California · Nonprofit
PALMDALE AEROSPACE ACADEMY INC
PALMDALE AEROSPACE ACADEMY INC (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $73,573 to it, the largest being PROJECT LEAD THE WAY INC ($40,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $46M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $74k
- Net assets
- $28M
What Palmdale Aerospace Academy Inc does
Mission
The palmdale aerospace academy is committed to academic excellence. Guided by the principles and innovation of the aerospace industry, the educational program integrates steam focused learning with real world applications providing opportunities for students... (cont. On sch. O)...to design, create, and explore. Through industry-inspired learning experiences and partnerships with aerospace employers, local community colleges, and other partners, students will develop the skills and mindset needed to innovate, adapt, and excel in a rapidly evolving world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Operation of a public charter school with a vision to provide an engaging environment for learning in grades tk-12. Our graduates will be supported, encouraged, and challenged to develop the following competencies that they will use for the rest of their lives: -ethical, responsible citizens who lead with integrity -flexible, adaptable, imaginative, and resilient life-long learners -creators and innovators who are artistic and technologically literate -empathetic and compassionate individuals -effective communicators, critical thinkers, and problem-solvers
$34,841,932 spent$145,409 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $34,841,932.
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 2022 to 2023, from $27M to $111M (+315%).
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: 2017 99% · 2018 99% · 2019 99% · 2020 98% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% · 2024 95% · 2025 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of PALMDALE AEROSPACE ACADEMY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Gina Lynch
Superintendent/executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $11k → $0.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 PALMDALE AEROSPACE ACADEMY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 4 of 5 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
PALMDALE AEROSPACE ACADEMY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 PALMDALE AEROSPACE ACADEMY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 99% · 2019 100% · 2020 93% · 2021 51% — 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
PALMDALE AEROSPACE ACADEMY INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
PALMDALE AEROSPACE ACADEMY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like PALMDALE AEROSPACE ACADEMY 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- The Palmdale Aerospace Academy Foundation · exempt
- Palmdale Aerospace Academy Ptso · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PALMDALE AEROSPACE ACADEMY 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 PALMDALE AEROSPACE ACADEMY INC?
- PALMDALE AEROSPACE ACADEMY INC (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $73,573 to it, the largest being PROJECT LEAD THE WAY INC ($40,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PALMDALE AEROSPACE ACADEMY INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $73,573 in grants to PALMDALE AEROSPACE ACADEMY INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PALMDALE AEROSPACE ACADEMY INC?
- PROJECT LEAD THE WAY INC is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PALMDALE AEROSPACE ACADEMY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 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