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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by SPACE FRONTIER FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$122,872
Total expenses
$314,692
Contributions and grants received
$100,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$13,357
Investment income
$9,142
Other revenue
$373
Total assets, end of year
$175,795
Total liabilities, end of year
-$115
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$175,910
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$207,787
Management and general expenses
$106,905
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$207,787

Program services were 66.0% 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

    $100,000

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $13,357 · related or exempt $13,357

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9,142 · unrelated business $9,142

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $373 · related or exempt $373

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $373

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $144,757 · program services $144,757

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $51,123 · program services $16,123 · management and general $35,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,367 · management and general $17,367

  • 17 · Travel

    total $46,024 · program services $40,590 · management and general $5,434

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $979 · management and general $979

  • 24a · Other expenses: Marketing

    total $15,500 · management and general $15,500

  • 24b · Other expenses: Dues and Subscriptions

    total $15,207 · management and general $15,207

  • 24c · Other expenses: Registration Expense

    total $5,761 · program services $2,442 · management and general $3,319

  • 24d · Other expenses: Website Development

    total $5,111 · management and general $5,111

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $12,863 · program services $3,875 · management and general $8,988

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $13,086 · end of year $32,009

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $354,644 · end of year $143,786

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year -$115

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $367,730 · end of year $175,910

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Education of the public on issues of space exploration, development and settlement, and the development and settlement of space by nongovernmental means.

  • Pathfinder Initiative: By leveraging access to policy leaders and robust academic research, Pathfinder will develop the international standard for a stable carbon market with robust American participation.

    Expenses $143,886

  • Political Advocacy: The Space Frontier Foundation remains one of the most effective organizations that pursues legislation expressing Congress' support for commercial space development as an organizing goal of U.S. space policy.

    Expenses $59,775

  • Space Based Solar Power: The Space Frontier Foundation advanced its mission to create the landscape and conditions necessary for commercial Space Solar Power (SSP) to become viable,competitive, and ultimately self-sustaining. Across U.S. Government engagement, industry convening, student development, and media leadership, SFF is becoming the recognized nexus for SSP advocacy and coordination globally.

    Expenses $4,126

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Aaron Oesterle

    Director

    Total calculated
    $54,000
    From this org
    $54,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Michael Mealling

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Miekkal Clarkson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Sean Mahoney

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Taylor Winkleman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $90,757
    From this org
    $90,757
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

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
2025
Filed
15 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202642589349300004

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