Virginia · Public charity
The Aerospace Corporation
Our purpose is to assist the government and other customers in conception, design, acquisition and operations of space and other complex systems. Mission: Working to improve effectiveness for space operations and end-user communities, contributing to acquisition success and to 100% mission success.
- $844k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $368k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $232,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Aerospace Corporation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | $368k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $400k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $430k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $218k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $23k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $190k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering & Science | $674,653 | 3 | 2% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $345,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Teach Democracy | $56,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American Astronautical Society Inc | $53,622 | 5 | 2% |
| Amie Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Women in Aerospace Inc | $16,750 | 2 | 3% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($456k), not named here.
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About The Aerospace Corporation
- How much does The Aerospace Corporation give?
- The Aerospace Corporation reported 8 itemized grants totaling $367,758, out of $843,958 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Aerospace Corporation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (43%), Employment (35%), Public Benefit (8%).
- Who are The Aerospace Corporation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering & Science ($675k), Smithsonian Institution ($345k), Teach Democracy ($56k).
- Does The Aerospace Corporation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is The Aerospace Corporation based?
- The Aerospace Corporation is based in VA.
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