PLANETS FOUNDATION
EIN 47-4027864 · Astronomy (U31)
What they do
RESEARCH and EDUCATION - THE PLANETS FOUNDATION CONDUCTS RESEARCH ON KEY TECHNOLOGIES for DESIGNING and IMPROVING ASTROPHYSICAL TELESCOPES and REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS. THE PLANETS FOUNDATION ALSO DEVELOPS OBSERVATIONS and DETAILED MODELS of EXO-ATMOSPHERE and EXOPLANET SYSTEMS BY USING TECHNIQUES LIKE POLARIMETRY, SPECTROSCOPY and SPECTROPOLARIMETRY. to FURTHER OUR COMMITMENT to EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (ASU) and THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB of HAWAII to CO-DISPERSE STARLIGHTS and OUR EDUCATIONAL MEDIA. THESE COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS HELP US TAP INTO THE INTELLECTUAL RESOURCES of THESE ORGANIZATIONS WHO ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTE to THE DEVELOPMENT of OUR SPACE-FOCUSED MEDIA and INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES. THESE PARTNERSHIPS UNDERSCORE OUR DEDICATION to INNOVATION and THE CREATION of CUTTING-EDGE EDUCATIONAL CONTENT.
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MARCELO EMILIOPRESIDENT/CH
SIMONE DAFLOTREASURER
TAKESHI SAKANOISECRETARY
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2017
- Location
- 2540 KEKAULIKE AVE, KULA, HI 96790-8471
- County
- Maui
- In care of
- % JEFF R KUHN
- Primary officer
- MARCELO EMILIO, PRESIDENT/CHARIMAN
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- BARBARA J QUERRY LLC
- NTEE classification
- Astronomy (U31)
- IRS tax category
- Astronomy