREATED, MANIFESTS ITSELF IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SULFURIC ACID WHEN FORMERLY WATERLOGGED ARCHAEOLOGICAL WOOD THAT IS DRIED AND DISPLAYED - A PARTICULARLY THORNY PROBLEM FOR RECOVERED AND CONSERVED HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS GLOBALLY. OUR ARCHIVAL TEAM AND CURATORIAL TEAM IMPROVED THE CATALOGING OF SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF OUR ARCHIVE, PHOTOGRAPHIC, AND ARTIFACT COLLECTIONS, WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON CAPTURING THE HUMAN STORIES THAT LIVE WITHIN THESE COLLECTION ITEMS. WE REGULARLY HOST PARTNER RESEARCHERS FROM HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER TYPES OF INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE MARINERS' PARK, AND IN 2024 ESTABLISHED, FOR THE FIRST TIME, A FORMAL RESEARCH LIAISON AND MANAGER TO SUPPORT THIS TYPE OF RESEARCH IN THE LIVING COLLECTION AND BEGIN DESIGNING A SYSTEM FOR AGGREGATING AND DISSEMINATING THAT RESEARCH.

    Expenses $2,547,395 · Grants $4,138 · Revenue $18,910

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • BRAD BARNES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER BOYKIN

    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STUART HENDERSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAMILLE CHERRY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARGARET PODLICH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KENNETH CROFTON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JERRY MILLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN SKINNER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEVIN SWANN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDSEY CARNEY SMITH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TINA MORRIS

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEVIN FEWSTER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAROLYN KURTZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MCKINLEY PRICE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARSHA HUDGINS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TAYLOR LAWSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CLAYTON TURNER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HOWARD H HOEGE III

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $281,876
    From this org
    $256,777
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,099
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $256,777
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,591
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,508
    Filer's total
    $281,876

  • JEFFREY ESBER

    CONTROLLER & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $134,443
    From this org
    $121,353
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,090
    Hours/week
    40

  • NELSON FORBES

    VP COLLECTIONS, CHIEF CURA

    Total calculated
    $128,745
    From this org
    $112,187
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,558
    Hours/week
    40

  • LUISA A VAZQUEZ-LOPEZ

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $124,967
    From this org
    $107,198
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,769
    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. 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $14,341,457
    Expenses
    $12,472,762
    Contributions
    $9,749,067
    Grants paid
    $20,548
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,515,563
    Expenses
    $11,278,960
    Contributions
    $7,044,235
    Grants paid
    $42,507
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $14,777,501
    Expenses
    $10,438,833
    Contributions
    $13,595,370
    Grants paid
    $21,178

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,021,200
    Expenses
    $10,121,900
    Assets (EOY)
    $159,780,245

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,294,343
    Expenses
    $2,227,006
    Assets (EOY)
    $148,097,680

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,918,669
    Expenses
    $10,139,592
    Assets (EOY)
    $132,293,097

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,645,967
    Expenses
    $10,412,091
    Assets (EOY)
    $138,005,148

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,664,267
    Expenses
    $10,573,622
    Assets (EOY)
    $138,971,763

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

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.

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.

Declared as related by

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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.