International Institute for Astronautical Sciences

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472154281
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Boulder, CO, USA
Phone
7203523227
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis

Reported finances

Revenue
$88,646
Expenses
$113,320
Assets
$128,730
Liabilities
$56,710

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JASON REIMULLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JASON REIMULLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $25,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Provide a high-value, immersive education within a culturally-diverse operational environment that enables professional research promoting multi-national space exploration and science literacy.

What it reported doing in 2025

Educational services - courses in aeronomy, bioastronautics, flight test engineering, and operational science.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most filed governance safeguards are in place. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 36
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 18.3%; rating input score 18
  • Program expense ratio: 77.9%; rating input score 78
  • 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 60%; rating input score 60; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -27.8%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.14; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.1%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -17% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -14% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 47.9% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 18.3% of revenue deployed · 77.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 5 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $88K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $25K · 5 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $384K reported
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 18/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.