Grants paid by Aiaa Foundation
EIN 54-1827596 · Reston, VA · Form 990, Schedule I · NTEE B82
Aiaa Foundation of Reston, VA (EIN 54-1827596) reported 56 grants paid totaling $711,500 to 41 recipients in tax years 2018–2025, on Form 990, Schedule I. Derived from IRS e-file data, dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Grants paid
$711,500
56 grants
Recipients
41
distinct organizations
Tax years
2018–2025
8 filings in the corpus
By tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount paid | Approved for future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | $47,500 | — |
| 2019 | 5 | $47,150 | — |
| 2020 | 2 | $25,000 | — |
| 2021 | 7 | $77,750 | — |
| 2022 | 8 | $94,250 | — |
| 2023 | 12 | $207,100 | — |
| 2024 | 7 | $103,500 | — |
| 2025 | 10 | $109,250 | — |
Top recipients
The 41 recipients receiving the most from Aiaa Foundation, by grants paid, out of 41 distinct recipients.
| Recipient | Match | Location | Grants | Total paid | Latest year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Maryland 52-6002033 | A | College Park, MD | 3 | $128,000 | 2024 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology 58-6002023 | A | Atlanta, GA | 5 | $75,000 | 2025 |
| Stanford University 94-1156365 | A | Stanford, CA | 3 | $42,000 | 2025 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology 04-2103594 | A | Cambridge, MA | 2 | $33,000 | 2024 |
| University of Southern California 95-1642394 | A | Los Angeles, CA | 3 | $31,100 | 2024 |
| Washington First Robotics 45-2443839 | A | Kent, WA | 2 | $27,000 | 2019 |
| Purdue University 35-6002041 | A | West Lafayette, IN | 2 | $23,000 | 2025 |
| California Institute of Technology 95-1643307 | A | Pasadena, CA | 2 | $20,000 | 2023 |
| Rice University 74-1109620 | A | Houston, TX | 2 | $20,000 | 2019 |
| Purdue University 13-5600204 | A | West Lafayette, IN | 1 | $15,000 | 2022 |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 59-0936101 | A | Daytona Beach, FL | 1 | $13,500 | 2022 |
| University of Colorado 84-6000555 | A | Denver, CO | 1 | $11,000 | 2025 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute 04-2121659 | A | Worcester, MA | 1 | $10,250 | 2025 |
| Florida Institute of Technology 59-6046500 | A | Melbourne, FL | 1 | $10,000 | 2023 |
| George Washington University 53-0196584 | A | Washington, DC | 1 | $10,000 | 2025 |
| Rutgers University 22-6001086 | A | New Brunswick, NJ | 1 | $10,000 | 2023 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison 39-6006492 | A | Madison, WI | 1 | $10,000 | 2025 |
| Washington & Jefferson College 25-0965601 | A | Washington, PA | 1 | $10,000 | 2021 |
| Cornell University 15-0532082 | A | Ithaca, NY | 1 | $10,000 | 2023 |
| Summertown Elementary | U | Summertown, TN | 1 | $10,000 | 2019 |
| Princeton University 21-0634501 | A | Princeton, NY | 1 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology 16-0743140 | A | Rochester, NY | 1 | $10,000 | 2023 |
| Columbia University 13-5598093 | A | New York, NY | 1 | $10,000 | 2023 |
| University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez 66-0433461 | A | Mayaguez, PR | 1 | $10,000 | 2022 |
| University of Illinois 37-6006007 | A | Urbana, IL | 1 | $10,000 | 2018 |
| University of Illinois 37-6000511 | A | Champaign, IL | 1 | $10,000 | 2020 |
| University of Cincinnati 31-6000989 | A | Cincinnati, OH | 1 | $10,000 | 2022 |
| University of Florida 59-6002052 | A | Gainesville, FL | 1 | $10,000 | 2021 |
| Wheaton College 36-2182171 | A | Wheaton, IL | 1 | $10,000 | 2025 |
| University of Arkansas 71-6003252 | A | Fayetteville, AR | 1 | $10,000 | 2021 |
| Spelman College 58-0566243 | A | Atlanta, GA | 1 | $10,000 | 2025 |
| California Polytechnic University 20-4927897 | A | San Luis Obispo, CA | 1 | $10,000 | 2023 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 14-1340095 | A | Troy, NY | 1 | $10,000 | 2023 |
| George Mason University 54-0836354 | A | Fairfax, VA | 1 | $10,000 | 2022 |
| University of Virginia 54-6001796 | A | Charlottesville, VA | 1 | $10,000 | 2021 |
| Howard University 53-0204707 | A | Washington, DC | 1 | $10,000 | 2025 |
| Colorado School of Mines 84-6000551 | A | Golden, CO | 1 | $7,500 | 2018 |
| Jackson Hole Airport 83-0215181 | A | Jackson, WY | 1 | $7,500 | 2021 |
| Allegheny County Airport Authority 46-3342940 | A | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $7,500 | 2024 |
| Carver Magnet School | U | Dothan, AL | 1 | $5,150 | 2019 |
| University of Tennessee 62-6001636 | A | Knoxville, TN | 1 | $5,000 | 2018 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Every grant
All 56 grant rows this organization reported, most recent first.
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Purdue University West Lafayette, IN | A | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202631619349300208 |
| 2025 | Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA | A | $13,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202631619349300208 |
| 2025 | University of Colorado Denver, CO | A | $11,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202631619349300208 |
| 2025 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA | A | $10,250 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202631619349300208 |
| 2025 | George Washington University Washington, DC | A | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202631619349300208 |
| 2025 | Stanford University Redwood City, CA | A | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202631619349300208 |
| 2025 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI | A | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202631619349300208 |
| 2025 | Spelman College Atlanta, GA | A | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202631619349300208 |
| 2025 | Wheaton College Wheaton, IL | A | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202631619349300208 |
| 2025 | Howard University Washington, DC | A | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202631619349300208 |
| 2024 | Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA | A | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202531629349300823 |
| 2024 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | A | $13,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202531629349300823 |
| 2024 | University of Maryland College Park, MD | A | $13,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202531629349300823 |
| 2024 | Princeton University Princeton, NY | A | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202531629349300823 |
| 2024 | Stanford University Redwood City, CA | A | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202531629349300823 |
| 2024 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | A | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202531629349300823 |
| 2024 | Allegheny County Airport Authority Pittsburgh, PA | A | $7,500 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202531629349300823 |
| 2023 | University of Maryland College Park, MD | A | $100,000 | paid | CRICHLOW AWARD | 202431849349300828 |
| 2023 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | A | $11,100 | paid | DESIGN COMPETITION PROCESS & LANGFORD/DAEDALUS UG SCHOLARSHIP | 202431849349300828 |
| 2023 | Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL | A | $10,000 | paid | KAHN SCHOLARSHIP | 202431849349300828 |
| 2023 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY | A | $10,000 | paid | KAHN SCHOLARSHIP | 202431849349300828 |
| 2023 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | A | $10,000 | paid | MARILLYN HEWSON SCHOLARSHIP | 202431849349300828 |
| 2023 | Columbia University New York, NY | A | $10,000 | paid | MARILLYN HEWSON SCHOLARSHIP | 202431849349300828 |
| 2023 | Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ | A | $10,000 | paid | DAVID & CATHERINE THOMPSON SPA | 202431849349300828 |
| 2023 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA | A | $10,000 | paid | LANGFORD/DAEDALUS UG SCHOLARSHIP | 202431849349300828 |
| 2023 | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY | A | $10,000 | paid | KAHN SCHOLARSHIP | 202431849349300828 |
| 2023 | California Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo, CA | A | $10,000 | paid | KAHN SCHOLARSHIP | 202431849349300828 |
| 2023 | Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA | A | $8,000 | paid | VON BRAUN UNDERGRADUATE & DIGITAL AVIONICS TC UNDERGRAD | 202431849349300828 |
| 2023 | Purdue University West Lafayette, IN | A | $8,000 | paid | MUELLNER AEROSPACE ENG SCHOLAR & DIGITAL AVIONICS TC UNDERGRAD | 202431849349300828 |
| 2022 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | A | $20,000 | paid | KAHN RESTRICTED SCHOLARSHIP AND MARILLYN HEWSON SCHOLARSHIP | 202342059349300784 |
| 2022 | Purdue University West Lafayette, IN | A | $15,000 | paid | KAHN RESTRICTED SCHOLARSHIP AND MUELLNER AEROSPACE ENG SCHOLARSHIP | 202342059349300784 |
| 2022 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach, FL | A | $13,500 | paid | DESIGN, BUILD, AND FLY COMPETITION, KAHN RESTRICTED SCHOLARSHIP, SUMMERFIELD GRADUATE AWARD | 202342059349300784 |
| 2022 | George Mason University Fairfax, VA | A | $10,000 | paid | KAHN RESTRICTED SCHOLARSHIP | 202342059349300784 |
| 2022 | University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Mayaguez, PR | A | $10,000 | paid | MARILLYN HEWSON SCHOLARSHIP | 202342059349300784 |
| 2022 | University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH | A | $10,000 | paid | LANGFORD/DAEDALUS U/G SCHOLARSHIP | 202342059349300784 |
| 2022 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA | A | $10,000 | paid | DAVID & CATHERINE THOMPSON SCHOLARSHIP | 202342059349300784 |
| 2022 | Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA | A | $5,750 | paid | VON BRAUN UNDERGRADUATE AND DESIGN COMPETITION PROCESS | 202342059349300784 |
| 2021 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | A | $22,000 | paid | KAHN SCHOLARSHIP,LANGFORD/DAEDALUS U/G SCHOLARSHIP, DIGITAL AVIONICS SCHOLARSHIP | 202231519349300143 |
| 2021 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | A | $10,000 | paid | KAHN SCHOLARSHIP | 202231519349300143 |
| 2021 | Washington & Jefferson College Washington, PA | A | $10,000 | paid | KAHN SCHOLARSHIP | 202231519349300143 |
| 2021 | University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR | A | $10,000 | paid | DAVID & CATHERINE THOMPSON SCHOLARSHIP | 202231519349300143 |
| 2021 | University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA | A | $10,000 | paid | KAHN SCHOLARSHIP | 202231519349300143 |
| 2021 | Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA | A | $8,250 | paid | VON BRAUN UNDERGRADUATE, DIGITAL AVIONICS SCHOLARSHIP, LEE PENDRAY SCHOLARSHIP | 202231519349300143 |
| 2021 | Jackson Hole Airport Jackson, WY | A | $7,500 | paid | JAY HOLLINGSWORTH SPEAS AWARD | 202231519349300143 |
| 2020 | University of Maryland College Park, MD | A | $15,000 | paid | LANGFORD/DAEDALUS U/G SCHOLARSHIPS, VON BRAUN UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP | 202101249349302255 |
| 2020 | University of Illinois Champaign, IL | A | $10,000 | paid | DAVID & CATHERINE THOMPSON SPACE TECHNOLOGY SCHOLARSHIP | 202101249349302255 |
| 2019 | First Washington Kent, WA | A | $12,000 | paid | EDUCATOR GRANT | 202021679349301437 |
| 2019 | Summertown Elementary Summertown, TN | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATOR GRANT | 202021679349301437 |
| 2019 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | A | $10,000 | paid | LANGFORD/DAEDALUS U/G SCHOLARS | 202021679349301437 |
| 2019 | Rice University Houston, TX | A | $10,000 | paid | DAVID & CATHERINE THOMPSON SPACE TECHNOLOGY SCHOLARSHIP | 202021679349301437 |
| 2019 | Carver Magnet School Dothan, AL | U | $5,150 | paid | EDUCATOR GRANT/PRECOLLEGE OUTREACH | 202021679349301437 |
| 2018 | Washington First Robotics Kent, WA | A | $15,000 | paid | EDUCATOR GRANT | 201901069349300510 |
| 2018 | University of Illinois Urbana, IL | A | $10,000 | paid | DAVID & CATHERINE THOMPSON SPACE TECHNOLOGY SCHOLARSHIP | 201901069349300510 |
| 2018 | Rice University Houston, TX | A | $10,000 | paid | LANGFORD/DAEDALUS UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP | 201901069349300510 |
| 2018 | Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO | A | $7,500 | paid | LPTC UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP | 201901069349300510 |
| 2018 | University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN | A | $5,000 | paid | VON BRAUN UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP | 201901069349300510 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.
Source filings
Every figure above is traceable to one of these IRS e-file returns by its OBJECT_ID.
| Form | Tax year | Period end | Filed | Schema | IRS OBJECT_ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | 2025 | 2025-09-30 | not stated | 2024v5.5 | 202631619349300208 |
| 990 | 2024 | 2024-09-30 | not stated | 2023v6.0 | 202531629349300823 |
| 990 | 2023 | 2023-09-30 | not stated | 2022v5.0 | 202431849349300828 |
| 990 | 2022 | 2022-09-30 | not stated | 2021v4.2 | 202342059349300784 |
| 990 | 2021 | 2021-09-30 | not stated | 2020v4.2 | 202231519349300143 |
| 990 | 2020 | 2020-09-30 | not stated | 2019v5.2 | 202101249349302255 |
| 990 | 2019 | 2019-09-30 | not stated | 2018v3.1 | 202021679349301437 |
| 990 | 2018 | 2018-09-30 | not stated | 2017v2.3 | 201901069349300510 |
Derived from IRS Form 990 e-file XML; recipient identities from the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. The same rows as Parquet: manifest; as JSON: /api/funders/541827596.json.
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