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Air & Space Forces Association
The AIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. The association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. Air and space forces as the foundation of a strong national defense; to honor and support our airmen, guardians, and their families; and to remember and…
- $456k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $73k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $38,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $38,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $88M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Air & Space Forces Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $73k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $68k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $82k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $29k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $1.0M | 33% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $23k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $23k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of the Air Force | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Civil Air Patrol Inc | $181,866 | 8 | 0% |
| Arnold Air Society - Silver Wings | $114,500 | 6 | 13% |
| The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nam-Pows Corporation | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
About Air & Space Forces Association
- How much does Air & Space Forces Association give?
- Air & Space Forces Association reported 2 itemized grants totaling $72,500, out of $455,829 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Air & Space Forces Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (86%), Public Safety & Disaster (11%), Human Services (1%).
- Who are Air & Space Forces Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Department of the Air Force ($1.0M), Civil Air Patrol Inc ($182k), Arnold Air Society - Silver Wings ($115k).
- Does Air & Space Forces Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Air & Space Forces Association based?
- Air & Space Forces Association is based in VA.
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