Pan Am Historical Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
592653271
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Walnut Creek, CA, USA
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities

Reported finances

Revenue
$193,634
Expenses
$201,765
Assets
$255,889
Liabilities
$9

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Adam Aron (President)

People named in this filing

  • Adam Aron (President)
  • Edward S Trippe (Chairman)
  • Lilian A Walby (Director)

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 collect preserve arrange for presentation availability of any and all records memorabilia artifacts and other items of historical interest relating to the history of Pan American World Airways and its predecessor and affiliated companies in order to preserve and promote Pan Am legacy.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Foundation engages in digital preservation of historic motion pictures of the airline industry and makes them available to others producing documentaries. In addition the Foundation has embarked on a program of archival preservation. A collection of films has been acquired and the Foundation is engaging film archivists and researchers to identify those of historic significance with a goal of cataloging and transferring to high end digital videos.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 62.4%; rating input score 62

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.2%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.27; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.2%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65% of revenue deployed · 62.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $126K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.