Air International

Analysis

Air International is a registered charity in United States, based in Arlington, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2002, 24 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, Air International reported income of $3.0m and spending of $3.2m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $291k to $3.0m (+928%), an average of +221% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 971%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Air International sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arnold & Winnie Palmer Foundation Inc ($3.0m), Wayne County Community Foundation ($3.0m) and Meisel & Pesses Family Foundation ($3.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 2.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.9m. It paid $3,861 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $999k against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of -$78k.