Asprs Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521182677
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Phone
7035873453
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$754,538
Expenses
$84,939
Assets
$3,896,378
Liabilities
$405,813

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KARI CRAUN (PRESIDENT)
  • DR CLIFF GREVE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KAREN SCHUCKMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • KARI CRAUN (PRESIDENT)
  • DR CLIFF GREVE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DR GEORGE LEE (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the asprs foundation is to advance the understanding and use of spatial data for the betterment of humankind and the effective operation of public and private organizations by supporting an extensive and broadly based program that provides grants, scholarships, loans, and other forms of aid to individuals or organizations pursuing knowledge of the geospatial sciences.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization has one primary program, awards and scholarships. Talbert abrams award. The purpose of the award is to encourage the authorship and recording of current historical engineering and scientific developments in photogrammetry. Robert e. Altenhofen memorial scholarship. The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage and commend college students who display exceptional interest and ability in the theoretical aspects of photogrammetry. Robert n. Colwell memorial fellowship. The purpose of the fellowship is to encourage and commend college or university graduate students at the phd level who display exceptional interest desire ability and aptitude in the field of remote sensing or other related geospatial information technologies and who have a special interest in developing practical uses of these technologies. John i. Davidson presidents award for practical papers. The purpose of the award is to encourage and commend those who publish papers of practical or applied value in pe and rs the official journal of asprs. Estes memorial teaching award. The purpose of the award is to recognize individual achievement in the promotion of remote sensing and geographic information systems gis technology and applications through educational efforts. Esri award for best scientific paper in geographic information systems. The purpose of the award is to encourage and commend those who publish papers of scientific merit in the advancement of knowledge about geographic information systems, gis, in the asprs journal pe and rs. William a. Fischer memorial scholarship. The purpose of the scholarship is to facilitate graduate level studies and career goals directed towards new and innovative uses of remote sensing data and techniques that relate to the natural cultural or agricultural resources of the earth. Government services scholarship. The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage upper division, undergraduate level and graduate level college students in the united states or canada to pursue a course of study in photogrammetry and related topics leading to a career in the geospatial mapping profession in the government sector, federal, state or local, within the united states. The scholarship also encourages geospatial professionals already in government service to pursue advanced degrees and provides a preference to u.s. Veterans. Ta liang memorial award. The purpose of this award is to facilitate research related travel by outstanding graduate students in remote sensing, including field investigations, agency visits, participation in conferences, or any travel that enhances or facilitates a graduate research program. Francis h. Moffitt memorial scholarship. The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage upper division undergraduate and graduate level college students to pursue a course of study in surveying and photogrammetry leading to a career in the geospatial mapping profession. Kenneth j. Osborn memorial scholarship. The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage and commend college students who display exceptional interest desire ability and aptitude to enter the profession of surveying mapping photogrammetry or geospatial information and technology. In addition, the scholarship recognizes students who excel at an aspect of the profession that ken osborn demonstrated so very well that of communications and collaboration. Outstanding technical achievement award. The purpose of this award is to recognize developers of specific breakthrough technologies that causes major advances in the practice of photogrammetry, remote sensing or geographic information systems in the united states. Student assistantship awards. The purpose of these awards is to increase student exposure to the profession and to encourage continued student identification with and membership in asprs as their national professional organization. Student assistantship awards. The purpose of these awards is to increase student exposure to the profession and to enc

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 47
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 88
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 31.8%; rating input score 32
  • Program expense ratio: 88.6%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 88.7%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 45.87; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 31.8% of revenue deployed · 88.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $75K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.