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AIRPORT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

EIN 52-1594261 ALEXANDRIA, VA

Largest nonprofits in Virginia

Revenue 2024
$100,567,015
Expenses 2024
$100,573,680

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2000
Street
601 MADISON STREET

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).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE FOUNDATION'S PURPOSE IS TO RECEIVE, ADMINISTER AND EXPEND FUNDS FOR CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES IN CONNECTION WITH AIR TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE FOUNDATION'S PURPOSE IS TO RECEIVE, ADMINISTER AND EXPEND FUNDS FOR CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES IN CONNECTION WITH AIR TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

  • APP-BASED TRANSPORTATION (ABT) REFERS TO SO-CALLED "RIDE-SHARE" COMPANIES SUCH AS UBER, SIDECAR AND LYFT, AS WELL AS LIMOS AND APP-BASED TAXI SERVICES WHO PROVIDE ON-DEMAND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS VIA A SMARTPHONE APP. ARDF'S ABT PROGRAM ALLOWS THE AIRPORT TO COLLECT THE REQUISITE GROUND TRANSPORTATION FEES, HAVE NECESSARY PERMITTING IN PLACE TO LIMIT LIABILITY AND ALLOW THEIR TRAVELERS TO FULLY LEVERAGE THE CONVENIENCE OF ABT. IN RETURN, BEGINNING IN 2016, ARDF COLLECTS ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FEES FROM THE AIRPORTS FOR THESE SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDE COLLECTING AND REMITTING ALL FEES ON THE AIRPORT'S BEHALF.

    Expenses $88,125,870 · Revenue $88,166,000

  • ASC PROJECT PROCESSES BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR AIRPORT AND AIRLINE EMPLOYEES IN CONJUNCTION WITH AVIATION SECURITY REGULATIONS. HIGH-SPEED, SECURE NETWORK FOR FINGERPRINT TRANSMISSIONS TO THE TSA. THE TSC IS THE LARGEST CIVILIAN CLEARINGHOUSE IN THE NATION, PROCESSING BOTH CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS AND NAME-BASED BACKGROUND VETTING REQUESTS FOR THE AVIATION COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $12,400,959 · Revenue $12,401,015

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Todd Hauptli

    PRESIDENT AN

    Total calculated
    $3,277,475
    From this org
    $481,103
    From related orgs
    $2,726,248
    Other
    $70,124
    Hours/week
    6 + 34 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $271,029 + $1,535,832 related
    Bonus
    $121,156 + $686,549 related
    Other
    $88,918 + $503,867 related
    Deferred
    $5,175 + $29,325 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,344 + $30,280 related
    Filer's total
    $491,622 + $2,785,853 related
  • Joel Bacon

    EVP GOV'T/PU

    Total calculated
    $1,064,614
    From this org
    $199,302
    From related orgs
    $797,206
    Other
    $68,106
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,584 + $626,335 related
    Bonus
    $25,000 + $100,000 related
    Other
    $17,718 + $70,871 related
    Deferred
    $6,900 + $27,600 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,721 + $26,885 related
    Filer's total
    $212,923 + $851,691 related
  • Carter Morris

    EVP AAAE SER

    Total calculated
    $1,000,560
    From this org
    $467,527
    From related orgs
    $467,527
    Other
    $65,506
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $363,621 + $363,621 related
    Bonus
    $62,500 + $62,500 related
    Other
    $41,406 + $41,406 related
    Deferred
    $17,250 + $17,250 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,503 + $15,503 related
    Filer's total
    $500,280 + $500,280 related
  • Stephen Gironda

    SVP FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $658,087
    From this org
    $221,174
    From related orgs
    $368,623
    Other
    $68,290
    Hours/week
    15 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,960 + $271,599 related
    Bonus
    $33,750 + $56,250 related
    Other
    $24,464 + $40,774 related
    Deferred
    $12,938 + $21,563 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,671 + $21,118 related
    Filer's total
    $246,783 + $411,304 related
  • Rick Crider Aae

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 13 related
  • Rebecca Hupp Aae Iap

    FIRST VICE C

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 13 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $100,567,015
    Expenses
    $100,573,680
    Contributions
    $11,890,823
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $96,157,653
    Expenses
    $93,357,020
    Contributions
    $16,367,421
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $80,961,148
    Expenses
    $77,265,665
    Contributions
    $17,936,942
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $48,854,965
    Expenses
    $45,810,904
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,984,070
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $34,265,944
    Expenses
    $32,365,092
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,859,485
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $94,975,359
    Expenses
    $92,296,634
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,467,227
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $79,579,624
    Expenses
    $76,580,741
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,205,800
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $57,436,948
    Expenses
    $57,234,738
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,813,510
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $41,767,449
    Expenses
    $41,298,277
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,602,754
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,548,264
    Expenses
    $19,360,601
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,412,072
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,463,758
    Expenses
    $13,365,109
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,287,026
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,686,650
    Expenses
    $14,557,195
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,953,487
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $12,957,958
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,632,079

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

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

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 PC.

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.