International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521681118
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Frederick, MD, USA
Rating confidence
Limited

Reported finances

Revenue
$195,525
Expenses
$193,390
Assets
$173,589
Liabilities
$1,055

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Darren Pleasance (President)
  • Michael Erb (Senior Vice President)
  • Andrew Andersen (Vice President)
  • Jaime Fabrega (Vice President)
  • Zhang Zhenrong (Vice President)
  • Riaan Burger (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Darren Pleasance (President)
  • Michael Erb (Senior Vice President)
  • Andrew Andersen (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To facilitate the movement of aircraft internationally for peaceful purposes; To coordinate the views and opinions of member organizations for international purposes; To develop and promote standardization for the regulation and guidance of general aviation; To encourage the implementation of planned systems facilities services and procedures to promote flight safety and efficiency for general aviation; To collect and disseminate among member organizations data and statistics relating to general aviation.

What it reported doing in 2025

IAOPA founded in 1962 is the global voice of general aviation representing more than 333,000 members across 82 countries and maintaining observer status at ICAO. Through its six regional affiliates IAOPA continued in 2025 to advocate for pilots and aircraft owners worldwide focusing on regulatory reform aviation policy technology environmental issues safety and international collaboration. A key concern was promoting proportionate risk-based regulations affecting airworthiness pilot licensing and private aviation operations. IAOPA supported modernization of pilot medical requirements to improve accessibility while maintaining safety standards. It also played a leading role in addressing the transition from leaded aviation fuel advocating for practical timelines and viable unleaded alternatives. IAOPA actively protected airport and airspace access opposed restrictive policies and worked with member nations to ensure the long-term sustainability of general aviation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 97% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.1%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.