MILITARY AVIATION MUSEUM

EIN 26-1290004 VIRGINIA BCH, VA

Revenue 2024: $3,137,007
Expenses 2024: $2,095,707

Program services were 93.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: A50
Classification: 2000
Street: 4455 SOUTH BLVD STE 500

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 MILITARY AVIATION MUSEUM HONORS THE HEROES WHO BUILT, FLEW AND MAINTAINED AMERICA'S MILITARY AIRCRAFT. BY SHARING THEIR STORIES THROUGH EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS, WE PROMOTE AN UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORY, SCIENCE, SERVICE AND SACRIFICE THAT WILL INSPIRE AND EDUCATE VISITORS OF ALL AGES.

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE HISTORY OF MILITARY AVIATION FROM THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. IT ACCOMPLISHES THIS BY OPERATING A MUSEUM OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SEVEN DAYS A WEEK YEAR-ROUND (EXCLUDING THANKSGIVING DAY AND CHRISTMAS DAY). VISITORS CAN SEE THE RESTORED AND REPLICA AIRCRAFT UP CLOSE ON STATIC DISPLAY AND LEARN ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL HISTORIES AND USES DURING THE WARS BY READING SIGNAGE AND TALKING WITH VOLUNTEER MUSEUM DOCENTS.

Expenses $1,889,197 · Revenue $1,145,763
ONE OF THE INTERACTIVE WAYS THE MUSEUM EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ON THE HISTORIC MILITARY AIRCRAFT IS BY HOSTING TWO AIR SHOWS EACH YEAR. THE SPRING AIR SHOW FEATURES AN AUTHENTIC, RESTORED WORLD WAR TWO AIRCRAFT FLYING AND ON STATIC DISPLAY. THE FALL AIR SHOW FEATURES A REPLICA WORLD WAR ONE AIRCRAFT FLYING AND ON STATIC DISPLAY. BOTH EVENTS ALSO INCLUDE MILITARY RE-ENACTORS FROM THE DIFFERENT PERIODS IN HISTORY, WHO INTERACT WITH ATTENDEES AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THE PILOTS, GROUND CREW, AND OTHER SOLDIERS ENDURED DURING THE WARS.

Expenses $76,158 · Revenue $374,673
THE MUSEUM ALSO OFFERS A MONTHLY GUEST SPEAKER SERIES TO THE PUBLIC, WHICH IS FREE WITH PAID MUSEUM ADMISSION. EACH MONTH, DIFFERENT RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL GIVE A TALK ABOUT HIS OR HER EXPERIENCES WITH MILITARY AVIATION DURING WORLD WAR TWO AND IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING. THESE PRESENTATIONS GIVE VISITORS AN OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW THE HISTORY MORE INTIMATELY BY WAY OF THE PERSONAL STORIES TOLD BY PILOTS, NAVIGATORS, GUNNERS, GROUND CREW AND TRAINERS. THE MUSEUM TYPICALLY FOLLOWS THE LECTURE WITH A FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION OF ONE OF THE MUSEUM'S AIRCRAFT.

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.

EDWARD GEORGE

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5 + 0.25 related
JOHN PETERSON

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.25 related
KENT EWING

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
BRUCE HOLBROOK

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

6 + 2 related
GERALD YAGEN

FOUNDER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
TOM OWEN

VOLUNTEER MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
JOSH APPEZZATO

OBSERVER (FROM 10/24)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
MICHAEL ALLEN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
DAVID BERND

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
WILLIAM BURNETTE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
JOHN CAMPBELL JR

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
GLENN CARWELL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ROBERT DEDMAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
EMMITT DICKENS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
BOB FORT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
DAVID GOODE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
PATRICK HAND

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
HENRY SANDY HARRIS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 1 related
JOHN KAVANAUGH

DIRECTOR (THRU 01/24)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
HOWARD KERN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
BARRY KNIGHT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
BRUCE LINDSEY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
CHERYL MCLESKEY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
PETER MEREDITH

DIRECTOR (FROM 07/24)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ERIK NEIL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$3,137,007

Expenses

$2,095,707

Contributions

$1,425,724

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$1,623,373

Expenses

$1,405,847

Contributions

$345,776

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$1,718,673

Expenses

$1,409,664

Contributions

$324,629

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$3,137,007	$2,095,707	$1,425,724	$0
2023	$1,623,373	$1,405,847	$345,776	$0
2022	$1,718,673	$1,409,664	$324,629	$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

$1,982,680

Expenses

$1,275,459

Assets (EOY)

$1,953,725
2021 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2020 · 990

Revenue

$1,002,834

Expenses

$1,001,067

Assets (EOY)

$1,448,896
2020 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2019 · 990

Revenue

$1,112,962

Expenses

$896,549

Assets (EOY)

$1,177,141
2018 · 990

Revenue

$1,056,713

Expenses

$828,710

Assets (EOY)

$973,634
2017 · 990

Revenue

$989,950

Expenses

$850,686

Assets (EOY)

$725,881
2016 · 990

Revenue

$757,302

Expenses

$647,170

Assets (EOY)

$595,028
2015 · 990

Revenue

$700,252

Expenses

$708,449

Assets (EOY)

$480,264
2014 · 990

Revenue

$686,008

Expenses

$719,884

Assets (EOY)

$482,606

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$1,982,680	$1,275,459	$1,953,725
2021	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2020	990	$1,002,834	$1,001,067	$1,448,896
2020	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2019	990	$1,112,962	$896,549	$1,177,141
2018	990	$1,056,713	$828,710	$973,634
2017	990	$989,950	$850,686	$725,881
2016	990	$757,302	$647,170	$595,028
2015	990	$700,252	$708,449	$480,264
2014	990	$686,008	$719,884	$482,606

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

MILITARY AVIATION MUSEUM FOUNDATION

$1,012,500

2024 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY INC

$21,800

2025 CONSENT BASED SITING GRANT SUBAWARDEE
HAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$10,000

2022 CULTURE
HAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$10,000

2025 CULTURE
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$7,150

2022 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

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

MILITARY AVIATION MUSEUM FOUNDATION

501(C)(3) · SUPPORT MILITARY AVIATION MUSEUM · VA · controlled entity

Declared as related by

MILITARY AVIATION MUSEUM FOUNDATION

On its 2024 return

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

TSI HOLDCO INC

C · HOLDING CO. · VA

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.