United Flying Octogenarians
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 800722927
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Keller, TX, US
- Phone
- 8179150409
- Rating
- 40
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Recreation& Sports N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $57,160
- Expenses
- $45,320
- Assets
- $106,273
- Liabilities
- $1,075
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KENNETH BROWN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KENNETH BROWN (PRESIDENT)
- GEORGE FUTAS (TREASURER)
- GARY SACKETT (CORP SECTY & COUNSEL)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote longevity and safety in aviation; to represent the interests of senior pilots worldwide; to inspire youth to fly; and to promote fellowship among senior pilots.
What it reported doing in 2024
The UFO is working on a program to encourage members to become involved as volunteers inlocal aviation high schools in our various national regions. This activity began in the last tax period and continues.No individuals have benefited yet. Volunteer effort expended during the tax period is estimated at 60 Man-hours.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 2
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 65
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 1.8%; rating input score 2
- Program expense ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 2
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 20.7%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.34; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 1.8% of revenue deployed · 2.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 2/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.