Alabama · Nonprofit
STUDENTS FOR THE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE USA (SEDS-USA)
STUDENTS FOR THE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE USA (SEDS-USA) (Alabama) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being AEROJET ROCKETDYNE FOUNDATION ($2,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $228k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Students for the Exploration and Development of Space USA (Seds-Usa) does
Mission
Our purpose is to educate the public about the benefits of space and provide assistance to students who want to learn more about their future in the space industry.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Spacevision 2024 conference.
$66,498 spent$61,061 earned by the program58% of program spendingChapter grants, spacevision awards & scholarships awarded.
$48,050 spentof which $47,802 as grants42% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $114,548.
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 2020 to 2021, from $340k to $1.4M (+324%).
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.
35% of STUDENTS FOR THE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE USA (SEDS-USA)’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% 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
Sara Alvarado
Executive director
Board chair
Theodore Courtois
Chairman of the board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.0M from one payer (an institutional transfer, not a grant programme, largest Club for the Future). These are real filings, and they are not money STUDENTS FOR THE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE USA (SEDS-USA) raised.
From the IRS filings of STUDENTS FOR THE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE USA (SEDS-USA)’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.
Where its funders are
STUDENTS FOR THE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE USA (SEDS-USA) draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Alabama, across 1 state in all.
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
STUDENTS FOR THE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE USA (SEDS-USA) runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like STUDENTS FOR THE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE USA (SEDS-USA)
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 Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for STUDENTS FOR THE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE USA (SEDS-USA): 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 STUDENTS FOR THE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE USA (SEDS-USA)?
- STUDENTS FOR THE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE USA (SEDS-USA) (Alabama) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being AEROJET ROCKETDYNE FOUNDATION ($2,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STUDENTS FOR THE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE USA (SEDS-USA) have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,000 in grants to STUDENTS FOR THE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE USA (SEDS-USA).
- Who is the largest funder of STUDENTS FOR THE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE USA (SEDS-USA)?
- AEROJET ROCKETDYNE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STUDENTS FOR THE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE USA (SEDS-USA) find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 1 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