Florida · Nonprofit
ASTRONAUTS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC
ASTRONAUTS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,307 to it, the largest being FARLIGHT FOUNDATION F/K/A I SEE A FOUNDATION ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $45k
- Net assets
- $11M
What Astronauts Memorial Foundation Inc does
Mission
The astronauts memorial foundation honors and memorializes those astronauts who have sacrificed their lives for the nation and the space program by sponsoring the national space mirror memorial, and by implementing innovative educational technology programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Upkeep and maintenance of the permanent astronaut memorial located at kennedy space center. The astronauts memorial foundation's space mirror memorial is a unique blend of art and science and a fitting tribute to the astronauts being honored. The space mirror is 42.5 feet high and 50 feet wide and is constructed of mirror-finished granite. It consists of 90 granite panels that are 80 5-foot x 5-foot and 10 half sized panels. Each full panel is two inches thick and weighs 500 pounds. The sun's rays are projected through the names of the astronauts, which are engraved through the granite. The latter spaces are filled with crystal clear acrylic, minutely jagged on the front side to diffuse the light. Powerful lights illuminate the astronauts' names 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
$330,592 spent23% of program spendingThe astronauts memorial foundation captures the technology developed in the united states' space program and applies it to the field of education. We partner with the national aeronautics and space administration to provide technology training to educators throughout the nation with a particular emphasis on space-related technology. In addition, at the center for space education we offer space-related educational opportunities for individuals, and, in doing so, we improve the quality of the work-force in the space industry.
$464,627 spent32% of program spendingOperations and maintenance of the center for space education. This "living memorial" to the astronauts has a twofold mission. To foster an understanding of space exploration among people, teachers, and kennedy space center visitors. To improve american education through the accelerated and effective application of technology in our schools. This 47,000 square-foot facility is located on six acres at the kennedy space center visitor complex, which draws nearly three-million visitors each year to space education at the center. Nasa conducts many space education programs in the center. Its popular exploration station hosts more than 1,000 school field trips each year and hundreds of thousands of other visitors. School groups take part in a lecture/demonstration program as well as hands on science activities using actual space hardware and artifacts. Visitors enjoy the hands on portion of the program nasa's educator resource center. As an educator, you are invited to visit nasa's educator resource center, also located in the center for space education. You will receive a packet of nasa printed material and have the opportunity to copy a variety of videotapes, slides and software onto…
$657,685 spent45% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,452,904.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $12M to $14M (+16%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 41% · 2023 38% · 2024 35% · 2025 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of ASTRONAUTS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Kathie Scobee Fulgham
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $8k → $20k.
From the IRS filings of ASTRONAUTS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ASTRONAUTS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
84% of ASTRONAUTS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ASTRONAUTS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding ASTRONAUTS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $124k on record.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$124k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ASTRONAUTS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ASTRONAUTS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ASTRONAUTS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC?
- ASTRONAUTS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,307 to it, the largest being FARLIGHT FOUNDATION F/K/A I SEE A FOUNDATION ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASTRONAUTS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $45,307 in grants to ASTRONAUTS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of ASTRONAUTS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC?
- FARLIGHT FOUNDATION F/K/A I SEE A FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASTRONAUTS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing