Vagabond Flying Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
362589623
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Glen Ellyn, IL, USA
Phone
6309421583
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$168,959
Expenses
$110,618
Assets
$177,289
Liabilities
$120,363

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Richard Wilson (President)
  • Eric Florence (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Richard Wilson (President)
  • Eric Florence (Vice President)
  • Patrick Halverson (Treasurer)

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

Flight training

What it reported doing in 2025

0

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 34.5%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.6; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.68; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.