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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc

Embry-riddle is the world leader in aviation and aerospace higher education.

$182M
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$77k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$6.0MCommunity Improvement$1.1MScience & Tech$435kArts & Culture$140kYouth Development$35kHealth$17kPhilanthropy$15k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $132,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $182,333,454 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $182,201,454 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $48k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $77k
$12,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.7B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC$77,000
MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES INC$15,000
MUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION$12,500
BROWN RIVERFRONT ESPLANADE FOUNDATION INC$10,000
SELECTFLORIDA INC$10,000
MOTORSPORTS CHARITIES INC$7,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SPACE FLORIDA: $6.0M → 10%GRD Biomechanics LLC: $10k → 12%Firespring Fund: $1.0M → 13%SWALLY INC: $10k → 14%SELECTFLORIDA INC: $10k → 15%NOVAPPROACH SPINE LLC: $10k → 19%Experimental Aircraft Association Inc: $93k → 11%Kiddie Hawk Air Academy: $25k → 8%Museum Of Flight: $15k → 9%AIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION: $25k → 7%County of Volusia: $9k → 12%ENTERPRISE FLORIDA INC: $10k → 13%EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC: $77k → 11%MUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION: $13k → 9%MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES INC: $15k → 12%EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC: $75k → 11%MUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES INC: $15k → 12%EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC: $67k → 11%Museum of Flight Foundation: $10k → 9%MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES INC: $10k → 12%EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC: $66k → 11%MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES INC: $10k → 12%EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC: $58k → 11%Museum of Arts and Sciences Inc: $10k → 12%MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES INC: $10k → 12%Team Volusia Economic Development Corporation: $10k → 12%BROWN RIVERFRONT ESPLANADE FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%BROWN RIVERFRONT ESPLANADE FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 12%BROWN RIVERFRONT ESPLANADE FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 12%Team Volusia Economic Development Corp: $10k → 12%DAYTONA REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $8k → 12%Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce: $7k → 12%MOTORSPORTS CHARITIES INC: $7k → 12%HALIFAX HEALTH FOUNDATION: $7k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

8%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$618k · 6 repeat orgs$7.1M to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
12

Total granted

$618k
$7.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+30%

Still filing today

100%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentEducationScience & TechOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • EA
    EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $435k · revenue +21%
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $70k · revenue +981%
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION
    4× · 2019–2025 · $48k · revenue +166%

Funded once

  • SF
    SPACE FLORIDA
    one grant, 2024 · $6.0M
  • SS
    Starter Studio FL Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1.0M · revenue +317%
  • AS
    AIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +6%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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American Airpower Museum Co Cockpit Cpt Usa Llc
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2
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc

Embry-riddle is the world leader in aviation and aerospace higher education. its mission is to teach the science, practice and business of aviation and aerospace, preparing students for productive careers and leadership roles in business,…

Education
3
Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum
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4
Sullenberger Aviation Museum

- Inspire present and future generations of aerospace and STEM innovators;- Educate on the impact of aviation and aerospace in our lives, culture, and economy;- Elevate diversity in STEM and aerospace to catalyze economic mobility

Arts & Culture
5
Economic Development Commission of Florida's Space Coast Inc

To promote and foster economic and industrial development in brevard county, florida by promoting and implementing economic programs designed to both strengthen and expand income potential of all businesses within the trade area.

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6
Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corp Inc

To promote visitation to florida by strengthening florida's share of the global travel market with the goal of maximizing the economic impact of travel and tourism to florida.

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7
Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association

See schedule oaircraft owners & pilots association (aopa), a not-for-profit individual membership organization, effectively serves the interests and needs of its members and establishes, maintains, and articulates position of leadership to…

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8
Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Inc

Frost science inspires and connects people of all ages and backgrounds to enjoy science and technology, and to better understand ourselves and our world.

Arts & Culture
9
Air Transport Association of America Inc

Airlines for america (a4a) vigorously advocates for america's airlines as models of safety, customer service, and environmental responsibility; and as the indispensable network that drives our nation's economy and global…

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10
Gmaa-Bachelor Aviation Scholarship
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11
National Business Aviation Association Inc

To foster an environment that allows business aviation to thrive in the united states and around the world.

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12
Air Force Memorial Foundation Inc

The air force memorial foundation was created to honor our airmen and preserve air force heritage by providing support to the air force memorial. effective march 1, 2017, the united states air force assumed responsibility for the…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Experimental Aircraft Association Inc; the most unlike its peers is Brown Riverfront Esplanade Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 20 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SPACE FLORIDA: $6,000,000 · OtherSPACE FLORIDA+7 more: $70,450 · OtherStarter Studio FL Inc: $1,000,000 · Community ImprovementStarter Studio …+2 more: $50,000 · Community ImprovementEXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC: $435,070 · Science & TechMUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES INC: $70,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION: $47,500 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $14,000 · Arts & CultureAviation Hall of Fame: $8,000 · Arts & CultureTHE KIDDIE HAWK AIR ACADEMY: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentSELECTFLORIDA INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentAIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · EducationMOTORSPORTS CHARITIES INC: $14,500 · Philanthropy
Other$6,070,450Community Improvement$1,050,000Science & Tech$435,070Arts & Culture$139,500Youth Development$35,000Education$25,000Philanthropy$14,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC: $435,070 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES INC: $70,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION: $47,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBROWN RIVERFRONT ESPLANADE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE KIDDIE HAWK AIR ACADEMY: $25,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetTEAM VOLUSIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetDAYTONA REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $14,950 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMOTORSPORTS CHARITIES INC: $14,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $14,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENTERPRISE FLORIDA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSELECTFLORIDA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAviation Hall of Fame: $8,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetHALIFAX MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Clay Lacy FoundationTextron Charitable Tr…Ge Aerospace Foundati…National Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Clay Lacy FoundationCA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Clay Lacy Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Ge Aerospace Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 35%
  • Selectflorida Inc: 35% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–24
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 20 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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