Florida · Nonprofit
THE ALDRIN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
THE ALDRIN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $123,293 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($61,600). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $442k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $123k
- Net assets
- $159k
What The Aldrin Family Foundation Inc does
Mission
To assist the united states in creating an educational pipeline for the next generation of space explorers, innovators and entrepreneurs. Such assistance shall further include facilitating programs to educate the general public in the fields of science and technology with an emphasis on space exploration via the solicitation and display of space memorabilia at museums and other public venues.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The aldrin family foundation's student satellites in space (s-cubed) program ignites students' passions in stem and grows the workforce of the future. Students are provided with opportunities to learn the science and engineering of a satellite spacecraft, how to work safely in a laboratory, explore the ethics of engineering, and prepare for a fruitful career or degree in stem.
$352,783 spent$322,969 earned by the program76% of program spendingThe aldrin family foundation's rockets & rovers summer camp is a multi-week camp for middle school students. During the camp, students grades 6 through 8 engage in project-based learning to strengthen their steam content knowledge and career readiness skills. Rockets & rovers summer camp provides students opportunities to engineer and launch their own rockets, code and operate a model robotic spacecraft, build a simple satellite, and explore what life would be like living on the moon.
$40,527 spent$35,600 earned by the program9% of program spendingThe organization's floor-sized maps turn classrooms into a hands-on space exploration zone where students can walk across the lunar surface, plan missions to mars, and think like real astronauts and engineers. Through interactive lessons and stem activities, k8 students explore the solar system while developing career-readiness skills that could one day take them beyond earth.
$42,003 spent$28,000 earned by the program9% of program spendingThe organization sponsors an educational program targeted primarily to fifth graders to motivate them to explore stem as they continue their education. Students participate in 25 hours of challenging, "hands-on, minds-on" curriculum and activities in stem such as aviation and space exploration that meet or exceed national standards.
$12,088 spent$13,500 earned by the program3% of program spendingThe aldrin family foundation's space curriculum collaborative (scc) is a 4-day educator professional development workshop hosted annually at nasa's kennedy space center visitor complex and other locations around the world. At scc, you connect with other passionate space educators, learn new teaching perspectives, hear from expert guest speakers, and develop lessons to implement in the classroom.
$11,921 spent3% of program spendingThe aldrin family foundation's ambassador program is a volunteer community of k-12 educators who support our mission of bringing space education into classrooms and increasing steam engagement in students to inspire the next generation of space explorers.
$2,351 spent1% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $461,673.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2019 to 2020, from $893k to $93k (−90%).
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 6% · 2021 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
2% of THE ALDRIN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (79% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2021: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $31k → $25k.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% 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 THE ALDRIN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC’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
THE ALDRIN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
66% 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 THE ALDRIN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 76% · 2020 100% · 2021 59% — 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
66% of THE ALDRIN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $43k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Florida, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $81k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
THE ALDRIN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC's revenue fell 65% between 2019 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 453 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding THE ALDRIN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.6M on record.
- Department of Defense$2.6M
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 THE ALDRIN FAMILY FOUNDATION 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Aldrin Family Foundation of Texas Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ALDRIN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC?
- THE ALDRIN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $123,293 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($61,600). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE ALDRIN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $123,293 in grants to THE ALDRIN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ALDRIN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC?
- AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $61,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ALDRIN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 4 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