Oregon · Nonprofit
NATIONAL SPACE GRANT FOUNDATION
NATIONAL SPACE GRANT FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $268,600 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($91,733). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $269k
- Net assets
- $3.5M
What National Space Grant Foundation does
Mission
To support and enhance all space grant consortia to facilitate education, research, and public outreach activities in science, mathematics, engineering, technology and additional fields related to space, aeronautics, aviation, and earth system science.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The foundation endeavors to:- increase the financial and governmental support available to space grant consortia. The 52 space grant consortia represent every state, puerto rico, and the district of columbia. Each consortium is made up of colleges, universities, businesses, and other private and public sector institutions - all working to further nasa-related education and career training through:a) supporting student scholarships, fellowships, and internshipsb) providing support to faculty and students for career developmentc) offering experiential learning opportunities aligned with nasa strategic enterprisesd) stimulating public interest and lifelong learning through partnerships with educators at all levels, thus increasing public appreciation for the direct and indirect benefits of the u.s. Space program-publicize the objectives and relevant activities of the foundation.-seek to develop mutually beneficial relationships among private sector organizations, government agencies, colleges and universities.-never seek to influence the activities of the local, state, and federal governments.
$2,485,893 spentof which $1,204,276 as grants$2,255,866 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,485,893.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2022 to 2023, from $2.4M to $3.3M (+38%).
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: 2018 54% · 2019 54% · 2020 49% · 2021 47% · 2022 23% · 2023 14% · 2024 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
11% of NATIONAL SPACE GRANT FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (68% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Dr Frank Mcdonald
Executive director
Board chair
Dr Shawna Mcbride
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $31k → $19k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 NATIONAL SPACE GRANT FOUNDATION’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
NATIONAL SPACE GRANT FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
74% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NATIONAL SPACE GRANT FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
NATIONAL SPACE GRANT FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $110k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
NATIONAL SPACE GRANT FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 234 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 234 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding NATIONAL SPACE GRANT FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.5M on record.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$2.5M
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 NATIONAL SPACE GRANT FOUNDATION
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% 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 NATIONAL SPACE GRANT FOUNDATION: 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 NATIONAL SPACE GRANT FOUNDATION?
- NATIONAL SPACE GRANT FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $268,600 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($91,733). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL SPACE GRANT FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $268,600 in grants to NATIONAL SPACE GRANT FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL SPACE GRANT FOUNDATION?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $91,733 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL SPACE GRANT FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 2018–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing