Distinguished Flying Cross Society

Analysis

Distinguished Flying Cross Society is a registered charity in United States, based in San Diego, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2025. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, Distinguished Flying Cross Society reported income of $158k and spending of $158k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $160k to $158k (-0.9%), an average of -0.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Distinguished Flying Cross Society sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 51st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Warehouse Inc ($158k), Cahiers D Art Institute ($158k) and Remote Ecologist Inc ($158k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 56% of the total. At year end it held assets of $294k against liabilities of $4,635, net assets of $290k.