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Keystone Space Collaborative

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Pittsburgh, PA501(c)(3)Since 2021EIN 85-4392042Revenue $691K in FY2024

On file with the IRSkeystonespace.org1 Allegheny Sq Ste 100, 15212-5360 · Pittsburgh, PATax-exempt since Jun 2022Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Support and serve the tri-state region's (PA, WV, oh) growing Space industry, and to attract and expand the next generation of Space industry businesses and talent in the region.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 7 volunteers and 2 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $95K a year · 15% of revenue · last 2 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 2 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$102K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.0 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $26K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$406K
63% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 63% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$691K
-33% vs prior year
Spent
$1.0M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$234K
By yearFY2021–FY2024
Revenue
$691K
FY2024▼ -33%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$119K
FY2022$271K
FY2024$1.0M
FY2024$691K
Expenses
$1.0M
FY2024▲ +12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$197K
FY2024$919K
FY2024$1.0M
Net assets
$234K
FY2024▼ -59%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$68K
FY2022$142K
FY2024$576K
FY2024$234K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jun 2022.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $830K Management & general 18% · $182K Fundraising 2% · $20K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990; $102K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Zoe a Karabinus
Program Director
$102,162Pt VII · Sec A
Bernard McShea
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Bryan Muzyka
Board Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Jeremiah Leiter
Board Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Justine Kasznica
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
John M Horack
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Michael Johanson
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Jonathan Volk
Board Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Fosters the tri-state region's space industry, attracting businesses and talent.

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3 programs · $686K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Innovation Challenge

The keystone space innovation challenge is a new initiative designed to foster innovation in space technology and commercial research and development. The challenge aims to catalyze groundbreaking ideas within the space industry and the utilization of space by terrestrial industries.

$324Kprogram expense
02

Innovation Center

Keystone space innovation center is a facility located on pittsburgh's north shore for the purpose of providing a physical location to support and advance innovative and dual-use space technologies in the pittsburgh and broader tri-state region.

$211Kprogram expense
03

Annual Conference

The third annual keystone space conference was held in october 2024, convening national and regional stakeholders in the rapidly growing commercial space industry to celebrate and amplify the tri-state region's impact.

$151Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
University of PittsburghFY2024$20K
Carnegie Mellon UniversityFY2024$6K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$26K
Grants paid · 5 grants · $200K · 2024–2024
Goeppert LLCFY2024$50,000
Monolith LLCFY2024$50,000
Beyond Reach Labs INCFY2024$50,000
Revitalize Energy INCFY2024$25,000
Kurt J Lesker CoFY2024$25,000

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$691K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$442K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$243K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Money outPt IX
$1.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$830K
Managementcol C$182K
Fundraisingcol D$20K
Owns and owesPt X
$234K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$175K
Total assetsLn 16$640K
LiabilitiesLn 26$406K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$442K
Government grantsLn 1e$263K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$243K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Total revenueLn 12$691K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$175K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$175K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$82K
Other assetsLn 15$161K
Total assetsLn 16$640K
LiabilitiesLn 26$406K
Net assetsLn 32$234K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 67
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$244K$175K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$104K$82K
Total assetsLn 16$811K$640K
LiabilitiesLn 26$235K$406K
Net assetsLn 32$576K$234K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$200K$200K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$105K$73K$22K$11K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$6K$6K
Payroll taxesLn 10$9K$6K$2K$956
Management feesLn 11a$45K$14K$31K
Legal feesLn 11b$23K$17K$6K$297
Accounting feesLn 11c$52K$52K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$95K$83K$5K$7K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$129K$102K$26K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$13K$12K$933
Information technologyLn 14$5K$5K
OccupancyLn 16$231K$231K
TravelLn 17$12K$10K$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$78K$78K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$22K$22K
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$5K$4K$489
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.0M$830K$182K$20K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $1.0M$919K$116K$576K 990 PDF
FY2023 Not on file
FY2022 $271K$197K$74K$142K 990 PDF
FY2021 $119K$68K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $690,629 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $463,662$442,062
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $570,735$242,701
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $130$5,866
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,034,527$690,629
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$200,000
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $113,001$120,171
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $805,513$712,624
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $918,514$1,032,795
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $116,013−$342,166
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $690,629 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$262,838
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$179,224
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$442,062
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $242,701$242,701
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $5,866$5,866
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $242,701 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $5,866$690,629
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,032,795 across 17 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $200,000$200,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $72,658 · Management $21,928 · Fundraising $10,782$105,368
IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $5,867$5,867
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $6,170 · Management $1,810 · Fundraising $956$8,936
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $14,410 · Management $30,960$45,370
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $16,548 · Management $5,903 · Fundraising $297$22,748
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $51,754$51,754
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $82,754 · Management $5,294 · Fundraising $7,363$95,411
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $101,637 · Management $25,893 · Fundraising $1,000$128,530
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $12,411 · Management $933$13,344
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $4,917$4,917
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $230,908$230,908
IX-17 TravelPrograms $10,050 · Management $1,708$11,758
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $78,397$78,397
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $22,453$22,453
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $2,371$2,371
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $4,174 · Management $489$4,663
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $830,117 · Management $182,280 · Fundraising $20,398$1,032,795
Part X · Balance sheet $640,050 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $244,304$175,114
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $111,660$208,000
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $99,270$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $42,961$14,517
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $104,245$81,792
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $208,628$160,627
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $811,068$640,050
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $35,610$236,391
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $10,681$33,001
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $188,882$136,929
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $235,173$406,321
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $343,643$144,847
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $232,252$88,882
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $575,895$233,729
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $811,068$640,050
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $233,729 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$690,629
XI-2 Total expenses$1,032,795
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$342,166
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$575,895
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$233,729

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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