Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by THE ACADEMY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $4,198,912
- Total expenses
- $2,464,893
- Contributions and grants received
- $808,568
- Grants paid
- $20,433
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $3,327,946
- Other revenue
- $62,398
- Total assets, end of year
- $56,457,172
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $31,080
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $56,426,092
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,207,728
- Management and general expenses
- $195,672
- Fundraising expenses
- $61,493
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,207,728
Program services were 89.6% 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.
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1d · Related organizations
$535,500
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$273,068
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$25,000
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3 · Investment income
total $760,583 · excluded $760,583
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $2,567,363
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $2,567,363
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $2,567,363 · excluded $2,567,363
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11a · Other revenue: Partnership income
total $62,398 · unrelated business $24,810 · excluded $37,588
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11e · Other revenue, total
$62,398
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $20,433 · program services $20,433
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $272,625 · program services $182,910 · management and general $70,193 · fundraising $19,522
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $81,436 · program services $56,714 · management and general $18,421 · fundraising $6,301
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $4,790 · program services $2,665 · management and general $1,906 · fundraising $219
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $17,119 · program services $9,525 · management and general $6,812 · fundraising $782
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $23,345 · program services $16,172 · management and general $5,386 · fundraising $1,787
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11b · Fees: legal
total $315 · program services $74 · management and general $241
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $57,663 · program services $13,522 · management and general $44,141
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $244,362 · program services $244,362
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11g · Fees: other
total $1,567,457 · program services $1,560,711 · management and general $6,746
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $4,419 · fundraising $4,419
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13 · Office expenses
total $27,421 · program services $7,160 · management and general $13,455 · fundraising $6,806
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17 · Travel
total $63,060 · program services $20,506 · management and general $20,897 · fundraising $21,657
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $4,474 · program services $4,474
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23 · Insurance
total $7,474 · management and general $7,474
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24a · Other expenses: Cadet and faculty enric
total $68,500 · program services $68,500
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $23,320 · end of year $218,197
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $1,360,610 · end of year $850,683
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $34,839 · end of year $31,472
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $18,133 · end of year $18,438
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$76,195
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$0
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $76,195
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $48,875,864 · end of year $54,987,495
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $344,422 · end of year $274,692
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $20,462 · end of year $31,080
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $12,536,948 · end of year $17,539,500
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $38,099,778 · end of year $38,886,592
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
ARDI stewards donated endowments to sustain future American air and space power, enhancing faculty quality and cadet education at the United States Air Force Academy.
Activities or mission (Part I)
ARDI endows excellence in AF Academy cadet education, sustaining future US air and space power.
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ARDI's primary program service fostered excellence at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) by supporting distinctive academic programs, directed by Academy leadership, that enhance the faculty and cadet experience with quality and activities above and beyond what US Government resources provide. ARDI's weight of effort funded Endowed Professor chairs in selected disciplines, including astronautics, aeronautics, computer and cyber sciences, economics, foreign languages and cultures, political science, philosophy and ethics, and others. In addition, ARDI supported Academy cadet research and other educational activities that provide breadth and depth beyond the baseline Academy experience to motivate, inspire, and better prepare Academy graduates to serve and lead in the Air Force and Space Force.
Expenses $2,207,728 · Grants $20,433
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Christopher D Miller
CEO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
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Dana Montgomery
COO
- Total calculated
- $176,421
- From this org
- $145,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $30,921
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $137,500
- Bonus
- $8,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $20,232
- Nontaxable benefits
- $10,689
- Filer's total
- $176,421
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Michael Erdle
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $255,985
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $198,000
- Other
- $57,985
- Hours/week
- 5 + 40 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $198,000 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $49,500 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $8,485 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $255,985 related
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Terry Erdle
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $60,000
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $60,000
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3 + 3 related
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Bob Edmonds
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Rick Pyatt
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Jack Catton
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Part I, Line 3:
- The Organization's chairman is compensated by International Education Foundation, a supporting organization of ARDI. See Schedule O response for Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a.
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
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Program support
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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International Education Foundation Inc
501(C)(3) · Education · CO
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 16 February 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202640589349300234
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