Northeast Uas Airspace Integration Research Alliance Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 460606366
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Canastota, NY, USA
- Phone
- 3157651129
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $6,775,868
- Expenses
- $8,705,602
- Assets
- $14,991,175
- Liabilities
- $12,271,650
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ROBERT SIMPSON (PRESIDENT)
- WASEEM NAQVI (VICE PRESIDENT)
- KENNETH STEWART (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- KENNETH STEWART (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $339,686 total reported compensation
- EMILY DEMARCHE (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $282,481 total reported compensation
- DAVID WHITAKER (CHIEF OF DEVELOPMENT): $267,226 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
See schedule o.northeast uas airspace integration research alliance, inc. (nuair) is a New York-based nonprofit, driving economic development through innovations in uas and advanced air mobility to safely integrate into the national airspace. As a proven and credible industry leader, nuair is delivering the next generation of uas/aam solutions for the safety, societal, and economic benefits of New York state and beyond.
What it reported doing in 2025
Northeast uas airspace integration research alliance, inc. (nuair) is a New York-based nonprofit, driving economic development through innovations in uas and advanced air mobility to safely integrate into the national airspace. As a proven and credible industry leader, nuair is delivering the next generation of uas/aam solutions for the safety, societal, and economic benefits of New York state and beyond.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 91% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 60
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 73.8%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 58.3%; rating input score 58
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -28.5%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.72; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.82; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.3%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 73.8% of revenue deployed · 58.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $340K · 18 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $817K reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.