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UND AEROSPACE FOUNDATION

EIN 45-0390485 GRAND FORKS, ND

Largest nonprofits in North Dakota

Revenue 2024
$43,834,481
Expenses 2024
$29,581,466

Program services were 90.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B11
Classification
1000
Street
4275 UNIVERSITY AVE

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

To support the functions of, and to assist in carrying out the purposes of, the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences of the University of North Dakota.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Education in the field of aerospace.

  • The UND Aerospace Foundation (The Foundation) is a North Dakota nonprofit organization organized to encourage and develop the University of North Dakota's (UND) John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences. The Foundation's principal activities consist of developing and conducting training programs, research and development, and consulting services related to the aerospace industry. The Foundation's principal activities are in Grand Forks, ND, with a second flight training center located in Mesa, AZ. Aviation training - classroom, flight training, and support services delivered to pilot students at Grand Forks campus, with 13,669 flight training hours during the year.

    Expenses $7,806,544 · Grants $469,031 · Revenue $8,910,451

  • Flight training center - flight training delivered to student pilots outside of the Grand Forks campus, primarily students enrolled in community college programs. Location is Mesa, Arizona with 69,758 flight hours during the year.

    Expenses $17,916,997 · Revenue $27,344,340

  • Aircraft and simulator rental - rental receipts for aircraft and simulators for use at Grand Forks campus for flight training, primarily for use with the undergraduate students enrolled at the University of North Dakota. Assets include aircraft and simulators.

    Expenses $3,832 · Revenue $42,000

  • Other programs include FAA testing center, software development, and aerospace merchandise sales.

    Expenses $894,612 · Revenue $157,258

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.

  • Charles Pineo

    Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $453,094
    From this org
    $382,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $71,044
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $328,050
    Bonus
    $54,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $43,050
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,840
    Filer's total
    $453,940
  • Robert Kraus

    President

    Total calculated
    $347,326
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $289,214
    Other
    $58,112
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $289,214 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $36,401 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,622 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $348,237 related
  • Dana Sande

    Vice President of Business

    Total calculated
    $347,736
    From this org
    $287,063
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,673
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $248,063
    Bonus
    $39,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $32,678
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,793
    Filer's total
    $348,534
  • Cara Miller

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $279,546
    From this org
    $226,076
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,470
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,076
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,445
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,796
    Filer's total
    $280,317
  • Rex Ginder

    Associate Director of Phoenix Flight Operations

    Total calculated
    $186,435
    From this org
    $140,101
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,334
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,101
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,576
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,468
    Filer's total
    $187,145
  • Chad Martin

    Aircraft Sales & Project Manager

    Total calculated
    $179,329
    From this org
    $131,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,425
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,904
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,086
    Filer's total
    $179,990
  • Larry Martin

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $30,000
    From this org
    $30,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • David Williamson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $18,000
    From this org
    $18,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Bunke

    Director

    Total calculated
    $18,000
    From this org
    $18,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen Nyberg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $18,000
    From this org
    $18,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Odegard

    Director

    Total calculated
    $18,000
    From this org
    $18,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard McConn

    Director

    Total calculated
    $13,500
    From this org
    $13,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles Kluenker

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Clay Lacy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles Ahearn

    Director

    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
    $43,834,481
    Expenses
    $29,581,466
    Contributions
    $4,437,524
    Grants paid
    $469,031
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $37,291,388
    Expenses
    $25,607,905
    Contributions
    $8,125,616
    Grants paid
    $318,206
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $22,926,416
    Expenses
    $22,019,274
    Contributions
    $437,806
    Grants paid
    $235,203

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $31,533,756
    Expenses
    $27,850,809
    Assets (EOY)
    $96,162,073
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $34,502,257
    Expenses
    $30,270,235
    Assets (EOY)
    $89,562,086
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $35,764,126
    Expenses
    $34,691,048
    Assets (EOY)
    $87,259,673
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $42,597,507
    Expenses
    $32,535,792
    Assets (EOY)
    $83,102,482
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $33,641,053
    Expenses
    $32,462,069
    Assets (EOY)
    $73,107,076

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

  • University of North Dakota

    $124,586

    2022 Program support.

  • University of North Dakota

    $111,453

    2024 Program support.

  • University of North Dakota

    $97,200

    2024 UND Scholarship Endowment

  • University of North Dakota

    $91,488

    2023 Program support.

  • 2024 Education

  • 2023 Education

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

  • University of North Dakota

    University level education. · ND

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.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • Sunray Property Holdings LLC

    To own and operate real estate property located in AZ. · AZ · income $424,055 · assets $4,854,706

  • Blue Sky Property LLC

    To own and operate real estate property located in AZ. · AZ · income $856,953 · assets $12,667,086

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 SOUNK.

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.