American Aeronautical Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 953794189
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2012–2023
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2023
Location: Newbury Park, CA, USA
Phone: 8188893570
Rating: 85
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue: $9,807
Expenses: $9,942
Assets: $12,125

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Dana Dorsey (President)
Rick DeCurtain (Vice President)

People named in this filing

Brian Kebely (CFO & Director)
Dana Dorsey (President)
Rick DeCurtain (Vice President)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To collect, restore, maintain, operate and display, for the benefit of the general public, vintage aircraft that are representative of the develoment of avaiation as a major industry

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 100
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 42
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: -1.4%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.22; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -6% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -12.1% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -10.8% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 11 filing years from 2012 to 2023
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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.