Aerospace Heritage Foundation Of Utah Inc

Othe aerospace heritage foundation of utah distributed funding for ten intern scholarships / fellowships during the spring, summer and fall of 2022 totaling 31,500 to university students. This included two utah state university year-long fellowships. The 2024 recipients were: beruktawit gebreamlak curatorial columbia university cameron cabe education weber state university chris white restoration utah state university elizabeth dougall education university of utah gavin nelson education weber state university ivan coray restoration utah state university jana brough curatorial utah state university jeremiah everhart education weber state university megan fairbanks education utah state university michelle bartlett curatorial utah state university ofoundation executive director, robb alexander, along with, board chair, kevin sullivan and vice chair, barney chapman, continued to work closely with leadership and members of the utah state legislature. Othe legislative affairs committees of the ogden/weber chamber of commerce, davis chamber of commerce, and northern utah chamber coalition all listed hill aerospace museum as a top priority for legislative support and ongoing funding during the 2024 legislative session. Foundation executive director, robb alexander serves as the chair of both the of the davis chamber of commerce legislative affairs committee and the ogden weber chamber of commerce military affairs sub-committee. Ofoundation executive director, robb alexander continued to serve on the executive committee of the state of utah museum advisory board. He was appointed by utah governor spencer cox. Othe aerospace heritage foundation's flight line gift shop had a "booth" at the wings over the wasatch air & space show june 29, 30, 2024 at hill air force base. The gift shop experienced sales of more than 18,000 during those two days. Othe annual commander's cup golf tournament was held at the hubbard golf course on august 20, 2024. Thirty-two foursomes (128 paid participants along with 32 local golf professionals) for a total of 160 golfers participated. 50,160 was taken in with net funds raised for the hill aerospace museum was 36,933. Othe aerospace heritage foundation's flight line gift shop had a sales of 17,010 at the museum's open aircraft day september 21, 2024. Othe aerospace heritage foundation of utah sponsored the annual hill aerospace museum volunteer appreciation luncheon held at the texas roadhouse restaurant in layton, utah on monday, december 9, 2024. Othe aerospace heritage foundation of utah created three committees for board members to participate in. Those committees are fundraising / external relations, education, and restoration. Board members chairing the committees are max stitzer, fundraising / external relations; francesca suarez, education; mickey mcpartland, restoration. Othe final payment for the l. S. Skaggs gallery construction project in the amount of 54,642.55 was made on december 6, 2024. Odonation boxes, credit card donation kiosks, wishing wells, and the foto booth located in areas throughout the museum brought in 58,750 during 2024. O275,466.33 in gifts and grants were receipted by the aerospace heritage foundation from july through december of 2024 from 145 donors. Major gifts/grants included, 148,750 from the state of utah, 50,000 from the northrop grumman foundation, 25,000 from the stewart education foundation 10,000 from america first credit union. Other major gifts throughout the year included 150,000 from sunset ridge development partners, 10,000 from the glam foundation, 12,000 from nasa space grant consortium, and gifts from swire coca-cola, kier construction, and the alan and jeanne hall foundation. 175,000 in ongoing funding was appropriated by the state legislature during the 2024 session for the hill aerospace museum. The funding is now a line item in the state of utah budget. A total of 631,918 was received in gifts and grants during 2024. Otwenty museum aircraft are currently being sponsored by generous donors through the aerospace heritage foundation of utah. The museum's a-10, b-17, b-24, c-47, f-4c, f-15, f-16 a model, f-16 "little precious," f-16 thunderbird, f-22 raptor, f-86, f-117, p-47, p-51, sr-71, the jenny, the u-2 dragon lady, the burgess wright flyer, the ch-3 helicopter and h-53 helicopter are all a part of the program. These annual sponsorships raise much needed unrestricted funds for the museum othe flight line gift shop, which is operated by the aerospace heritage foundation of utah, had 629.468.54 in gross sales for the year 2024 (non- audited). The flight line gift shop also showed continued growth with its online store. Oaerospace heritage foundation of utah operations manager, elisabeth cropper, continued creating virtual tours for of a number of hill aerospace museum aircraft. Virtual tours now include the a-10 thunderbolt ii (warthog); b-17 flying fortress, the c-119 flying boxcar, the c-124 c globemaster ii, the c-140 jetstar, the sr-71 blackbird, the c- 47 skytrain, the kc-135e stratotanker, the p-51 mustang, the curtiss p-40n warhawk, the bell hh-1h iroquois helicopter, the sikorsky ch-3 jolly green giant, the sikorsky mh-53m pave low iv helicopter, the martin rb-57a canberra, the icbm exhibit launch control center, the 8th air force exhibit, as well as virtual tours of the beacon ridge rock rings and the snoopy mountain rock art site both 'located at the utah test and training range. Oaerospace heritage foundation of utah website and social media statistics for the period of july 1, 2024, through december 31, 2024, are as follows. Ofrom july 1, 2024 - december 31, 2024, the aerospaceutah.org website experienced 72,205 views with 91,613 sessions with an engagement rate of 89.18%. The aerospaceutah.org web site had 150,822 views in 2024 with 176,947 sessions. The site experienced an 89.59% engagement rate throughout 2024. Oas of december 31, 2024, facebook followers were at 21,022 with a reach of 2,410,535. The strategic plan aids the mission of the museum in reaching a much larger global audience through social media. A december 30, 2024 facebook post featuring the restoration of the museum's f-117 had a reach of 1,194,863. Othe aerospace heritage foundation continued to work closely with forthgear to update the museum webpage. The collections page, which is divided into the following aircraft types: attack aircraft, bomber aircraft, cargo aircraft, early aircraft, fighter aircraft, helicopters, and surveillance aircraft, is fully operational. The education page was completely updated in 2024. A new portal page was added for the aerospace heritage foundation of utah board of directors. Ongoing website updates continued throughout the year. Othe aerospace heritage foundation of utah continued to take advantage of its 10,000 per month google ad words grant. Through forthgear, our seo provider, a google ad words campaign continued highlighting key search terms or words to attempt to bring aerospaceutah.org to the top in all google searches for the museum. During the period july1, 2024 through december 31, 2024, in the google ad words campaign there were 72,400 impressions with 4,400 clicks for a click through rate of 6.1%. During the period january 1, 2024, through december 31, 2024, in the google ad words campaign there were116,900 impressions with 9,100 clicks for a click through rate of 7.8%. Othe aerospace heritage foundation of utah continued working with forthgear to conduct search engine optimization work for the aerospaceutah.org web site. This optimization has increased the visibility of our web site and will move to the top of if not at the top of any web search of hill aerospace museum. Forthgear also assisted us in our social media marketing efforts and implementation of the flight line gift shop e-commerce site.