Adirondack Soaring Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371639973
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Ballston Spa, NY, USA
Phone
5186936849
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Physical & Earth Sciences,

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$91,096
Expenses
$56,872
Assets
$412,988
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • John Mahony (President)
  • Edward Winchester (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • John Mahony (President)
  • Edward Winchester (Vice President)
  • RJ Stutzmann (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Study and research the scientific techniques of soaring in meteorological conditions of this area and to make these findings available to the public; provide educational programs, training materials, a reference center, and flying equipment and facilities; promote and educate students, pilots, youth organizations and the general public; provide and make available to the members of the Association on a non-profit basis, flying facilities and equipment for motorless flight; also encourage, promote and provide for the training of members of the Association in knowledge, skills and practices of motorless flight.

What it reported doing in 2025

Study and research the scientific techniques of soaring in meteorological conditions of this area and to make these findings available to the public; Theses extensive flights were logged and recorded on the OLC Gliding https://www.onlinecontest.org/ Educational programs, training materials, a reference center, and flying equipment and facilities; promote and educate students, pilots, youth organizations and the general public; Education materials and training resulted in 4 solo flights and 4 FAA licenses this year. provide and make available to the members of the Association on a non-profit basis, flying facilities and equipment for motorless flight; also encourage, promote and provide for the training of members of the Association in knowledge, skills and practices of motorless flight. Flight instruction and training is provided at no cost to members with no salaries for our towpilots or flight instructors.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 37.6%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.26; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -29.3% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.