California Flight Museum

Analysis

California Flight Museum is a registered charity in United States, based in Coronado, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover unknown, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, California Flight Museum reported income of $97k and spending of $8,043, leaving 92% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $56k to $97k (+72%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 620%. Over the whole period it spent -37% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, California Flight Museum sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile, and in the 38th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Celina Combined Services Appeal Inc ($97k), PTA Florida Congress ($97k) and Parent Booster USA Inc ($97k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 4.1% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $48k, net assets of $1.2m.