Society of Aviation and Flight Educators

Analysis

Society of Aviation and Flight Educators is a registered charity in United States, based in Ithaca, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Society of Aviation and Flight Educators reported income of $263k and spending of $169k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $145k to $263k (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Society of Aviation and Flight Educators sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Caribbean American Cultural Group Inc ($263k), The New Jersey Association for College Admission Counseling Inc ($263k) and Lewisville High School Bandboosters ($263k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 6.2% and program service revenue 94% of the total. At year end it held assets of $477k against liabilities of $2,632, net assets of $475k.