Public Charity

The Aerospace Corporation

The Aerospace Corporation is a Public Charity headquartered in Chantilly, VA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $1.6B revenue, $1.6B expenses, $1.3B total assets. 30 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $1.6M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 952102389 Chantilly, VA Physical & Earth Sciences NTEE: U30 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.6B
Total Expenses$1.6B
Total Assets$1.3B
Grant Records30
Funding Total$1.6M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

Our purpose is to assist the government and other customers in conception, design, acquisition and operations of space and other complex systems. Mission: Working to improve effectiveness for space operations and end-user communities, contributing to acquisition success and to 100% mission success.

Where $100 goes at The Aerospace Corporation

How The Aerospace Corporation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$95 Programs the work itself
$5 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $95 for programs

$80
The corporation's primary customer is the Space Systems Command(SSC) which is under the Space Force
84% of program spending
$15
Aerospace Civil Systems Group supports customers in four primary areas: NASA programs, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) programs, NNSA (National Nuclear Security Administration) programs, and commercial, international…
16% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Gen Mgr A B Dawdy
Trustee B Amin
Trustee Cd Haney
Gen Mgr C T Lindsay
Gen Mgr D A Reynard
Trustee D D Thompson

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$745,567 15 grants
Fundraising & Sponsorship
$289,516 2 grants
Education
$276,689 5 grants
Research & Policy
$242,291 7 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.6B $1.6B $1.3B
2024 $1.4B $1.3B $1.3B
2023 $1.3B $1.3B $1.0B
2022 $1.2B $1.2B $881.5M
2021 $1.2B $1.1B $845.0M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.2B to $1.6B (+39%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.3B.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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