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National Space Grant Foundation
To support and enhance all space grant consortia to facilitate education, research, and public outreach activities in science, mathematics, engineering, technology and additional fields related to space, aeronautics, aviation, and earth system science.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 59%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $364k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $18,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 29
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 18
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 59% of the organizations National Space Grant Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $268k 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 | 24 | $364k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 29 | $431k | 59% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $347k | 70% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $173k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $216k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $282k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $411k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $373k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Maryland College Park | $269,301 | 7 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $237,803 | 8 | n/a |
| Carthage College | $173,761 | 2 | 0% |
| University of North Texas | $129,959 | 5 | n/a |
| North Dakota State University | $119,537 | 5 | n/a |
| University of South Alabama | $108,062 | 4 | n/a |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | $91,982 | 3 | 0% |
| Iowa State University | $80,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Oklahoma | $78,397 | 3 | n/a |
| The Ohio State University | $74,798 | 5 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Maryland College Park | $269,301 | 7 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $237,803 | 8 | n/a |
| Carthage College | $173,761 | 2 | 0% |
| University of North Texas | $129,959 | 5 | n/a |
| North Dakota State University | $119,537 | 5 | n/a |
| University of South Alabama | $108,062 | 4 | n/a |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | $91,982 | 3 | 0% |
| Iowa State University | $80,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Oklahoma | $78,397 | 3 | n/a |
| The Ohio State University | $74,798 | 5 | n/a |
| Delgado Community College Foundation | $55,465 | 2 | 1% |
| Lamar University | $49,820 | 2 | n/a |
| Auburn University | $43,000 | 3 | n/a |
| St Catherine University | $42,943 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Arizona | $41,250 | 3 | n/a |
| Pratt Institute | $37,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Dillard University | $35,630 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Alaska | $33,779 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Central Florida | $33,443 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Connecticut | $31,976 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Puerto Rico | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of North Dakota-College of Business & Public Admin | $29,753 | 2 | n/a |
| Saint Francis University | $29,509 | 3 | 0% |
| The Corporation of Mercer University | $28,486 | 3 | 0% |
| New Mexico State University | $28,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Drexel University | $26,270 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Connecticut | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Miami | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Casper College Foundation | $24,785 | 2 | 0% |
| South Dakota State University | $24,618 | 2 | n/a |
| Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education | $23,869 | 2 | n/a |
| Central Wyoming College | $23,652 | 2 | n/a |
| Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Inc | $23,059 | 3 | 0% |
| Gannon University | $20,213 | 2 | 0% |
| Rice University Office of Sponsored Projects and Research Compliance | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Central Washington University | $19,572 | 2 | n/a |
| Salish Kootenai College Inc | $19,155 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wyoming | $19,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Pittsburgh | $17,919 | 1 | 0% |
| Cal Poly Pomona Foundation Inc | $17,631 | 1 | 0% |
| University at Albany Foundation | $17,597 | 1 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Community College | $16,974 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Hartford | $16,415 | 1 | 0% |
| University of New Haven | $16,097 | 1 | 0% |
| South Side Hackerspace Nfp | $16,065 | 2 | n/a |
| Board of the University of Alabama | $15,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Florida International University | $15,408 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $14,477 | 1 | n/a |
| University System of New Hampshire | $14,432 | 1 | n/a |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $12,281 | 1 | 0% |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc | $12,102 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado School of Mines | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Georgia Southern University Research and Service Foundationinc | $11,998 | 1 | 0% |
| Arizona State University | $11,597 | 1 | n/a |
| Utah State University | $11,540 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville | $11,514 | 1 | n/a |
| Baldwin Wallace University | $11,282 | 1 | 0% |
| Eastern Michigan University Foundation | $10,536 | 1 | 0% |
| Gordon Cooper Technology Center Foundation | $10,035 | 1 | n/a |
| Oswego University Foundation Inc | $9,955 | 1 | 0% |
| The University of Al in Huntsville | $9,855 | 1 | n/a |
| Lincoln University | $9,743 | 1 | 0% |
| The Everett Group | $8,261 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado School of Mines | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| South Dakota State University | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan Tech University | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Purdue University | $7,988 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $7,074 | 1 | n/a |
| Chief Dull Knife College | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget National Space Grant Foundation 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: American Chemical Society · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · World Learning Inc · West Virginia University Research Corporation · National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance Inc · Corporation for Public Broadcasting · University of Notre Dame du Lac · Johns Hopkins University · American Indian Higher Education Consortium Inc · Hispanic Scholarship Fund
How this is measured
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About National Space Grant Foundation
- How much does National Space Grant Foundation give?
- National Space Grant Foundation reported 31 itemized grants totaling $363,839, out of $1,204,276 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does National Space Grant Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (58%), Science & Tech (32%), Health (9%).
- Who are National Space Grant Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: University of Maryland College Park ($269k), Regents of the University of Michigan ($238k), Carthage College ($174k).
- Does National Space Grant Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 59% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National Space Grant Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Chemical Society, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Folds of Honor Foundation.
- Where is National Space Grant Foundation based?
- National Space Grant Foundation is based in OR.
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