Federal contractor · COLORADO SPRINGS, CO

UNITED STATES SPACE FOUNDATION

UNITED STATES SPACE FOUNDATION received $26K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards. Since FY2017: $454.6K. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($26K).

Obligations · FY2026
$26K
New awards
1
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 50.6KFY2017
  2. 62.1KFY2018
  3. 93.9KFY2019
  4. 27.3KFY2020
  5. 5.5KFY2021
  6. 50.4KFY2022
  7. 94.8KFY2023
  8. 58KFY2024
  9. -14KFY2025
  10. 26KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$26K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$26K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. El Paso County, CO$26K100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $26K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $26K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of the Navy$26K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. SPACE SYMPOSIUM 2026 BOOTH 425 RENTAL$26K
    Department of the Navy· El Paso County, CO· Construction & real property· Mar 23, 2026 – Mar 23, 2026· N0017326P0704

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

UNITED STATES SPACE FOUNDATION received -$23.1K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1 actions (0 new awards). Its largest program was 12.006 · National Defense Education Program (-$23.1K).

Assistance · FY2026
-$23.1K
New awards
0
Actions
1
Since FY2021
$1.6M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.6MFY2021
  2. 60KFY2022
  3. 0FY2023
  4. 0FY2024
  5. 0FY2025
  6. -23.1KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants-$23.1K0.0%

Top programs

  1. 12.006 · National Defense Education Program-$23.1K0.0%

Largest awards

  1. NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION PROGRAM INNOVATIVE SPACE, STEM AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INSPIRED LEARNING: EMPOWERING AN AGILE STEM TALENT POOL$1.5M
    12.006 · National Defense Education Program· Washington Headquarters Services· Project grant· Sep 8, 2021 – Nov 12, 2025· HQ00342110019

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $262.6K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $149.5K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $165K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

2 companies · $577.1K reported

  1. PUBLIC SAFETY, COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF$562.1K
    DENVER, CO · 4 subawards
  2. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$15K
    BOULDER, CO · 1 subaward

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION$55.1K−44% in FY2026
    ARLINGTON, VA · 77% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Other support servicesAir Force · Lessors of real estate
  2. DIVERSE COMMUNICATIONS$53.1K−167% in FY2026
    DHAKA, BGD · 74% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Other support services
  3. HAYES BOLT & SUPPLY, INC.$64K
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 74% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Other support services

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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.