Jim Richmond Backcountry Aviation Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 931844826
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Dover, DE, USA
- Phone
- 5039391002
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $255,310
- Expenses
- $297,434
- Assets
- $2,914,314
- Liabilities
- $1,252,500
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BRADLEY DAMM (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- JOSEPH DORY (BOARD CHAIR)
- LADD KLINGLESMITH (BOARD TREASURER)
- PIPER RICHMOND (BOARD SECRETARY)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To expand, preserve, and protect public backcountry aviation access for current and future generations of aviators.
What it reported doing in 2024
Expanding public aviation access: the jim richmond backcountry aviation foundation (jrbaf) worked toward its mission of preserving and expanding public aviation access by maintaining and improving facilities at the foundation's flagship property, the 45 ranch, located in southwest Idaho. The 45 ranch serves as a remote public-use backcountry airstrip and recreation site that provides access to vast areas of the owyhee canyonlands. During the tax year, jrbaf completed multiple capital and maintenance projects to enhance public safety, accessibility, and sustainability. Improvements included expanding and widening the main runway, constructing new public restroom facilities, building a pedestrian footbridge, and purchasing and installing picnic tables for public day-use areas. The foundation also acquired side-by-side utility vehicles to allow visitors and volunteers to access more remote areas of the property safely. In addition, significant cleanup and restoration work was performed, including hauling and properly disposing of accumulated debris and rubbish from historical ranch operations. Existing heavy equipment was repaired and new equipment was purchased to facilitate ongoing maintenance including seeding, fertilizing, irrigating, and mowing the grass runway, and to ensure the delivery and safe storage of propane, diesel, and gasoline required for operations. These projects directly support jrbaf's exempt purpose by improving the usability, safety, and sustainability of public backcountry airstrips and ensuring that remote recreation opportunities remain accessible to pilots and the general public.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 72% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.7%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 70.5%; rating input score 70
- Fundraising efficiency: $34.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -16.5%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.8; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.43; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 161.2% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -148.9% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.7% of revenue deployed · 70.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $210K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.