FLIGHT SAFETY FOUNDATION INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

M40Z

Classification

2800

Street

1920 BALLENGER AVE 4TH FLOOR

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Mission and programs · 2024

• TECHNICAL, RESEARCH, LIBRARY, AND OTHER: FSF'S TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT ENGAGES WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND WORK GROUPS AND FOCUSES ITS EFFORTS ON SAFETY-RELATED RESEARCH VIA FUNDED PROGRAMS. THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE AUSTRALIA SUBSIDIARY, WHICH PROVIDES AVIATION SAFETY TRAINING AND THE SINGAPORE BRANCH, ESTABLISHED IN 2023, WHICH OPERATES THE FLIGHT SAFETY FOUNDATION ASIA PACIFIC CENTRE FOR AVIATION SAFETY (AP-CAS) PRINCIPALLY TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF AVIATION SAFETY ISSUES IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION. SOME OF THE FUNDED PROGRAMS ARE DETAILED IN THE NEXT FEW BULLET POINTS:- SKYBRARY: FSF PROVIDES CONTENT REVIEW AND EDITORIAL SUPPORT THAT ENHANCES THE CONTENT AND ACCURACY OF SAFETY INFORMATION.- INNOVATIONS IN TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESSES FOR CAST/ASIAS TRANSFORMATION: FSF IS PERFORMING RESEARCH ON COLLABORATIVE SAFETY PROCESSES AND TOOLS, INCLUDING THOSE EMPLOYING ADVANCED COMPUTING. - INTEGRATED SAFETY ASSURANCE RESEARCH STRATEGY ALIGNMENT: FSF ASSESSED AVIATION COMMUNITY PRIORITIES THAT CAN INFORM RESEARCH EFFORTS ENABLING THE SKY FOR ALL CONCEPT, INCLUDING THE ASSESSMENT OF THE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE CURRENT SKY FOR ALL ROADMAP AND THE ROADMAP FOR THE IN-TIME AVIATION SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.- ASSESSMENT OF AVIATION STAKEHOLDER PRIORITIES AND NEEDS FOR THE EVOLUTION TO IN-TIME AVIATION SAFETY MANAGEMENT: FSF EXPLORED THE POTENTIAL OPERATOR BENEFITS POOL ASSOCIATED WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IN-TIME AVIATION SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (IASMS) AND ASSESS KEY DEPENDENCIES ASSOCIATED WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF IASMS.- DEVELOPMENT OF A CONCEPT AND PATH FORWARD FOR FUTURE AVIATION OPERATIONS: THIS PROJECT PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKY FOR ALL, A CONCEPT FOR THE FUTURE OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM.- INITIAL SAFETY ASSESSMENT FOR DIGITAL FLIGHT: THIS PROJECT INVOLVES 1) A QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE SAFETY RISKS/BENEFITS OF A DIGITAL FLIGHT AND 2) A QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF HOW DIGITAL FLIGHT RELATES TO THE IN-TIME AVIATION SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CONCEPT AND ROADMAP.- DUAL REGISTRATION STUDY: FSF STUDIED THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL AVIATION SANCTIONS ON THE ABILITY TO SUSTAIN AND VERIFY THE SAFETY OF WESTERN-BUILT AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY AIR OPERATORS FROM COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY SANCTIONS. A SERIES OF REPORTS WERE PRODUCED THAT ADDRESSED REGULATORY NONCOMPLIANCE MATTERS AND PROVIDED EXPERT ASSESSMENT OF SAFETY CONCERNS.- SAFETY 2: FSF DEVELOPED A NEW FRAMEWORK TO LEVERAGE OPERATIONAL INFORMATION TO ENHANCE SAFETY THROUGH APPLYING BEST PRACTICES FROM POSITIVE OUTCOMES IN NORMAL OPERATIONS.- ASIA PACIFIC SAFETY DATA SHARING DEMONSTRATION PROJECT: FSF, IN COLLABORATION WITH MITRE AND SEVERAL PARTICIPATING CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITIES IN ASIA PACIFIC IDENTIFIED SAFETY HAZARDS AND RISKS IN AIR SAFETY AND PROVIDED LISTS OF POTENTIAL MITIGATION APPROACHES.- ASIA PACIFIC CENTRE FOR AVIATION SAFETY: THE FSF ASIA PACIFIC CENTRE FOR AVIATION SAFETY CONDUCTS STUDIES ON REGIONAL SAFETY ISSUES THAT INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO STRENGTHEN SAFETY AND ASSISTS REGULATORS AND INDUSTRY TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS.- UNIVERSAL SAFETY OVERSIGHT AUDIT PROGRAM: FSF IS COLLABORATING WITH SELECTED CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITIES TO DELIVER TRAINING THAT PREPARES THEM FOR AUDITS UNDER ICAO'S USOAP.

  Expenses $1,868,512 · Revenue $2,623,062

• FLIGHT SAFETY FOUNDATION HOSTED FIVE EVENTS IN 2024: AP SAS IN CHINA, BASS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, SAFETY FORUM, IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, THE NETWORKING DINNER IN WASHINGTON DC, AND IASS IN BRAZIL. FSF'S EVENTS ARE GATHERINGS OF AVIATION PROFESSIONALS, DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY IN DESIGN, MANUFACTURING, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATIONS. LEADING AVIATION SPECIALISTS EXCHANGE INFORMATION AND OFFER DIRECTIONS FOR FURTHER RISK REDUCTION.

  Expenses $1,136,308 · Revenue $551,133

• MEMBERSHIP SERVICES: FLIGHT SAFETY FOUNDATION IS THE LEADING VOICE OF SAFETY FOR THE GLOBAL AVIATION COMMUNITY. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS BY DEVELOPING GLOBAL SOLUTIONS TO KEY AVIATION SAFETY CHALLENGES, BEING THE CONSTANT AND FORCEFUL "JUST CULTURE" ADVOCATE FOR ALL GLOBAL AVIATION COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER, INTERACT AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. THESE EFFORTS ARE CARRIED OUT THROUGH SEVERAL SIGNATURE PROGRAMS INCLUDING OUR BASIC AVIATION RISK STANDARD (BARS) PROGRAM, OUR PREMIER MEMBERS-ONLY DIGITAL MAGAZINE, AEROSAFETY WORLD, AND OUR AVIATION SAFETY EVENTS WHICH ARE HELD WORLDWIDE.

  Expenses $406,881

• COMMUNICATIONS: THE FSF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT DISSEMINATES INFORMATION ABOUT AVIATION SAFETY, INCLUDING THE SAFETY INITIATIVES DEVELOPED BY THE FOUNDATION AT ITS MAIN OFFICE IN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, AND A REGIONAL OFFICE IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. THE DEPARTMENT PRODUCES AEROSAFETY WORLD, THE FOUNDATION'S ONLINE MAGAZINE, AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE, SPECIAL REPORTS, NEWS RELEASES, AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

  Expenses $390,669 · Revenue $1,695,876

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.

The first 25 listed. 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

  $5,055,822

  Expenses

  $4,721,953

  Contributions

  $20,750

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,970,958

  Expenses

  $3,976,731

  Contributions

  $131,778

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,730,138

  Expenses

  $3,340,101

  Contributions

  $331,056

  Grants paid

  $3,220

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

  $3,156,585

  Expenses

  $2,578,484

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,531,593

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,476,876

  Expenses

  $2,293,333

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,510,881

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,816,973

  Expenses

  $3,227,753

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,963,090

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,441,480

  Expenses

  $3,545,688

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,421,574

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,625,180

  Expenses

  $3,661,214

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,903,340

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,628,516

  Expenses

  $4,511,854

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,635,778

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,976,029

  Expenses

  $4,560,384

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,931,931

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,363,538

  Expenses

  $3,001,577

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,128,290

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,838,676

  Expenses

  $3,466,041

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,088,336

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $4,179,170

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,463,992

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

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $16,100

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL

  $10,200

  2023 · Sponsorship

• AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL

  $9,000

  2024 · Sponsorship

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.

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