RocketSTEM Media Foundation
Inspiring the next generation of explorers
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
RocketSTEM is striving to inspiring the next generation of explorers. Through revealing the wonders of space exploration and astronomy, we hope to encourage more students to pursue STEM subjects in school and to follow STEM career paths.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
RocketSTEM Magazine
RocketSTEM magazine is made freely available online, as well as in PDF and print format. It features content geared towards teachers, students and parents too. The publication blends space history – past, present and future – with interviews, career paths, astronomy lessons, aerospace and astronomy news, museum features, NASA technology spinoffs, and educational resources; along with explanations of the mathematics and physics of all things to do with aerospace and space travel.
Ice and Stone 2020
We worked directly with Alan Hale to publish and promote Ice and Stone 2020. This weekly series of educational lessons taught students about the asteroids and comets within our solar system. The material is available online and is free for teachers to adapt for usage in their classrooms.
Where we work
External reviews

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Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of website pageviews
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
RocketSTEM Magazine
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our main goal is to inspire the next generation of explorers, whether they be scientists, engineers, or astronauts. We aim to foster an increase in STEM studies by middle school and high school students in the hopes of increasing science literacy in future generations. We also hope to develop a full set of lesson plans for each grade level that teachers can utilize in their classrooms during Word Space Week each year. Through our worldwide reach, we also hope to encourage international cooperation in space exploration.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Publication and free distribution of RocketSTEM magazine has been our primary outlet for reaching our intended audience to date. At present, we are developing partnerships with other organizations that will allow us to extend the RocketSTEM brand into other related programs, such as the Reach for the Stars National Rocket Competition. We will continue to publish the magazine, while also developing audio and video concepts to complement the magazine and its content.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have more than 30 volunteers, mostly from the United States, along with England, Australia and India. Our volunteers have backgrounds in journalism, education, graphic design, photography, IT administration, radio and television production.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have published 14 issues of the magazine to date, but would like to be able to ramp up the production schedule to at least six issues per year. We'd like to establish scholarship funds for Space Camp and the National Flight Academy. We'd like to develop an audio podcasts and a video program to complement the magazine. We are in the midst of developing our first partnerships with related organizations, but would like to extend that further to entities such as NASA, ESA, ISRO and the Challenger Centers.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, It is hard to come up with good questions to ask people, It is difficult to identify actionable feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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RocketSTEM Media Foundation
Board of directorsas of 09/03/2022
Chase Clark
Stormrider Media Productions
Term: 2021 - 2024
Chase Clark
Stormrider Media Productions
Anthony Fitch
Pilot
Nicole Solomon
Independent
Tim Brown
Old South Property Solutions
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
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Equity strategies
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- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.