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AIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION

EIN 52-6043929 ARLINGTON, VA

Revenue 2024
$31,493,812
Expenses 2024
$27,603,634

Program services were 79.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B034
Classification
1000
Street
1201 S JOYCE ST C6 2ND FL

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).

Group exemption

The central organization of an IRS group exemption (group number 5392), covering 128 subordinate organizations. matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

All 128 subordinates →

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.

  • DAVID DEPTULA

    DEAN, MITCHELL INSTITUTE

    Total calculated
    $532,379
    From this org
    $499,284
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,095
    Hours/week
    39.75 + 0.25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $416,284
    Bonus
    $83,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,455
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,640
    Filer's total
    $532,379

  • DOUGLAS RAABERG

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $404,742
    From this org
    $369,747
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,995
    Hours/week
    39.75 + 0.25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $364,161
    Bonus
    $5,586
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $32,176
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,819
    Filer's total
    $404,742

  • BURTON M FIELD

    PRESIDENT & CEO AS OF 04/2024

    Total calculated
    $348,373
    From this org
    $323,215
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,158
    Hours/week
    39.75 + 0.25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $323,215
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,015
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,143
    Filer's total
    $348,373

  • JOSEPH STANGL

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $305,737
    From this org
    $264,530
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,207
    Hours/week
    39.75 + 0.25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $260,134
    Bonus
    $4,396
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,313
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,894
    Filer's total
    $305,737

  • DOUG BIRKEY

    EXEC DIR., MITCHELL INSTITUTE

    Total calculated
    $280,640
    From this org
    $248,457
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,183
    Hours/week
    39.75 + 0.25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $244,457
    Bonus
    $4,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,168
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,015
    Filer's total
    $280,640

  • WILLIAM CASTLE

    VP, LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $273,166
    From this org
    $248,142
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,024
    Hours/week
    39.75 + 0.25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $244,442
    Bonus
    $3,700
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,135
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,889
    Filer's total
    $273,166

  • ROBERT CLAPPER

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $269,116
    From this org
    $237,402
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,714
    Hours/week
    39.75 + 0.25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,456
    Bonus
    $3,946
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,188
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,526
    Filer's total
    $269,116

  • HEATHER PENNEY

    SENIOR RESIDENT FELLOW

    Total calculated
    $263,881
    From this org
    $229,124
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,757
    Hours/week
    39.75 + 0.25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,624
    Bonus
    $3,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,670
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,087
    Filer's total
    $263,881

  • TOBIAS NAEGELE

    EDITOR IN CHIEF/VP STRATEGIC COMM

    Total calculated
    $271,160
    From this org
    $227,232
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,928
    Hours/week
    39.75 + 0.25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,216
    Bonus
    $4,016
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,676
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,252
    Filer's total
    $271,160

  • AMANDA GRANDEL

    VICE PRESIDENT STRATEGIC EVENTS

    Total calculated
    $241,690
    From this org
    $219,721
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,969
    Hours/week
    39.75 + 0.25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,107
    Bonus
    $3,614
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,162
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,807
    Filer's total
    $241,690

  • CHARLES GALBREATH

    SR. FELLOW SPACE STUDIES, MITCHELL INSTITUE

    Total calculated
    $232,598
    From this org
    $210,969
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,629
    Hours/week
    39.75 + 0.25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,469
    Bonus
    $3,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,789
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,840
    Filer's total
    $232,598

  • BRUCE A WRIGHT

    PRESIDENT & CEO UNTIL 03/2024

    Total calculated
    $96,693
    From this org
    $88,285
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,408
    Hours/week
    39.75 + 0.25 related

  • BERNIE SKOCH

    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    27.75 + 0.25 related

  • CHRIS CANADA

    VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    22.75 + 0.25 related

  • STEPHEN GOURLEY

    VC OF THE BOARD UNTIL 09/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    17.75 + 0.25 related

  • GARY COPSEY

    VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    22.75 + 0.25 related

  • MICHAEL LIQUORI

    SECRETARY UNTIL 09/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12.75 + 0.25 related

  • PAUL HENDRICKS

    SECRETARY AS OF 10/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.75 + 0.25 related

  • CHUCK MARTIN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10.75 + 0.25 related

  • JACKIE TROTTER

    NATIONAL DIR. AT LARGE UNTIL 09/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.75 + 0.25 related

  • DOUG SLOCUM

    NATIONAL DIRECTOR AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.75 + 0.25 related

  • TODD FREECE

    NATIONAL DIRECTOR AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.75 + 0.25 related

  • MARK L TARPLEY

    NATIONAL DIR. AT LARGE UNTIL 09/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.75 + 0.25 related

  • DAN OHNESORGE

    NATIONAL DIRECTOR AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.75 + 0.25 related

  • GABBE KEARNEY

    NATIONAL DIRECTOR AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.75 + 0.25 related

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
    $31,493,812
    Expenses
    $27,603,634
    Contributions
    $7,882,919
    Grants paid
    $380,489
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $41,249,058
    Expenses
    $25,567,774
    Contributions
    $22,225,013
    Grants paid
    $364,567
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $22,788,524
    Expenses
    $22,797,225
    Contributions
    $8,605,776
    Grants paid
    $367,000

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

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2023

Tax period
1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023
Principal officer
Alicia Hughes
Mailing address
243 Haw Creek Mews DrAsheville NC 28805
Website
Something was entered that is not a web address, so it is not shown.

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 12 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

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 10 September 2026, under deductibility GROUP.

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 IRS Business Master File ingested 5 October 2026, which is when the registration facts above were last refreshed for every organization. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.