Eaa Chapter 292

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911787074
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Independence, OR, USA
Phone
5033839010
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$67,014
Expenses
$56,111
Assets
$577,938
Liabilities
$22,199

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Richard Harrison (President)
  • Kristin Taylor (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Richard Harrison (President)
  • David Wright (Secretary)
  • Maurice Gunderson (Treasurer)

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

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

Overview

Mission

Promote and encourage public education about the design, construction, maintenance, restoration and safe operation of all types of aircraft; Promote productive relationships between the Chapter and any governmental agencies and private enterprises that provide aviation-related services or facilities that benefit both the Chapter and the public: and Support the mission, vision, goals and objectives of EAA through various Chapter programs and services.

What it reported doing in 2025

Flight Training Simulator Center. This facility provides a low-cost and zero-risk training environment for student pilots, as well as recurrent training for experienced pilots. This facility is available for our scholarship recipients to use free of charge. Members who are experienced pilots may use this facility for a nominal charge.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 53% for direct work, and 47% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.3%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.3%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.3; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.3% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $54K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2019 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.