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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by SPENCER FLIGHT AND EDUCATION CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$149,642
Total expenses
$121,809
Contributions and grants received
$49,045
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$76,611
Investment income
$11,420
Other revenue
$12,566
Total assets, end of year
$316,079
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$316,079
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$109,310
Management and general expenses
$12,499
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$109,310

Program services were 89.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $4,600

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $23,270

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $21,175

  • 2a · Program service revenue: AIR SHOW PROCEEDS

    total $72,500 · excluded $72,500

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SIMULATOR FEES

    total $2,761 · excluded $2,761

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SILENT AUCTION INCOME

    total $1,350 · excluded $1,350

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $11,420 · excluded $11,420

  • 11a · Other revenue: PROPERTY TAXES REFUNDED

    total $12,566 · related or exempt $12,566

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $12,566

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,288 · program services $1,288

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,963 · management and general $4,963

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $586 · management and general $586

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,674 · program services $8,674

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,950 · management and general $6,950

  • 24a · Other expenses: AIR SHOW EXPENSES

    total $52,249 · program services $52,249

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS

    total $35,540 · program services $35,540

  • 24c · Other expenses: UTILITIES EXPENSE

    total $4,846 · program services $4,846

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROPERTY TAX

    total $3,298 · program services $3,298

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,415 · program services $3,415

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,519 · end of year $19,696

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $418,205

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $226,925

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $199,953 · end of year $191,280

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $79,774 · end of year $105,103

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $288,246 · end of year $316,079

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO ACTIVELY PROMOTE THE SAFETY AND SUCCESS OF WESTERN KANSAS PILOTS AND PASSENGERS BY PROVIDING A LOCAL VENUE FOR HIGH-QUALITY INSTRUCTION IN ADDITION TO VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES FOR INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES.

  • THE REDBIRD FMX: THE SIMULATOR FEATURED AT THE SFEC IS THE REDBIRD FMX. IT IS A FULL-MOTION, STATE-OF-THE-ART TRAINING DEVICE AND IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CLASSROOM BUILDING. IT ALLOWS STUDENT PILOTS TO OBTAIN THEIR LICENSE IN A MORE TIMELY, COST-EFFECTIVE MANNER WHILE ALSO PROVIDING AN AVENUE FOR ESTABLISHED PILOTS TO STAY PROFICIENT AND KEEP THEIR SKILLS FRESH. THE FLIGHT SIMULATOR PROVIDES PILOTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE MANEUVERS AND TRAIN FOR SITUATIONS THAT SIMPLY CANNOT BE REPLICATED DURING ACTUAL FLIGHT, ALLOWING THEM TO BE BETTER PREPARED IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.

    Expenses $8,674 · Revenue $2,761

  • THE REDBIRD FMX: THE SIMULATOR FEATURED AT THE SFEC IS THE REDBIRD FMX. IT IS A FULL-MOTION, STATE-OF-THE-ART TRAINING DEVICE AND IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CLASSROOM BUILDING. IT ALLOWS STUDENT PILOTS TO OBTAIN THEIR LICENSE IN A MORE TIMELY, COST-EFFECTIVE MANNER WHILE ALSO PROVIDING AN AVENUE FOR ESTABLISHED PILOTS TO STAY PROFICIENT AND KEEP THEIR SKILLS FRESH. THE FLIGHT SIMULATOR PROVIDES PILOTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE MANEUVERS AND TRAIN FOR SITUATIONS THAT SIMPLY CANNOT BE REPLICATED DURING ACTUAL FLIGHT, ALLOWING THEM TO BE BETTER PREPARED IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.

    Expenses $100,636

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Katie Durham

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Jace Giesbrecht

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Leighton Wasinger

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • James Yager

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Benjamin McNary

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
12 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202611329349304076

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