Friends of the Lone Pine Airport

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
880656857
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Lone Pine, CA, USA
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$38,878
Expenses
$29,847
Assets
$95,184

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEFFREY MONTGOMERY (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • JEFFREY MONTGOMERY (CEO)
  • PETE GAVITTE (SECRETARY)
  • ANNA SCHAAD MONTGOMERY (CFO)

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

The friends of lone pine airport (flpa) is dedicated to restoring and revitalizing the historic lone pine death valley airport, fostering education in aviation, and providing cultural programs. Goals of friends of lone pine airport: renovation and upgrade of historic airport buildings. Advocate for upgrade of tarmac and runway areas, lighting, awos, etc.. Advocate for upgrades to continue life flights out of lone pine at night. Foster events and gatherings at the airport. Create an flpa youth in aviation program, and a stem program for the youth of owen's valley. Build a community of aviators and aviation enthusiasts who love the lone pine death valley airport.

What it reported doing in 2025

The renovation of the historic airport terminal building was completed in 2025. The roof and ceiling were replaced, the exterior was patched and painted, the wood floors were refinished, new windows were installed, the front office was repaired and painted, the bathrooms were renovated, painted, and new fixtures were installed, the kitchen was painted and a new floor was installed, and many other repairs were made. In addition, a display of pictures highlighting the history of the airport were hung in the building. A grant from the recreation aviation foundation (raf) made the completion of the project possible. Almost all of the renovation work was done by volunteers. The organization hosted several work parties during the year where volunteers gathered at the airport to complete the various projects.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.8%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 77.8%; rating input score 78

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.2%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.19; rating input score 76; 76th 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.8% of revenue deployed · 77.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $23K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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 — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.