Alabama · Public charity
National Space Club - Huntsville
To stimulate the exchange of ideas and information about rocketry and asronautics and to promote recognition of u.s. Achievements in space.
- $241k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $125k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $239k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations National Space Club - Huntsville funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | 8 | $125k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $115k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $52k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $51k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $167k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $52k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $48k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $204k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Space & Rocket Center Education Foundation | $278,953 | 7 | 1% |
| University of Alabama Huntsville Foundation | $188,522 | 9 | 1% |
| Alabama A&M University Foundation | $113,500 | 5 | 13% |
| The University of Al in Huntsville | $58,552 | 3 | n/a |
| First in Alabama | $46,353 | 5 | 13% |
| Calhoun College Foundation | $38,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Amstec | $36,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Schools Foundation Inc | $32,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Calhoun Community College | $11,637 | 2 | n/a |
| Donorschooseorg | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Space & Rocket Center Education Foundation | $278,953 | 7 | 1% |
| University of Alabama Huntsville Foundation | $188,522 | 9 | 1% |
| Alabama A&M University Foundation | $113,500 | 5 | 13% |
| The University of Al in Huntsville | $58,552 | 3 | n/a |
| First in Alabama | $46,353 | 5 | 13% |
| Calhoun College Foundation | $38,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Amstec | $36,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Schools Foundation Inc | $32,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Calhoun Community College | $11,637 | 2 | n/a |
| Donorschooseorg | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alabama Association For The Arts Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Innovation for Education Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ascte Foundation Fka Alabama School of Cyber and Engineering Foundation Inc | $7,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Albama A&M | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Auburn University | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cap and Gown Project | $6,000 | 1 | 4% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget National Space Club - Huntsville supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville · Aerojet Rocketdyne Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About National Space Club - Huntsville
- How much does National Space Club - Huntsville give?
- National Space Club - Huntsville reported 8 itemized grants totaling $124,500, out of $240,736 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does National Space Club - Huntsville fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (72%), Human Services (21%), Recreation & Sports (7%).
- Who are National Space Club - Huntsville's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: US Space & Rocket Center Education Foundation ($279k), University of Alabama Huntsville Foundation ($189k), Alabama A&M University Foundation ($114k).
- Does National Space Club - Huntsville fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National Space Club - Huntsville?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville, Aerojet Rocketdyne Foundation, Charities Aid Foundation America.
- Where is National Space Club - Huntsville based?
- National Space Club - Huntsville is based in AL.
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