Recreational Aviation Foundation

Analysis

Recreational Aviation Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Bozeman, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Recreational Aviation Foundation reported income of $3.4m and spending of $812k, leaving 76% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $293k to $3.4m (+1050%), an average of +84% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 255%. Over the whole period it spent 34% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Recreational Aviation Foundation sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Comprehensive Youth Services Inc ($3.4m), Cookson Hills Christian School ($3.4m) and Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County Inc ($3.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $118k. At year end it held assets of $6.7m against liabilities of $19k, net assets of $6.7m. It reported 2 employees.