Virginia · Nonprofit
THE VIRGINIA AIR & SPACE CENTER
THE VIRGINIA AIR & SPACE CENTER (Virginia) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $508,476 to it, the largest being VUBAY FOUNDATION ($105,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.3M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $508k
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What The Virginia Air & Space Center does
Mission
To serve as the region's leading source of informational science education through interactive science demonstrations, hands-on education programs and outreach programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Attendance to the museum for this fiscal year was 72,251. Included in total visitation were 30,664 students who visited the museum. Also served a total of 8,726 students in the outreach program. The museum features over 166 exhibits, including 19 aircrafts, 7 space crafts, 2 rockets and 1 lunar habitat.
$2,328,966 spent$869,062 earned by the program85% of program spendingEducational programs - the virginia air and space science center's education programs are strategically designed to serve school divisions and the broader community through innovative public engagement, dynamic camps, after-school enrichment, and immersive scout overnight experiences. Each program is aligned with the virginia standards of learning and rooted in inquiry-based projects that foster critical thinking while creating meaningful career connections for students of all ages. By integrating real-world applications, we ensure that participants not only meet academic benchmarks but also develop skills essential for the workforce of tomorrow.
$411,277 spent$466,669 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,740,243.
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 2024 to 2025, from $3.9M to $4.9M (+24%).
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 36% · 2018 30% · 2019 35% · 2020 40% · 2021 69% · 2022 52% · 2023 49% · 2024 46% · 2025 49%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
61% of THE VIRGINIA AIR & SPACE CENTER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $66k → $5k.
3 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $547k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Virginia Air and Space Center Opportunity Program). These are real filings, and they are not money THE VIRGINIA AIR & SPACE CENTER raised.
From the IRS filings of THE VIRGINIA AIR & SPACE CENTER’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 VIRGINIA AIR & SPACE CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
45% 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 VIRGINIA AIR & SPACE CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 65% · 2019 67% · 2020 48% · 2021 21% · 2022 22% · 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.
How long its funders stay
43% of THE VIRGINIA AIR & SPACE CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
72% of THE VIRGINIA AIR & SPACE CENTER's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $131k 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
THE VIRGINIA AIR & SPACE CENTER holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE VIRGINIA AIR & SPACE CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.4M on record.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$2.4M
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$35k
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 VIRGINIA AIR & SPACE CENTER
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
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 THE VIRGINIA AIR & SPACE CENTER: 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 THE VIRGINIA AIR & SPACE CENTER?
- THE VIRGINIA AIR & SPACE CENTER (Virginia) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $508,476 to it, the largest being VUBAY FOUNDATION ($105,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE VIRGINIA AIR & SPACE CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $508,476 in grants to THE VIRGINIA AIR & SPACE CENTER, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE VIRGINIA AIR & SPACE CENTER?
- VUBAY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $105,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE VIRGINIA AIR & SPACE CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 16 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