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AIAA FOUNDATION INC

EIN 54-1827596 RESTON, VA

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Revenue 2024
$1,479,316
Expenses 2024
$1,090,021

Program services were 74.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B82
Classification
1000
Street
1881 CAMPUS COMMONS DR STE 400

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF THE AIAA FOUNDATION, IN CONJUNCTION WITH AIAA, IS TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE WITHIN THE AEROSPACE COMMUNITY BY INSPIRING AND SUPPORTING THE NEXT GENERATION OF AEROSPACE PROFESSIONALS, PRACTICING AEROSPACE PROFESSIONALS, AND THE INSTITUTIONS ENGAGED IN AEROSPACE EDUCATION AND PRACTICE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE IN THE AEROSPACE COMMUNITY.

  • EDUCATION - THE AIAA FOUNDATION PROMOTES EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT AND TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE IN THE AEROSPACE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS, STUDENT TECHNICAL PAPER CONFERENCES, AEROSPACE DESIGN COMPETITIONS, AND AWARDS RECOGNIZING OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN VARIOUS AEROSPACE FIELDS. THE FOUNDATION ALSO PROMOTES STEM ACTIVITY AT THE K12 AND COLLEGIATE LEVELS, PROVIDES GRANTS AND ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS TO STEM EDUCATORS, AND PROVIDES RECOGNITION PLATFORMS FOR SIGNIFICANT AEROSPACE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS.ALL SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS, AND DESIGN COMPETITION RECIPIENTS ARE SELECTED BY INDEPENDENT PANELS OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. DURING FY25, THE FOUNDATION AWARDED 30 SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRADUATE AWARDS, PRESENTED 16 PROFESSIONAL AWARDS, SUPPORTED 7 STUDENT CONFERENCES, SUPPORTED 17 DESIGN COMPETITIONS, RECOGNIZED 31 RISING STARS IN AEROSPACE, AND ISSUED 89 EDUCATOR GRANTS AND AWARDS.

    Expenses $809,243 · Grants $313,099

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Daniel L Dumbacher

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETARY (OUTGOING FY25)

    Total calculated
    $502,731
    From this org
    $487,884
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,847
    Hours/week
    1 + 37.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $371,639
    Bonus
    $110,970
    Other
    $5,275
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,047
    Filer's total
    $502,731

  • Karen Rosenblum

    SVP, FINANCE, ADMIN & CFO (OUTGOING FY25)

    Total calculated
    $382,994
    From this org
    $340,364
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,630
    Hours/week
    1 + 37.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $259,850
    Bonus
    $76,950
    Other
    $3,564
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,830
    Filer's total
    $382,994

  • Merrie Scott

    SVP, MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $248,709
    From this org
    $223,688
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,021
    Hours/week
    1 + 37.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,381
    Bonus
    $36,620
    Other
    $1,687
    Deferred
    $9,118
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,903
    Filer's total
    $248,709

  • Eugene Mowry

    CEO/SECRETARY (INCOMING FY25)

    Total calculated
    $107,251
    From this org
    $107,142
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $109
    Hours/week
    1 + 37.5 related

  • Linda Montgomery

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (INCOMING FY25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 37.5 related

  • Daniel Hastings

    AIAA PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Laura McGill

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • R Steven Justice

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Dana Keoki Jackson

    AIAA PRESIDENT-ELECT (INCOMING FY25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Carissa Christensen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anthony Desimone

    TRUSTEE (INCOMING FY25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Howard McKenzie

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristi Morgansen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Snitch

    TRUSTEE (OUTGOING FY25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,479,316
    Expenses
    $1,090,021
    Contributions
    $329,096
    Grants paid
    $313,099
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,241,653
    Expenses
    $1,166,280
    Contributions
    $559,429
    Grants paid
    $298,174
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,398,786
    Expenses
    $1,761,214
    Contributions
    $616,016
    Grants paid
    $377,474

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,009,354
    Expenses
    $2,464,492
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,253,647

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,762,365
    Expenses
    $811,168
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,220,181

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,372,939
    Expenses
    $703,319
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,483,784

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,944,683
    Expenses
    $816,494
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,860,173

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,286,822
    Expenses
    $717,811
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,751,555

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,286,822
    Expenses
    $717,811
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,751,555

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,554,292
    Expenses
    $480,048
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,627,759

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,238,044
    Expenses
    $455,700
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,610,403

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,986,398
    Expenses
    $402,124
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,262,699

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $546,287
    Expenses
    $273,666
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,266,985

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility SO.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.