Airline Pilots Historical Society

Analysis

Airline Pilots Historical Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Charles, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general 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, Airline Pilots Historical Society reported income of $67k and spending of $72k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $104k to $67k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Airline Pilots Historical Society sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 26th percentile, and in the 28th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Justice Foundation ($67k), Townhall II Foundation Inc ($67k) and Greater LF Community Chest Campaign Mary Haggerty ($66k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 13% of the total. At year end it held assets of $369k against liabilities of $5,620, net assets of $364k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.