Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
KEYSTONE SPACE COLLABORATIVE
KEYSTONE SPACE COLLABORATIVE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $532,500 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($250,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $691k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $533k
- Net assets
- $234k
What Keystone Space Collaborative does
Mission
Support and serve the tri-state region's (pa, wv, oh) growing space industry, and to attract and expand the next generation of space industry businesses and talent in the region.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Innovation challenge: the keystone space innovation challenge is a new initiative designed to foster innovation in space technology and commercial research and development. The challenge aims to catalyze groundbreaking ideas within the space industry and the utilization of space by terrestrial industries.
$323,594 spentof which $200,000 as grants39% of program spendingInnovation center: keystone space innovation center is a facility located on pittsburgh's north shore for the purpose of providing a physical location to support and advance innovative and dual-use space technologies in the pittsburgh and broader tri-state region.
$211,124 spent$141,501 earned by the program25% of program spendingAnnual conference: the third annual keystone space conference was held in october 2024, convening national and regional stakeholders in the rapidly growing commercial space industry to celebrate and amplify the tri-state region's impact.
$151,054 spent$41,441 earned by the program18% of program spendingInnovation district: keystone works with key partners to coordinate industry cluster development through the creation and advancement of the space and defense innovation district.
$84,128 spent10% of program spendingPromotion of space & innovation: keystone works with regional partners to advance and expand the space and space-adjacent industries across the tri-state region through a variety of avenues including events, partnership initiatives, educational series, and engaging presentations.
$60,217 spent$59,759 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $830,117.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $142k to $629k (+343%).
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: 2023 19% · 2024 28% · 2025 38%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Justine Kasznica
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $107k → $330k.
From the IRS filings of KEYSTONE SPACE COLLABORATIVE’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
KEYSTONE SPACE COLLABORATIVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 85%; 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: 2022 94% · 2023 76% — diversifying over time.
“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
100% of KEYSTONE SPACE COLLABORATIVE's grant income comes from Pennsylvania 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.
Government funding KEYSTONE SPACE COLLABORATIVE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.1M on record.
- Department of Defense$734k
- Appalachian Regional Commission$400k
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 KEYSTONE SPACE COLLABORATIVE
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KEYSTONE SPACE COLLABORATIVE: 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 KEYSTONE SPACE COLLABORATIVE?
- KEYSTONE SPACE COLLABORATIVE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $532,500 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($250,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KEYSTONE SPACE COLLABORATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $532,500 in grants to KEYSTONE SPACE COLLABORATIVE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KEYSTONE SPACE COLLABORATIVE?
- RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KEYSTONE SPACE COLLABORATIVE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 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