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← U S SPACE & ROCKET CENTER EDUCATION FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by U S SPACE & ROCKET CENTER EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$35,286,439
Total expenses
$31,285,830
Contributions and grants received
$18,584,398
Grants paid
$14,971,427
Program service revenue
$16,132,593
Investment income
$329,739
Other revenue
$239,709
Total assets, end of year
$26,130,462
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,746,341
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$23,384,121
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$31,216,316
Management and general expenses
$67,842
Fundraising expenses
$1,672
Program service expenses (Part III)
$31,216,316

Program services were 99.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,287,793

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $17,296,605

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $50,400

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EMPLOYEE SUPPORT REIMBURSEMEN

    total $16,132,593 · related or exempt $16,132,593

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $329,739 · related or exempt $329,739

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $274,281

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $34,572

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $239,709

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $14,971,427 · program services $14,971,427

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $13,853,038 · program services $13,853,038

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,095,162 · program services $1,095,162

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,022,577 · program services $1,022,577

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $9,765 · management and general $9,765

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,180 · management and general $5,180

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $262,287 · program services $262,287

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,024 · management and general $1,024

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $32,885 · management and general $32,885

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,255 · management and general $3,255

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,168 · program services $5,168

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,907 · program services $3,907

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK COSTS

    total $15,733 · management and general $15,733

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSE

    total $2,750 · program services $2,750

  • 24c · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

    total $1,672 · fundraising $1,672

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,534,466 · end of year $2,546,641

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,940,820 · end of year $2,481,478

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,829,330 · end of year $16,236,579

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $385,734

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $105,892

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $70,790

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $46,729 · end of year $35,102

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $13,287,523 · end of year $3,576,981

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $1,089,222 · end of year $1,243,944

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $8,286 · end of year $9,737

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,843,226 · end of year $2,733,060

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $13,818 · end of year $13,281

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $46,729 · end of year $35,102

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $19,218,337 · end of year $23,349,019

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE U.S. SPACE & ROCKET CENTER EDUCATION FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS OF THE U.S. SPACE & ROCKET CENTER AND SPACE CAMP THROUGH GRANTS, FUNDRAISING, SCHOLARSHIPS, EVENTS AND CORPORATE PROGRAMS.

  • THE FOUNDATION RAISES FUNDS FOR THE COMPLETION OF CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR THE U.S. SPACE & ROCKET CENTER. THESE FUNDS HAVE BEEN USED TO ASSIST IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SKILLS TRAINING CENTER AND A NEW ROCKET PARK THAT DISPLAYS THE CENTER'S COLLECTION OF ROCKET ARTIFACTS.

    Expenses $12,370,783 · Grants $12,370,783

  • THROUGH THE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS OF THE FOUNDATION, DONATIONS ARE MADE AND ALLOCATED TO THE U.S. SPACE & ROCKET CENTER FOR SCHOLARSHIPS TO ATTEND SPACE CAMP AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL MUSEUM PROGRAMS. SPACE CAMP AND AFFILIATED PROGRAMS PROVIDE HANDS ON LEARNING OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH (STEM) IN AN IMMERSIVE SETTING USING SPACE EXPLORATION AS THE THEME AND BACKDROP. THE SAME TECHNIQUE IS APPLIED TO OUR EDUCATOR PROGRAMS AND NOT ONLY TEACHES OUR EDUCATORS BUT PROVIDES LEARNING TOOLS AND INSPIRATION THAT THEY CAN TAKE BACK TO THE CLASSROOM.

    Expenses $1,687,582 · Grants $1,683,675

  • THE FOUNDATION SOLICITS FUNDS FROM CORPORATE AND PRIVATE DONORS TO SPONSOR SEVERAL MAJOR EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE EVENTS ARE HOSTED BY THE U.S. SPACE & ROCKET CENTER BUT UNDERWRITTEN BY FUNDS RAISED BY THE FOUNDATION. THESE EVENTS SUPPORT THE MISSIONS OF THE FOUNDATION AND THE CENTER AND KEEP THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE ENGAGED AND UP TO DATE ON WHAT IS CURRENT IN THE MUSEUM.

    Expenses $283,408 · Grants $283,408

  • OTHER PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES - THE FOUNDATION GRANTS FUNDS TO THE U.S. SPACE & ROCKET CENTER TO FUND ADDITIONAL MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS. IN ADDITION FUNDS ARE GRANTED TO PAY FOR LABOR, TAXES AND BENEFITS TO SUPPORT THE MANY PROGRAMS OF THE U.S. SPACE & ROCKET CENTER.

    Expenses $16,874,543 · Grants $633,561 · Revenue $16,132,593

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • MS BRENDA CARR

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $128,584
    From this org
    $128,584
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • DR DEBORAH BARNHART

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MS JO ANNE BARNHART

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • MR RYAN A BRUKARDT

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MR WILLIAM B CHANDLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DR CHARLES R CHAPPELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR VIRGINIA DAVIES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR GRETCHEN GREEN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MS REBECCA TORZONE KUSTOM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR PETER MARQUEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • MR ROBERT C MAYES

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MS MICHELE O'SHAUGNESSY

    AAB CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MR IAN RICHARDSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MR JEFFREY H SAMZ

    VICE CHAIRMA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MR KEITH SCHONROCK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MS SASHA M SEALY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • MS KATHI TEW

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • MR AVI TURETSKY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR TONY ZANA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • ALABAMA SPACE SCIENCE EXHIBIT COMMISSION

    170B1A · MUSEUM · AL

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202610649349301601

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