The Institute of Nautical Archaeology was incorporated in 1973 as the American Institute of Nautical Archaeology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded as a nonprofit scientific and educational organization with the purpose of gathering knowledge of man's past from the physical remains of his maritime activities and disseminating this knowledge through scholarly and popular publications, seminars, and lectures. Institute funding has come from a number of sources, including its board of directors, the National Geographic Society, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and private foundations. In the early 1990s the institute also drew support from an endowment of $1.5 million, from 600 members, and from twenty supporting institutions (universities, museums, and archeological organizations). The institute does not benefit financially from the recovery of underwater remains, as all artifacts recovered belong to the nations in whose waters they are found.

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