About The Friends
Our mission is: "To promote and support Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium as an accessible community resource for all people to learn, engage, and be inspired by the wonders of science and the universe." To achieve our mission, we raise funds to sponsor college scholarships, provide grants for teacher professional development, and support the licensing and creation of programming for the planetarium. We also host a variety of science themed public events and screenings of fulldome video programs. |
Founded in 2010, the Friends of Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium (FOAP) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed to save the planetarium as a community resource, and to support and promote education and enrichment using the public school system planetarium in Arlington, VA and to encourage science education for the general public.