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Filing year 2024

Challenger Center for Space Science Education

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 76-0192067·3
Total revenue
$6.6M
Total assets
$5M
Total expenses
$6.6M
Reported officers
26
Mission

Engage students in dynamic, hands-on exploration and discovery opportunities that strengthen knowledge in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), inspire them to pursue careers in these fields, and enable them to practice important skills.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 10 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

President & CEO (through 5/17/24)
$366k
$389k
Base
$182k
Bonus
Other
$172k
Benefits
$1k
VP Communications & Center Relations
vice president
$156k
$166k
Base
$143k
Bonus
$3k
Other
Benefits
$1k
VP Dev., Partnerships & Strategy
vice president
$146k
$155k
VP Education
vice president
$143k
$152k
Sr Director Software & Product Dev.
highest compensated employee
$133k
$142k
Senior Director, Network Support
highest compensated employee
$123k
$131k
Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
$98k
$104k
Secretary & Ea to President
$54k
$58k
President/executive Director
$21k
$23k
Ea to President & CEO
$8k
$9k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 16 unpaid individuals.

Down 5%
from 2023

From $385k in 2023 to $366k in 2024.

$385k
2023
$366k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 8% in real terms$422k to $389k

Estimated with Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

Challenger Center for Space Science Education reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$6.3M
$7.2M
2023
$6.6M
$6.6M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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