Ohio · Nonprofit
ISPACE INC
ISPACE INC (Ohio) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,469,196 to it, the largest being Charles H Dater Foundation Inc ($180,000). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $761k
- Funders on record
- 40
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $670k
What Ispace Inc does
Mission
Ispace is a regional "learning through doing organization serving greater cincinnati and the tri-state region. We offer an array of educational programs designed to provide students, educators, and families with unique and highly energized stem (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) programs that accommodate all ages and a wide range of learning styles.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Summer camps: a wide variety of week-long camps for children in grades k through 12, providing fun, hands-on stem learning experiences in a professionally-staffed enviroment, all well beyond the classroom. Camps involve technology, robotics, engineering, environmental science, chemistry, earth/space sciences, physics, and more.
$177,691 spent$133,126 earned by the program31% of program spendingClass programs: a wide variety of programs for children, youth, adults, families, scouts, schools, and corporations - hosted by ispace or through outreach to schools and communities. These are exciting, hands-on stem learning experiences directed by professional educators. Programs include stem content (and teacher training) covering various science concepts, imissions (immersion into the role of an astronaut or space scientist), robotics, and rocketry. All programs promote critical thinking, teamwork, and creative problem-solving.
$325,994 spent$242,091 earned by the program57% of program spendingNew programs: a project to ensure ispace stays on cutting edge of stem. New program and camp development along with current program enhancements that incorporate best practices and latest research in stem education.
$71,304 spent$52,124 earned by the program12% of program spendingCapital gain
$11,430 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $574,989.
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 2020 to 2021, from $366k to $1.0M (+179%).
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: 2020 2% · 2021 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
38% of ISPACE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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.
Chief executive
Sue Hare
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $120k → $160k.
9 of 40 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ISPACE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 40 funders by total. 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
ISPACE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 24% · 2019 26% · 2020 19% · 2021 13% · 2022 24% · 2023 31% — 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.
How long its funders stay
44% of ISPACE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
72% of ISPACE INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $228k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
ISPACE INC's funding base is broadening — from 9 funders to 10 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding ISPACE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1k on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $1k
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 ISPACE 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 6 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ISPACE 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 ISPACE INC?
- ISPACE INC (Ohio) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,469,196 to it, the largest being Charles H Dater Foundation Inc ($180,000). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ISPACE INC have?
- IRS filings report 40 organizations giving $1,469,196 in grants to ISPACE INC, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ISPACE INC?
- Charles H Dater Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $180,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ISPACE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 40 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