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EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC

EIN 39-0917537 OSHKOSH, WI

Largest nonprofits in Wisconsin

Revenue 2024
$53,861,538
Expenses 2024
$49,040,747

Program services were 87.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
U030
Classification
2000
Street
3000 POBEREZNY RD

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

3 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

EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION, INC. IS DEDICATED TO GROWING AVIATION THROUGH PARTICIPATION AND EDUCATION. WE STRIVE TO DELIVER EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS AND ACTIVITIES WHICH GUIDE NEW PARTICIPANTS AND REDUCE BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION. EAA (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)IGNITES AND NURTURES INTEREST BY EMBRACING THE "SPIRIT OF AVIATION" IN ALL THAT WE DO. EAA IS ORGANIZED AND OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES. EAA COOPERATES WITH AND ASSISTS GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMS RELATING TO AVIATION ACTIVITIES, PROMOTES AND ENCOURAGES AVIATION SAFETY, PROMOTES AND ENCOURAGES GRASS ROOTS EFFORTS RELATING TO AVIATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTES AND ENCOURAGES AVIATION THROUGH EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DEDICATION TO GROWING AVIATION THROUGH PARTICIPATION & EDUCATION. DELIVER (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

  • AIRVENTURE - THE LARGEST AVIATION EVENT OF ITS KIND IS HELD EACH YEAR IN LATE JULY. AIRVENTURE EDUCATES THOSE ATTENDING ON AVIATION AND AIRCRAFT THROUGH EXHIBITS, DEMONSTRATION AIRSHOWS, EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS, AND INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 686,000 AIRVENTURE ATTENDEES.

    Expenses $16,076,252 · Grants $15,500 · Revenue $23,974,031

  • MEMBERSHIP AND PUBLICATIONS - "SPORT AVIATION" IS A MONTHLY PUBLICATION ISSUED TO MEMBERS WITH A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION ON AVIATION. "AIRVENTURE TODAY" IS A DAILY NEWSPAPER PRINTED EVERY DAY DURING AIRVENTURE. OTHER VARIOUS PRINTED AND DIGITAL PUBLICATIONS ARE PRODUCED ON A PERIODIC BASIS TO INFORM AND EDUCATE MEMBERS OR AIRVENTURE ATTENDEES. INCLUDES COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION TO ASSIST WITH TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ON AVIATION MATTERS AND PROMOTING MEMBERSHIP IN THE ORGANIZATION.

    Expenses $6,890,507 · Revenue $7,142,305

  • EAA PROVIDES FLIGHT EXPERIENCES IN VINTAGE AND HISTORICAL AIRCRAFT AT LOCAL AIRPORTS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORY AND ROLE OF AIRCRAFT OVER TIME AND INSPIRE A FUTURE GENERATION TO ENGAGE IN AVIATION. THESE AIRCRAFT SERVE AS A LIVING HISTORY THAT HOLDS A REMARKABLE CONNECTION TO THE PAST. MAKING THESE AIRCRAFT ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC INCREASES THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE ROLE OF AVIATION IN COMMERCE AND SECURITY, THE ENGINEERING ADVANCES THAT PROMOTED AVIATION AND THE WAYS IN WHICH AIRCRAFT REDEFINED WORLD TRAVEL. THIS YEAR OVER 59,000 FLIGHT EXPERIENCES WERE PROVIDED AND NEARLY 8,500 AIR TOURS WERE GIVEN ON OUR AIRCRAFT THAT TOURED THE UNITED STATES. TOUR STOPS ARE HOSTED BY VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT SHARING STORIES ABOUT THE PLANES ON THE TOUR AND EDUCATING (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) THE ATTENDEES ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF AVIATION.

    Expenses $1,091,775 · Grants $1,707,097 · Revenue $1,115,079

  • DESIGNATED CHAPTERS, MUSEUM ADMISSIONS, SPORT AIR WORKSHOPS, HOSTED EVENTS, AND SPECIAL INTEREST COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

    Expenses $18,911,745 · Grants $350,400 · Revenue $8,882,693

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.

  • Jack Pelton

    CEO/CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $851,092
    From this org
    $511,737
    From related orgs
    $275,551
    Other
    $63,804
    Hours/week
    32.5 + 17.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $365,829 + $196,985 related
    Bonus
    $81,250 + $43,750 related
    Other
    $64,658 + $34,816 related
    Deferred
    $21,607 + $11,634 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,866 + $10,697 related
    Filer's total
    $553,210 + $297,882 related
  • Charlie Precourt

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Stuart Auerbach

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Jim Phillips

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Mike Anderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Richard Beattie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Jeremy Behler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Jim Bourke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Joe Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Shelly Dezevallos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Ben Diachun

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Susan Dusenbury

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • David Forster

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Mike Goulian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Eric Gurley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Keith Kocourek

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Phil Martineau

    DIRECTOR - THRU 10/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Dan Majka

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Ken McKenzie

    DIRECTOR - THRU 04/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • David Pasahow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Jim Pfarr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Lacey Pittman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Darren Pleasance

    DIRECTOR - THRU 12/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Paul Schafer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Dan Schwinn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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
    $53,861,538
    Expenses
    $49,040,747
    Contributions
    $9,994,198
    Grants paid
    $2,072,997
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $50,813,750
    Expenses
    $48,759,838
    Contributions
    $9,880,751
    Grants paid
    $2,038,073
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $44,581,407
    Expenses
    $43,182,673
    Contributions
    $8,926,615
    Grants paid
    $1,713,624

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
    $44,368,575
    Expenses
    $37,134,448
    Assets (EOY)
    $60,024,864
  • 2021 · 990-T

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

    Revenue
    $18,861,933
    Expenses
    $27,348,530
    Assets (EOY)
    $53,947,894
  • 2020 · 990-T

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

    Revenue
    $44,379,065
    Expenses
    $41,915,244
    Assets (EOY)
    $61,965,071
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $45,581,967
    Expenses
    $41,202,371
    Assets (EOY)
    $59,022,253
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $39,868,940
    Expenses
    $37,997,229
    Assets (EOY)
    $55,141,223

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2016

Tax period
1 March 2016 to 28 February 2017
Principal officer
Barry Campbell
Mailing address
167 Country Estates DriveROGERSVILLE TN 37857
Website
www.eaa442.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 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

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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

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

  • EAA IMC LLC

    LICENSING · WI · income $0 · assets $0

  • EAA STC LLC

    STC ISSUANCE · WI · income $0 · assets $51,087

  • BLUE SKY PROPERTY HOLDINGS LLC

    PROPERTY · WI · income $0 · assets $1,577,359

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.