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ARGONAUT

EIN 45-0833007 CLEVELAND, OH

Revenue 2024
$1,225,104
Expenses 2024
$1,493,171

Program services were 84.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
M23
Classification
1000
Street
2332 PROSPECT AVE E

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ARGONAUT PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING SERVICES IN THE FIELDS OF AEROSPACE AND MARITIME. OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS OUR DAVIS AEROSPACE AND MARITIME HIGH SCHOOL. ARGONAUT LEVERAGES OUR POSITION A PROFESSIONAL RESOURCE IN THE AEROSPACE AND MARITIME SECTORS TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE OUR STUDENTS AS THEY PROGRESS ON THEIR JOURNEY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE BUILD ADVENTURERS THROUGH IMMERSIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT CHALLENGE ASSUMPTIONS AND SHIFT NORMS FOR GROWING EMPOWERED TALENT IN AEROSPACE AND MARITIME FIELDS.

  • ARGONAUT CONTINUES TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE OUR PROGRAMMING AT OUR DAVIS AEROSPACE AND MARITIME HIGH SCHOOL. STUDENTS AND STAFF CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT FROM ARGONAUT TEAM IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION OF ACADEMIC AND CAREER TECHNICAL PROGRAMS. ARGONAUT CONTINUES WORK WITH THE PORT OF CLEVELAND MANAGING AND OPERATING THE FLOTSAM AND JETSAM DEBRIS HARVESTING AND WATERWAY MANAGEMENT VESSELS. OUR OTHER PORT OF CLEVELAND SUPPORTED PROGRAM, PHASTAR MARINE SAFETY CONTINUES TO PROVIDE SAFETY SERVICES ON LOCAL WATERWAYS AND IS EXPANDING INTO PROFESSIONAL WATER RESCUE TRAINING FOR STUDENTS AND FIRST RESPONDERS. THESE PROGRAMS GENERATE NON-TRADITIONAL REVENUE FOR A NON-PROFIT AND ARE MODELING OUR INTENTIONS TO EXPAND THESE TYPES OF ACADEMICALLY BASED ENTERPRISE. WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND CAREER PATH OPPORTUNITIES.

    Expenses $1,255,685 · Revenue $203,540

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • ERIC PEACE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JOCELYN HARRISON

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • RON CORDARO

    FORMER TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • STEVE PEPLIN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JAMES MARRA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MICHAEL SCHOOP

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KENT STAUFFER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JOHN WIITALA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DEREK MOORE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • RICK BROWN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ROBERT BURGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • PAUL CHRISTENSEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DAVID FERGUSON

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $109,000
    From this org
    $109,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • ANNEMARIE GRASSI AMEFIA

    FORMER COO

    Total calculated
    $239,288
    From this org
    $239,288
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $239,288
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $239,288

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,225,104
    Expenses
    $1,493,171
    Contributions
    $1,038,272
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,632,511
    Expenses
    $1,634,122
    Contributions
    $1,421,846
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $417,671
    Expenses
    $614,010
    Contributions
    $329,236
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $815,721
    Expenses
    $880,243
    Assets (EOY)
    $463,978

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $496,632
    Expenses
    $653,433
    Assets (EOY)
    $538,634

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $626,653
    Expenses
    $613,509
    Assets (EOY)
    $442,611

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $467,964
    Expenses
    $512,829
    Assets (EOY)
    $412,222

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $542,831
    Expenses
    $298,658
    Assets (EOY)
    $418,418

  • 2016 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $99,695
    Expenses
    $111,008
    Assets (EOY)
    $160,053

  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $120,444
    Expenses
    $105,266
    Assets (EOY)
    $155,108

  • 2014 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $78,125
    Expenses
    $74,751
    Assets (EOY)
    $145,880

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2013

Tax period
1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013
Principal officer
David Andrew Ferguson
Mailing address
44050 Russia RoadElyria OH 44035
Website
http://phastar.org
Doing business as
Discover Aviation Center

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.