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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SPACE FOR HUMANITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$556,619
Total expenses
$1,294,886
Contributions and grants received
$555,093
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,526
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$962,954
Total liabilities, end of year
$11,963
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$950,991
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$820,122
Management and general expenses
$168,504
Fundraising expenses
$306,260
Program service expenses (Part III)
$820,122

Program services were 63.3% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $555,093

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,526 · related or exempt $1,526

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $133,229 · program services $17,875 · management and general $5,958 · fundraising $109,396

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,518 · management and general $1,518

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,306 · program services $1,226 · management and general $409 · fundraising $7,671

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $95,959 · management and general $95,959

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $16,161 · management and general $645 · fundraising $15,516

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,194 · management and general $24,194

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $147,460 · program services $135,678 · management and general $2,050 · fundraising $9,732

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $186,981 · program services $110,343 · management and general $13,621 · fundraising $63,017

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,448 · management and general $10,846 · fundraising $602

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $15,612 · management and general $8,776 · fundraising $6,836

  • 17 · Travel

    total $56,800 · management and general $2,630 · fundraising $54,170

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,398 · management and general $1,398

  • 24a · Other expenses: FLIGHT EXPENSES

    total $555,500 · program services $555,000 · management and general $500

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EVENTS

    total $39,320 · fundraising $39,320

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $752,475 · end of year $104,897

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $909,115 · end of year $807,620

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $54,662 · end of year $50,437

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $26,994 · end of year $11,963

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $592,229 · end of year $950,991

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,097,029 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SPACE FOR HUMANITY IS AN EDUCATIONAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZING THE PLANET'S FIRST CITIZEN ASTRONAUT PROGRAM LED BY A DIVERSE GROUP OF LEADERS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE.

  • CITIZEN ASTRONAUT PROGRAM SPACE FOR HUMANITY'S GOAL IS LEVERAGING THE TRANSFORMATIONAL POWER OF THE OVERVIEW EFFECT TO ENACT POSITIVE CHANGE HERE ON EARTH. THE PERSPECTIVE ASTRONAUTS GAINED IN THE SPACEFLIGHT EXPERIENCE HAS SHAPED SOCIETY IN EXTRAORDINARY WAYS. WE AIM TO GIVE MORE PEOPLE ACCESS TO THIS EXPERIENCE TO HELP HUMANITY IMPROVE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER AND OUR HOME PLANET. WE SPONSOR EXCEPTIONAL LEADERS TO JOIN THE WORLD'S FIRST CITIZEN ASTRONAUT PROGRAM AND THE APPLICATION TO OUR PROGRAM IS OPEN TO EVERYONE IN THE WORLD. OUR LEADERSHIP, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND IMPACT PROGRAM (LCDI) PREPARES OUR CITIZEN ASTRONAUTS FOR THEIR SPACEFLIGHT, SUPPORTS THEM IN INTEGRATING THEIR FLIGHT EXPERIENCE, AND UPON THEIR RETURN, THEY ARE TRAINED IN COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY WORK SO THEY KNOW HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE OVERVIEW PERSPECTIVE HERE ON EARTH. IN 2022, SPACE FOR HUMANITY SPONSORED TWO INDIVIDUALS TO GO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM AND 5 WHO WENT THROUGH THE LDCI PROGRAM AS FINALISTS TO GO TO SPACE.

    Expenses $820,122

  • DIVERSIFYING & EXPANDING THE GLOBAL NETWORK SPACE FOR HUMANITY HEAVILY LEVERAGES OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE, TO SHARE OUR MESSAGE OF INCLUSIVITY WITHIN SPACE EXPLORATION WITH ALL THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED, AND PASSIONATE. IN 2022, WE INCREASED OUR GLOBAL REACH SUBSTANTIALLY, WE WERE ABLE TO REACH 150K INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS, AND 9K TWITTER FOLLOWERS. WE HAD ENGAGEMENTS FROM MORE THAN 195 COUNTRIES. BETWEEN OUR REACH AND THE REACH OF OUR CITIZEN ASTRONAUTS, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WERE TOUCHED BY OUR MISSION.

  • INCLUSION COUNCIL + ALLIANCE NETWORK SPACE FOR HUMANITY HAS A STRONG COMMITMENT TO INCLUSIVITY FOR ALL HUMANITY. WE HAVE FORMED AN INCLUSION COUNCIL THAT CONSISTS OF A DIVERSE GROUP OF LEADERS WHOSE MAIN FOCUS IS TO ADVISE THE ORGANIZATION ON THE CITIZEN ASTRONAUT SELECTION AND RECRUITMENT PROCESS. THEY ALSO WORK TO INFORM US OF BEST PRACTICES IN EQUITY, INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, AND ACCESSIBILITY. AS THE ALLIANCE NETWORK CONTINUES TO FORM, WE ARE BRINGING ON MORE ASTRONAUTS, ADVISORS, FLIGHT PROVIDERS, AND MEDIA PARTNERS WHO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF S4H'S PROGRAM.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Antonio Peronace

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $119,166
    From this org
    $119,166
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dylan Taylor

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matthew J Kuta

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryan Kriser

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Claudia Weiss

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amaresh Kollipara

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Boshuizen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katya Echazarreta

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yemi Akinyemi Dele

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mason Angel

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachel Lyons

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachel Lyons

    PAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $18,063
    From this org
    $18,063
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Schedule J

Itemized on Schedule J with no Part VII listing of the same name on this return:

  • Rachel Lyons

    PAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Schedule J breakdown

    Base
    $18,063
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $18,063

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349320020

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