Totals
- Total revenue
- $13,503,529
- Total expenses
- $9,224,861
- Contributions and grants received
- $10,253,382
- Grants paid
- $6,928,078
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $2,983,855
- Other revenue
- $266,292
- Total assets, end of year
- $76,672,861
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $360,623
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $76,312,238
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $6,928,078
- Management and general expenses
- $965,506
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,331,277
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $6,928,078
Program services were 75.1% 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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1c · Fundraising events
$2,243,645
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$8,009,737
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$1,593,259
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3 · Investment income
total $1,018,349 · unrelated business -$44,249 · excluded $1,062,598
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5 · Royalties
total $4,484 · excluded $4,484
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6a · Gross rents
real property $1,553,000
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $1,168,867
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $384,133
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $384,133 · excluded $384,133
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $11,860,986
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $9,895,480
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $1,965,506
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $1,965,506 · unrelated business $16,604 · excluded $1,948,902
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$925,899
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$2,243,645
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$1,279,598
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$353,699 · excluded -$353,699
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9a · Gaming: gross income
$384,330
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9b · Gaming: direct expenses
$152,956
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $231,374 · excluded $231,374
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $6,928,078 · program services $6,928,078
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $328,040 · management and general $96,830 · fundraising $231,210
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $606,756 · management and general $120,153 · fundraising $486,603
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $34,660 · management and general $3,466 · fundraising $31,194
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $139,375 · management and general $11,753 · fundraising $127,622
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $46,494 · management and general $9,199 · fundraising $37,295
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11b · Fees: legal
total $1,434 · management and general $1,434
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $56,657 · management and general $56,657
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $48,000 · fundraising $48,000
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $98,940 · management and general $98,940
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11g · Fees: other
total $110,299 · fundraising $110,299
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $87,711 · fundraising $87,711
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13 · Office expenses
total $52,472 · fundraising $52,472
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16 · Occupancy
total $23,565 · management and general $22,893 · fundraising $672
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17 · Travel
total $26,156 · fundraising $26,156
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $1,350 · fundraising $1,350
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $169,562 · management and general $169,562
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23 · Insurance
total $22,160 · management and general $22,160
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24a · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE FEES
total $341,959 · management and general $341,959
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24b · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD DISCOUNTS
total $65,300 · fundraising $65,300
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24c · Other expenses: PUBLIC RELATIONS
total $25,441 · fundraising $25,441
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24d · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXEC. SUPPLIES
total $21,934 · fundraising $21,934
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24e · All other expenses
total -$11,482 · management and general $10,500 · fundraising -$21,982
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $567,162 · end of year $1,296,406
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $1,218,800 · end of year $522,686
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $2,608,007 · end of year $368,461
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $123,076 · end of year $74,564
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$22,235,923
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$11,642,943
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $10,801,057 · end of year $10,592,980
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $28,221,813 · end of year $35,874,166
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $15,919,963 · end of year $15,122,954
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $11,875,623 · end of year $12,820,644
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $216,943 · end of year $222,712
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $139,266 · end of year $137,911
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $37,104,882 · end of year $39,052,508
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $33,874,410 · end of year $37,259,730
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION (EAA FOUNDATION) IS ORGANIZED AND OPERATED IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION, INC. (EAA), A SEPARATE 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION. THE ORGANIZATION, THROUGH THE CONDUCT OF ITS ACTIVITIES, RECEIVES, HOLDS, AND (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)INVESTS FUNDS AND USES THE PRINCIPAL OR EARNINGS THEREFROM FOR THE BENEFIT OF EAA AND ALSO HOLDS TITLE TO CERTAIN ASSETS INCLUDING THE ORGANIZATION'S HEADQUARTERS, OTHER BUILDINGS, AND THE AVIATION MUSEUM COLLECTION. THE ORGANIZATION IS COMPENSATED UNDER A LEASE CONTRACT WITH EAA FOR THE USE OF THESE FACILITIES AND OTHER ASSETS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO SUPPORT AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATIONAL MISSION OF EAA, INC. THROUGH (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) THE SOLICITATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO INVEST FUNDS AND USE THE EARNINGS TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF EAA, INC.
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GRANT CONSISTENT WITH EAA FOUNDATION'S PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE TO EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION, INC. IN SUPPORT OF THE AFFILIATED ORGANIZATION'S GENERAL OPERATIONS, SCHOLARSHIPS, INTERNSHIPS, YOUNG EAGLES PROGRAM, OTHER YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS, FLIGHT SAFETY PROGRAMS, SUPPORT OF WOMEN IN AVIATION, AND AVIATION MUSEUM COLLECTIONS. SMALL DONATIONS WERE ALSO MADE TO AVIATION ENTITIES WITH MISSIONS AND PURPOSES CONSISTENT WITH THOSE OF EAA.
Expenses $6,928,078 · Grants $6,928,078
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Jack PeltonJACK PELTON
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $851,092
- From this org
- $275,551
- From related orgs
- $511,737
- Other
- $63,804
- Hours/week
- 17.5 + 32.5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $196,985 + $365,829 related
- Bonus
- $43,750 + $81,250 related
- Other
- $34,816 + $64,658 related
- Deferred
- $11,634 + $21,607 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $10,697 + $19,866 related
- Filer's total
- $297,882 + $553,210 related
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Margaret BrillMARGARET BRILL
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $228,115
- From this org
- $181,608
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $46,507
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $178,624
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $2,984
- Deferred
- $12,414
- Nontaxable benefits
- $34,093
- Filer's total
- $228,115
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Lou SenoLOU SENO
SECRETARY/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Patti ArthurPATTI ARTHUR
TRUSTEE - AS OF 02/25
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
-
Norm DewittNORM DEWITT
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
-
Tom FrascaTOM FRASCA
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
-
Eric GurleyERIC GURLEY
VP - THRU 10/24: TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
-
James JohnsonJAMES JOHNSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
-
Rick LarsenRICK LARSEN
SECRETARY/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $318,967
- From this org
- $5,746
- From related orgs
- $281,530
- Other
- $31,691
- Hours/week
- 1 + 49 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $4,810 + $235,675 related
- Bonus
- $936 + $45,855 related
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $550 + $26,967 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $84 + $4,090 related
- Filer's total
- $6,380 + $312,587 related
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Kelly RuhKELLY RUH
CFO/VP OF FINANCE & HR
- Total calculated
- $296,416
- From this org
- $67,352
- From related orgs
- $202,057
- Other
- $27,007
- Hours/week
- 12.5 + 37.5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $62,201 + $186,602 related
- Bonus
- $5,000 + $15,000 related
- Other
- $151 + $455 related
- Deferred
- $5,807 + $17,420 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $945 + $2,835 related
- Filer's total
- $74,104 + $222,312 related
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
- 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
- 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
- 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
Answered no
- 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 1A
- TAX IDENTIFICATION AND GROSS-UP PAYMENTS THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED JACK PELTON A GROSS-UP PAYMENT RELATED TO TRAVEL. THE AMOUNT RELATED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION IS INCLUDED ON SCHEDULE J, PART II. SOCIAL CLUB DUES THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES AN EAA EMPLOYEES FLYING CLUB MEMBERSHIP FOR THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEE: JACK PELTON. THE AMOUNT TREATED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION IS INCLUDED ON SCHEDULE J, PART II.
- PART I, LINE 1B
- SOCIAL CLUB DUES REFER TO THE PART I, LINE 1A NARRATIVE.
- PART I, LINE 5
- COMPENSATION CONTINGENT ON REVENUES OF THE ORGANIZATION ONE OF THE CATEGORIES USED TO DETERMINE INCENTIVE COMPENSATION FOR THE OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES IS GROSS OPERATING REVENUE.
- PART I, LINE 6
- COMPENSATION CONTINGENT ON NET EARNINGS OF THE ORGANIZATION ONE OF THE CATEGORIES USED TO DETERMINE INCENTIVE COMPENSATION FOR THE OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES IS NET OPERATING INCOME.
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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EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC
$6,928,078
GRANT - SEE FORM 990 PART III, LINE 4A
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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EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC
501(C)(3) · AVIATION · WI
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 19 December 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202513579349300606
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