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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SPACE FOR HUMANITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$979,166
Total expenses
$2,758,716
Contributions and grants received
$985,283
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$6,117
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,527,172
Total liabilities, end of year
$44,583
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,482,589
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,397,056
Management and general expenses
$185,343
Fundraising expenses
$176,317
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,397,056

Program services were 86.9% 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)

    $17,689

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $967,594

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $128,855

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $122,803

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $128,920

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$6,117

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$6,117 · related or exempt -$6,117

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $45,979

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $45,979

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $100,000 · program services $40,000 · management and general $20,000 · fundraising $40,000

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,000 · program services $1,200 · management and general $600 · fundraising $1,200

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,650 · program services $3,060 · management and general $1,530 · fundraising $3,060

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $15,293 · program services $3,059 · management and general $12,234

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $80,256 · management and general $80,256

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $415,837 · program services $270,700 · management and general $63,772 · fundraising $81,365

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $19,798 · program services $15,838 · fundraising $3,960

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,467 · program services $5,814 · management and general $5,182 · fundraising $19,471

  • 17 · Travel

    total $57,055 · program services $34,233 · fundraising $22,822

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,804 · program services $504 · management and general $796 · fundraising $504

  • 24a · Other expenses: FLIGHT EXPENSES

    total $2,008,579 · program services $2,008,579

  • 24b · Other expenses: GRANT EXPENSE

    total $11,135 · program services $11,135

  • 24c · Other expenses: RENT EXPENSE

    total $3,015 · program services $1,206 · management and general $603 · fundraising $1,206

  • 24d · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSES

    total $2,468 · program services $1,728 · management and general $370 · fundraising $370

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,359 · fundraising $2,359

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,265,980 · end of year $514,598

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $993,025 · end of year $959,599

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $199

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $9,164 · end of year $52,975

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $24,323

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,377 · end of year $44,583

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $17,175

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,020,355 · end of year $351,455

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,241,784 · end of year $1,131,134

Mission and programs · 2022

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 $2,397,056

  • 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 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rachel Lyons

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $103,000
    From this org
    $100,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,000
    Hours/week
    40
  • Andrew Aldrin

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Cruddas

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan Kriser

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Matthew J Kuta

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Howard Roth

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Sangeet Kaur Sood

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dylan Taylor

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Claudia Weiss

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
3 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313179349300516

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