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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 FY2025still arriving
31
Grants FY2025still arriving
18
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$1.3MScience & Tech$718kHealth$198kRecreation & Sports$16k
02FY2025 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 31 grants below total $363,839, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,204,276 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $840,437 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 $10k11 grants · $88k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $276k
$12,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AUBURN UNIVERSITY$18,000
DILLARD UNIVERSITY$17,815
DELGADO COMMUNITIY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$16,442
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN INC$16,097
DREXEL UNIVERSITY$15,550
MERCER UNIVERSITY$15,420
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (M2M XHAB 25-02)$14,568
SAINT CATHERINE UNIVERSITY$14,543
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA$14,153
CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$13,860
SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY$12,673
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND (M2M XHAB 25-01)$12,000
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND (M2M XHAB 26-02)$12,000
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND (M2M XHAB 26-01)$12,000
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND (M2M XHAB 26-01)$12,000
02The need
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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 (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 60% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $19k → 15%ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY: $21k → 14%SALISH KOOTENAI: $19k → 18%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $18k → 11%DREXEL UNIVERSITY: $16k → 22%CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY: $18k → 14%ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $30k → 14%UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY: $18k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS: $38k → 8%LAMAR UNIVERSITY: $30k → 19%NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY: $20k → 23%UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $16k → 13%UNIVERSTIY OF MICHIGAN: $18k → 14%AUBURN UNIVERSITY: $18k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA: $47k → 19%CARTHAGE COLLEGE: $99k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: $19k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN: $16k → 12%MERCER UNIVERSITY: $15k → 23%OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $25k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS: $25k → 8%NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY: $30k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA: $16k → 13%CASPER COLLEGE: $16k → 11%CENTRAL WYOMING UNIVERSITY: $16k → 17%DILLIARD UNIVERSITY: $18k → 23%UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: $55k → 11%ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $30k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS: $30k → 8%LAMAR UNIVERSITY: $20k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA: $23k → 19%CARTHAGE COLLEGE: $75k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN INC: $16k → 12%OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $22k → 15%NOTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY: $29k → 12%DILLARD UNIVERSITY: $18k → 23%UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: $41k → 11%ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $20k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS: $30k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA: $20k → 19%NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY: $20k → 12%DELGADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $39k → 23%UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: $41k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS: $20k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA: $18k → 19%NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY: $16k → 12%DELGADO COMMUNITIY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $16k → 23%UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: $40k → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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ME
VT
NH
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MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
NV
WY
SD
IA
OH
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
VA
AZ
NM
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 38 repeat orgs$406k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +10% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
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Total granted

$2.2M
$331k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+6%

Still filing today

34%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationScience & 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

  • CARTHAGE COLLEGE
    2× · 2018–2019 · $174k · revenue +10%
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
    3× · 2021–2023 · $92k · revenue +29%
  • SC
    ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2023–2025 · $43k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO
    one grant, 2018 · $30k
  • SK
    SALISH KOOTENAI COLLEGE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $19k · revenue -7%
  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
    one grant, 2024 · $18k · revenue +4%
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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Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
3
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
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Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
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Delaware State University

Delaware state university is a public, comprehensive, 1890 land-grant institution that offers access and opportunity to diverse populations from delaware, the nation, and the world. (continued on schedule o.)building on its heritage as a…

Education
8
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
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Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
11
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
12
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Pittsburgh; the most unlike its peers is University of Miami. 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

27 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. 27 of the 70 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
16/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK: $269,301 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARKREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $237,803 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANUNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS: $129,959 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXASNorth Dakota State University: $119,537 · OtherNorth Dakota State UniversityUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA: $108,062 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMAIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY: $80,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA: $78,397 · OtherTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $74,798 · Other+37 more: $757,317 · Other+37 moreCARTHAGE COLLEGE: $173,761 · EducationCARTHAGE COLLEGERochester Institute of Technology: $91,982 · EducationRochester Institute of Technolo…ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY: $42,943 · EducationST CATHERINE UNIVERSITYPRATT INSTITUTE: $37,000 · EducationDILLARD UNIVERSITY: $35,630 · EducationSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $29,509 · EducationTHE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY: $28,486 · EducationDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $26,270 · EducationUniversity of Miami: $25,000 · EducationCASPER COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $24,785 · Education+14 more: $213,985 · Education+14 moreGEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND SERVICE FOUNDATIONINC: $11,998 · Science & Tech
Other$1,855,174Education$729,351Science & Tech$11,998

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 budgetCARTHAGE COLLEGE: $173,761 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $91,982 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDELGADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $55,465 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY: $42,943 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPRATT INSTITUTE: $37,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDILLARD UNIVERSITY: $35,630 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $29,509 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY: $28,486 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $26,270 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCASPER COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $24,785 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFRANKLIN W OLIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING INC: $23,059 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGANNON UNIVERSITY: $20,213 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSALISH KOOTENAI COLLEGE INC: $19,155 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $17,919 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC: $17,631 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATION: $17,597 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD: $16,415 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of New Haven: $16,097 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $12,281 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY INC: $12,102 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND SERVICE FOUNDATIONINC: $11,998 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBaldwin Wallace University: $11,282 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,536 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOSWEGO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $9,955 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLINCOLN UNIVERSITY: $9,743 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHIEF DULL KNIFE COLLEGE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds CARTHAGE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Rochester Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds DELGADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PRATT INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds DILLARD UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DREXEL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds University of Miami ↗
  • Who funds CASPER COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRANKLIN W OLIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING INC ↗
  • Who funds GANNON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SALISH KOOTENAI COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

American Chemical Soc…National Collegiate A…Folds of Honor Founda…Tulsa Community Found…World Learning IncWest Virginia Univers…National Collegiate I…Corporation for Publi…University of Notre D…Johns Hopkins Univers…American Indian Highe…Hispanic Scholarship …
American Chemical SocietyDC23.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 National Space Grant Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Space Grant Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc: 2% of income from government
  • University of Hartford: 1% of income from government
  • Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to National Space Grant Foundation?

Find your warmest path to National Space Grant Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 70 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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