Minnesota Aviation Hall Of Fame

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411670378
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Burnsville, MN, United States
Phone
9524123938
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Museum, Museum Activities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$288,464
Expenses
$16,419
Assets
$348,704
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

People named in this filing

  • BRANDON MONTANYE (CHAIRPERSON)
  • CHERISE ROHLFING (VICE CHAIR)
  • CAROL CANSDALE (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 collect and maintain a biographical file on each Minnesota aviation personality from the earliest flyers and businessmen and women forward in time to those who made major contributions. The Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame is sincerely appreciative of the financial support provided by grants and donations from individuals. MAHOF honors an individual for the Best Aviation Writing by a Minnesotan for the Year. The writing award is given each year for a published work in the hopes of encouraging aviation writing and editorializing that enhance the positive aspect of aviation. MAHOF is proud to acknowledge one of Minnesota’s fine aviation artists with an award each year at the annual Induction Banquet. The award was begun in 2005 and encourages Minnesota aviation artists to portray aviation in a fine arts forum.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Minnesota aviation hall of fame (mahof) preserves the stories of exemplary individuals who have made significant contributions to aviation and aerospace, with connections to Minnesota. Mahof inducts 6-7 of these individuals every year at our yearly induction banquet. Minnesota aviation history is preserved with information on our website, social media accounts, and our physical archive. Mahof also recognizes individuals with a writing and an art award at the yearly induction banquet. Mahof awarded five scholarships to individuals looking to study aviation. Mahof partners with several other educational and historical non-profit organizations to support similar missions of historical preservation, and education.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 41% for direct work, and 59% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 29
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 92
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 4.6%; rating input score 5
  • Program expense ratio: 78%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • 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: 94.3%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 21.24; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 125.6% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 122.5% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 4.6% of revenue deployed · 78% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 5/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.