Southwest Chapter American Assoc of Airport Executives

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
956095566
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Phone
4804034604
Rating confidence
Limited

Reported finances

Revenue
$621,523
Expenses
$600,170
Assets
$552,342
Liabilities
$267,973

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • COURTNEY JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)
  • GLADYS BROWN (FIRST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREW SWANSON (SECOND VICE PRESIDENT)
  • TAI JYE CHEN (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • CATHY HERRING (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • COURTNEY JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)
  • GLADYS BROWN (FIRST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREW SWANSON (SECOND 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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To advance excellence in airport management through communication, professional development, and advocacy. We are a network of aviation professionals dedicated to integrity, credibility and ethical behavior, diversity, inclusiveness, and transparency, collaboration and sharing knowledge, and elevating our members.

What it reported doing in 2024

For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, southwest chapter had a successful summer and winter conference for airport representatives from several states. Our membership also increased during the fiscal year. We continued our workshops for our members, including online news and resources to benefit the aviation industry. We used a portion of our revenue to reward three deserving scholars with monetary scholarships totaling 4,500. We provided grants of 10,000 to aaae relief foundation and 7,500 to aaae foundation for support. We also sponsored 7,500 to aaae foundation, 2,500 to aaae events, and 2,500 for their annual conference. For our newly created foundation, swaaae foundation, we granted 35,285 in support.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 83% 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: 85
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 92.1%; rating input score 92; 40th 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: 3.4%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.92; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.49; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 25.4% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 10 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.