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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ALABAMA AEROSPACE AND AVIATION SCHOOLS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,134,489
Total expenses
$4,889,956
Contributions and grants received
$4,098,421
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$26,656
Investment income
$9,412
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,985,165
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,684,803
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$699,638
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,303,162
Management and general expenses
$586,794
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,303,162

Program services were 88.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,400,617

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $697,804

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $26,656 · related or exempt $26,656

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9,412 · excluded $9,412

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $202,000 · program services $177,760 · management and general $24,240

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,663,834 · program services $1,464,174 · management and general $199,660

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $669,450 · program services $589,116 · management and general $80,334

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $350,318 · program services $308,280 · management and general $42,038

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $135,003 · program services $118,803 · management and general $16,200

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $434,129 · program services $382,034 · management and general $52,095

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $81,245 · program services $71,496 · management and general $9,749

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $178,000 · program services $156,640 · management and general $21,360

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $453,549 · program services $399,124 · management and general $54,425

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $13,600 · program services $11,968 · management and general $1,632

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,287 · program services $11,693 · management and general $1,594

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $59,790 · program services $52,615 · management and general $7,175

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $124,765 · program services $109,793 · management and general $14,972

  • 17 · Travel

    total $26,706 · program services $23,501 · management and general $3,205

  • 20 · Interest

    total $12,459 · program services $10,964 · management and general $1,495

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $76,332 · program services $67,172 · management and general $9,160

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $41,840 · program services $36,819 · management and general $5,021

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRANSPORTATION

    total $168,973 · program services $148,696 · management and general $20,277

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $85,742 · program services $75,453 · management and general $10,289

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD SERVICES

    total $64,356 · program services $56,633 · management and general $7,723

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $15,480 · program services $13,622 · management and general $1,858

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $19,098 · program services $16,806 · management and general $2,292

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $477,991 · end of year -$65,796

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $526,347 · end of year $299,414

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $19,744 · end of year $25,017

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

    $700,471

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

    $136,201

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $423,966 · end of year $564,270

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,692,117 · end of year $3,162,260

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $104,080 · end of year $95,370

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $59,184 · end of year $8,000

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $473,726 · end of year $77,870

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,447,346 · end of year $4,503,563

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$606,461 · end of year -$1,068,380

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $662,290 · end of year $368,742

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE SCHOOL IS TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN THE AEROSPACE AND AVIATION INDUSTRIES THROUGH A RIGOROUS, AUTHENTIC, INDUSTRY-ALIGNED AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AT ALABAMA AEROSPACE AND AVIATION HIGH SCHOOL, WE ARE EDUCATING AND INSPIRING THE AVIATION AND AEROSPACE LEADERS OF TOMORROW. AS AN AVIATION-FOCUSED PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, WE OFFER A FUTURE-BUILDING, CAREER AND COLLEGE FOCUSED EDUCATION. WE STRIVE TO CREATE CLEARLY-DEFINED PATHWAYS FOR OUR DIVERSE STUDENT BODY TO ENTER AVIATION AND AEROSPACE CAREERS.

  • THE SCHOOL OFFERS A UNIQUE, CAREER-FOCUSED CURRICULUM DESIGNED TO GIVE STUDENTS A DIRECT PATH TO THE AVIATION INDUSTRY AND AN ADVANCED STEM EDUCATION IN AN INTENTIONALLY DIVERSE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. THROUGH OURRIGOROUS, IMMERSIVE, AND INDUSTRY-ALIGNED INSTRUCTION, WE ARE GIVING OUR STUDENTS THE SKILLS, CURIOSITY, AND INSPIRATION TO PURSUE CAREERS THAT WILL CHALLENGE AND REWARD THEM PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY.

    Expenses $4,303,162 · Revenue $26,656

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Courtney French

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Rj Smith

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Charles Knight

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Gabriel Kim

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Scott Underwood

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Terry Mills

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Luis Pineda

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Shaella Askew

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Et Brown

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Louann Hasenkamp

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Colonel Al Niles Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Merrick Sims

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Tierra Wright

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ruben Morris

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $198,276
    From this org
    $171,901
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,375
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,901
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,775
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,600
    Filer's total
    $198,276

  • Porshia Allen

    SCHOOL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $112,721
    From this org
    $101,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,388
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mauri Robinson

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $92,832
    From this org
    $75,537
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,295
    Hours/week
    40

  • Angelica Harlow

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $124,732
    From this org
    $102,901
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,831
    Hours/week
    40

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

None.

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

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
3 August 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202642179349300839

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