Small Public Charity

Americans For Battlefield Preservation

Americans For Battlefield Preservation is a Small Public Charity headquartered in Washington, DC. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $22K revenue, $27K expenses, $47K total assets. 4 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $80K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 043843239 Washington, DC Historical Organizations NTEE: A80 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$22K
Total Expenses$27K
Total Assets$47K
Grant Records4
Funding Total$80K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

The mission of Americans for Battlefield Preservation (AFBP) is to promote awareness of our nation's endangered historic battlegrounds and related sites. It is a strictly non-partisan organization that seeks to build support for battlefield preservation among lawmakers on all levels of government. In addition, AFBP supports public funding for battlefield preservation and trains local advocates to successfully conduct community grassroots organizing, fundraising, and media relations.

Where $100 goes at Americans For Battlefield Preservation

How Americans For Battlefield Preservation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990-EZ filings, averaged across 8 years.

$84 Programs the work itself
$16 Everything else operations and overhead

Form 990-EZ reports program spending but doesn't separate management from fundraising, so those are shown together.

Inside the $84 for programs

$53
AFBP coordinates with lawmakers on all levels of government to allocate public funds and to provide other means of support for battlefield preservation
63% of program spending
$31
America's preserved battlefields serve as outdoor classrooms that educate the public about the military conflicts that transformed our history and define us as a nation
37% of program spending
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Source: Form 990-EZ filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Director Dave Ruth
Director/Treasurer David Anderson
Director/Secretary Glenn Stach
Director Kevin Leahy
Director/Chairman O James Lighthizer
Director Steve Mcdaniel

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$60,000 3 grants
Unspecified
$20,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $22K $27K $47K
2024 $82K $176K $57K
2023 $24K $49K $164K
2022 $81K $39K $163K
2021 $83K $36K $116K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $83K to $22K (-74%), with total assets most recently reported at $47K.

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