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Ohio Aerospace Institute

The primary tax-exempt purpose is to further human scientific and engineering knowledge in a broad array of aerospace related disciplines through investigational and developmental research; to build ohio's aerospace economy through research and technology, education and training, and collaboration and information exchange.

$1.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$54k
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$3.5MScience & Tech$756k
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $491,650, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,945,945 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,454,295 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 $10k3 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $414k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $54k
$28,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY$53,950
BALDWIN WALLACE UNIVERSITY$42,900
OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY$40,900
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY$40,400
OHIO UNIVERSITY$36,900
MIAMI UNIVERSITY$36,900
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON$30,900
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON$29,550
WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY$28,500
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY$25,500
MARIETTA COLLEGE$24,550
CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY$24,200
CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY$21,500
WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY$18,000
UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO$13,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 78% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY: $49k → 9%MIAMI UNIVERSITY: $47k → 12%KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: $80k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF AKRON: $145k → 13%OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY: $63k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI: $29k → 16%BALDWIN WALLACE UNIVERSITY: $43k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO: $60k → 18%OHIO UNIVERSITY: $37k → 22%WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY: $39k → 9%MIAMI UNIVERSITY: $39k → 12%KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: $77k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF AKRON: $62k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON: $50k → 14%OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY: $49k → 15%OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY THE: $83k → 15%CINCINNATI STATE TECH & COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $45k → 16%OHIO UNIVERSITY: $35k → 22%WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY: $29k → 9%MIAMI UNIVERSITY: $37k → 12%KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: $54k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF AKRON: $57k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON: $36k → 14%OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY: $48k → 15%OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY THE: $81k → 15%MIAMI UNIVERSITY: $31k → 12%KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: $45k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF AKRON: $46k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON: $35k → 14%OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY: $41k → 15%OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY THE: $67k → 15%KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: $37k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF AKRON: $31k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON: $30k → 14%OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY: $33k → 15%THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $52k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON: $29k → 14%OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $40k → 15%OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY THE: $32k → 15%OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $31k → 15%CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY: $31k → 9%CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY: $36k → 17%CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY: $93k → 17%CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY: $61k → 17%CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY: $54k → 17%CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY: $51k → 17%CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY: $32k → 17%CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $48k → 17%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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.1M · 18 repeat orgs$169k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
9

Total granted

$4.1M
$169k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+24%

Still filing today

39%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationArts & CultureOther
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

  • ON
    Ohio Northern University
    9× · 2017–2025 · $301k · revenue +27%
  • UO
    University of Dayton
    9× · 2017–2025 · $227k · revenue +38%
  • BW
    Baldwin Wallace University
    8× · 2018–2025 · $132k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • CC
    CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $48k · revenue +24%
  • CS
    CINCINNATI STATE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $45k · revenue +35%
  • OS
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $31k · revenue -97%
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.

1
Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
2
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
3
Otterbein University

Otterbein University is an inclusive community dedicated to educating the whole person in the context of humane values. Our mission is to prepare graduates to think deeply and broadly, to engage locally and globally, and to advance their…

Education
4
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
5
Ohio Christian University

Ohio christian university (ocu) is committed to offering a complete education that develops students intellectually, professionally, and spiritually. (continued on schedule o)ocu offers degree programs designed to equip students to become…

Education
6
The College of Wooster

The college of wooster is a community of independent minds, working together to prepare students to become leaders of character and influence in an interdependent global community. (continued on schedule o)we engage motivated students in a…

Education
7
Coker University

Coker university is a student-centered, comprehensive university. it is dedicated to providing every student an academic curriculum based upon a uniformly excellent liberal arts core that enhances the structured development of key personal…

Education
8
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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9
Tiffin University

Educate students by linking knowledge to professional practice.

Education
10
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
11
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
12
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ohio Northern University; the most unlike its peers is Ohio State University Research Foundation. 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

12 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. 12 of the 27 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
11/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI: $433,680 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATIOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY THE: $408,933 · OtherOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY THETHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON: $402,507 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRONKENT STATE UNIVERSITY: $388,863 · OtherKENT STATE UNIVERSITYCleveland State University: $377,278 · OtherCleveland State UniversityMIAMI UNIVERSITY: $241,890 · OtherMIAMI UNIVERSITYWright State University: $216,617 · OtherWright State UniversityUNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO: $159,050 · OtherCENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY: $147,800 · OtherYOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY: $126,386 · OtherOhio University: $113,517 · Other+5 more: $65,838 · OtherOhio Northern University: $301,410 · EducationOhio Northern UniversityUniversity of Dayton: $226,670 · EducationUniversity of DaytonBaldwin Wallace University: $132,400 · EducationBaldwin Wallace UniversityCedarville University: $127,533 · EducationCedarville UniversityWILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY: $100,610 · EducationWILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY WILBERF…Marietta College: $96,550 · EducationMarietta CollegeCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $60,508 · EducationCUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $47,880 · EducationCINCINNATI STATE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $45,185 · EducationISPACE INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI OBSERVATORY CENTER: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$3,082,359Education$1,138,746Arts & Culture$10,000

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 budgetOhio Northern University: $301,410 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Dayton: $226,670 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBaldwin Wallace University: $132,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCedarville University: $127,533 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY: $100,610 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMarietta College: $96,550 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $60,508 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI STATE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $45,185 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $31,338 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCINCINNATI OBSERVATORY CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% 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.

  • Who funds Ohio Northern University ↗
  • Who funds University of Dayton ↗
  • Who funds Baldwin Wallace University ↗
  • Who funds Cedarville University ↗
  • Who funds WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Marietta College ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI STATE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ISPACE INC ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY CENTER ↗

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.

Ascendium Education S…Columbus FoundationFolds of Honor Founda…The Dayton FoundationTulsa Community Found…I Know I CanPrevention Action All…National Collegiate A…The Ohio Foundation o…Community Foundations…National Collegiate I…American Chemical Soc…
Ascendium Education Solutions IncWI21.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ascendium Education Solutions Inc · Columbus Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation · The Dayton Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · I Know I Can · Prevention Action Alliance · National Collegiate Athletic Association · The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges · Community Foundations Inc · National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance Inc · American Chemical Society

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 Ohio Aerospace Institute funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ohio Aerospace Institute. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.

    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 27 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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