Support and Funding

Our revenues are substantially provided by events, donations, product sales, contract revenues and grants. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, we depend on supporting organizations and individual donors.

Corporate Membership

Corporate Members support us through memberships and sponsorships. Our Corporate Members include commercial and entrepreneurial space ventures, satellite and telecommunications companies and a select few from non-aerospace sectors working on space-enabled or space-themed projects, including companies that produce and market Certified Space Technologies. We also have partnerships with local, state, national and international economic development organizations and educational institutions that view the space industry as a part of their current constituencies or as one of their target sectors. If your organization falls into any of these categories and you are interested in becoming a Corporate Member, visit our Corporate Membership section.

Donations

Through both financial and in-kind donations, private and corporate foundations and individual donors help us achieve our objectives of improving STEM education, motivating teachers to teach and students to learn, helping policymakers understand the economic, social, political and scientific value of space exploration, helping the average citizen appreciate how technology improves our lives, encouraging investment in innovations that will change our universe, bringing nations together and inspiring humans to dream and explore. We welcome both financial and in-kind contributions such as services, materials, furnishings or space artifacts. To find out about contributing to the Space Foundation, visit our Donate section.

Sales and Fees

We also earn a significant portion of our revenues through programs and event fees, such as National Space Symposium registrations, and through the sale of products, including The Space Report: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity. To purchase Space Foundation products, please visit our online Store.

Volunteers

We could not do the work we do without the generous and tireless support of volunteers. Every year, approximately 300 people help us with the National Space Symposium and we are now building a corps of volunteers to help us throughout the rest of the year. For information on how you can assist the Space Foundation in achieving our mission, visit our Volunteer section.

Financials

For audited financial information, go to www2.guidestar.org and search for "Space Foundation."