Air & Space Forces Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
526043929
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Arlington, VA, US
Phone
(703) 247-5800
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$33,219,089
Expenses
$27,925,277
Assets
$88,465,740
Liabilities
$30,009,014

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

Leadership & pay

36 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BURTON M FIELD (PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • LARRY STUTZRIEM (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • AMANDA GRANDEL (VICE PRESIDENT STRATEGIC EVENTS)
  • KARI VOLIVA (VICE PRESIDENT, MEMBERSHIP)

Highest reported compensation

  • BURTON M FIELD (PRESIDENT & CEO): $568,053 total reported compensation
  • DAVID DEPTULA (DEAN, MITCHELL INSTITUTE): $554,990 total reported compensation
  • LARRY STUTZRIEM (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT): $331,704 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To advocate, educate, and support to guarantee the strongest aerospace forces in the world.

What it reported doing in 2025

Doolittle leadership center: in 2025, the doolittle leadership center (dlc) completed over 50 workshops across three continents, resulting in a 49% increase in participants' self-rated leadership ability. Over 98% said the workshop was extremely helpful or helpful to their own practical leadership. Through these workshops, over 1100 airmen, guardians, and civilians were trained in the lead develop care leadership framework. In addition, the dlc hosted its second annual doolittle raiders memorial toast featuring the air force chief of staff and the space force chief of space operations. The high-profile livestreamed event that reached over 1,000 livestream viewers while the in-person audience of distinguished guests topped 150. In addition, dlc launched its building better leaders podcast by introducing a new episode every two weeks. Through its special conference programs, the dlc connected over 400 cadets with top-level air force and space force leadership in live q&a sessions. The long-term goal of the dlc is to reach the entire air force and space force with the lead develop care model.restricted doolittle contributions totaled $16,842. These contributions are excluded from part iii revenue, but were used to execute program operations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 68% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.2%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 82.1%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.22 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.9%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.17; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.7%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 11 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 76.2% of revenue deployed · 82.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 10 filed program accomplishments · $22.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $568K · 36 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.1M reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 40 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 14/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.