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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by U S SPACE & ROCKET CENTER EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$22,154,182
Total expenses
$25,873,309
Contributions and grants received
$4,376,894
Grants paid
$8,725,597
Program service revenue
$16,887,615
Investment income
$742,511
Other revenue
$147,162
Total assets, end of year
$21,122,110
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,857,044
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$19,265,066
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$25,797,317
Management and general expenses
$73,005
Fundraising expenses
$2,987
Program service expenses (Part III)
$25,797,317

Program services were 99.7% 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)

    $958,194

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,418,700

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EMPLOYEE SUPPORT REIMBURSEMEN

    total $16,887,615 · related or exempt $16,887,615

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $742,511 · related or exempt $742,511

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $200,188

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $53,026

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $147,162

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $8,725,597 · program services $8,725,597

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $14,559,833 · program services $14,559,833

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,086,950 · program services $1,086,950

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,072,192 · program services $1,072,192

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,220 · management and general $8,220

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

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

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $348,431 · program services $348,431

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $422 · management and general $422

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $37,990 · management and general $37,990

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,810 · management and general $1,810

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $750 · program services $750

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,093 · program services $3,093

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK AND PAYPAL FEES

    total $18,877 · management and general $18,877

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

    total $2,987 · fundraising $2,987

  • 24c · Other expenses: OUTSIDE FOOD

    total $506 · management and general $506

  • 24d · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSE

    total $391 · program services $391

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $80 · program services $80

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,457,196 · end of year $1,534,466

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,436,312 · end of year $1,940,820

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,962,000 · end of year $2,829,330

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $385,734

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

    $60,095

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

    $13,366

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $53,073 · end of year $46,729

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $12,599,829 · end of year $13,287,523

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $881,120 · end of year $1,089,222

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $8,854 · end of year $8,286

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,597,264 · end of year $1,843,226

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $14,894 · end of year $13,818

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

    beginning of year $53,074 · end of year $46,729

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $22,733,152 · end of year $19,218,337

Mission and programs · 2023

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.

  • 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 $1,284,519 · Grants $1,284,004

  • THE FOUNDATION GRANTS FUNDS TO THE U.S. SPACE & ROCKET CENTER TO FUND ADDITIONAL MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS.

    Expenses $3,461,078 · Grants $3,461,078

  • 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 $337,075 · Grants $337,075

  • OTHER PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES - AMOUNT PAID FOR LABOR, TAXES AND BENEFITS TO SUPPORT THE MANY PROGRAMS OF THE U.S. SPACE & ROCKET CENTER.

    Expenses $20,714,645 · Grants $3,643,440 · Revenue $16,887,615

As filed on the 2023 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
    $133,529
    From this org
    $133,529
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ms Jo Anne Barnhart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Mr Ryan A Brukardt

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    24

  • Mr William B Chandler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Dr Charles R Chappell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.5

  • Dr Gretchen Green

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.5

  • Ms Rebecca Torzone Kustom

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Mr Peter Marquez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Mr Robert C Mayes

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8.5

  • Ms Michele O'Shaughnessy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    9

  • Ian Richardson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mr Jeffrey H Samz

    VICE CHAIRMA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    9.5

  • Ms Sasha M Sealy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Mr Tim Sheehy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Ms Kathi Tew

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Mr Tony Zana

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5

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

  • ALABAMA SPACE SCIENCE EXHIBIT COMM

    $3,643,440

    CAPITAL PROJECTS

  • ALABAMA SPACE SCIENCE EXHIBIT COMM

    $3,461,078

    EXHIBIT SUPPORT

  • ALABAMA SPACE SCIENCE EXHIBIT COMM

    $1,284,004

    SCHOLARSHIP/SUPPORT

  • ALABAMA SPACE SCIENCE EXHIBIT COMM

    $337,075

    PROGRAM SUPPORT

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
2023
Filed
5 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202500709349301410

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