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Air Line Pilots Association International

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to promote the interests of the airline piloting profession and to safeguard the rights, individually and collectively, of its members.

$368k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Public Safety & Disaster$1.4MEducation$346kArts & Culture$225kScience & Tech$141kCommunity Improvement$98kRecreation & Sports$84kPublic Benefit$68kCrime & Legal$28kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $151,142, the rows itemized in this filing. The $367,772 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $216,630 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $47k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $105k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$663M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AERO CLUB OF WASHINGTON$27,600
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY$20,000
INTERNATIONAL AVIATION CLUB$13,100
AMERICAN ASSOC OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES INC$13,000
ALPA EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC$10,869
SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION$10,000
10PIN BOWLING LOUNGE$10,000
FLIGHT SAFETY FOUNDATION$9,000
WOMEN IN AVIATION INT'L$8,000
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ASSOCIATION$7,573
CAPITOL HILL CLUB$7,500
GREATER WASHINGTON AVIATION OPEN$7,500
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB$7,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $37k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GREATER WASHINGTON AVIATION OPEN: $10k → 6%GREATER WASHINGTON AVIATION OPEN: $8k → 6%GREATER WASHINGTON AVIATION OPEN: $7k → 6%GREATER WASHINGTON AVIATION OPEN: $6k → 6%GREATER WASHINGTON AVIATION: $7k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ND
MN
IL
MI
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
TN
DC
GA
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $70k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 2 regions, $62k to organizations and $8k to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

North America (Canada and Mexico)$63k · 91% · 4 grants · 1 person

Stated purpose: Sponsorship · CONTRIBUTION · GRANT MACEWAN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$6k · 9% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: SPONSORSHIP

How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 14 repeat orgs$520k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
17

Total granted

$1.9M
$503k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+11%

Still filing today

93%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationPublic Safety & DisasterHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsSocial ScienceArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AC
    AERO CLUB OF WASHINGTON DC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $125k · revenue +58%
  • AA
    AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $81k · revenue +66%
  • GW
    Greater Washington Aviation Open INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $37k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • TI
    THE INVISIBLE HIGHWAY LLC
    one grant, 2019 · $170k
  • TL
    The LeRoy W Homer Jr Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $55k · revenue +11% · 26% of their budget
  • CJ
    Captain Jason Dahl Scholarship Fund
    one grant, 2021 · $55k · revenue -17% · 46% of their budget
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Air Transport Association of America Inc

Airlines for america (a4a) vigorously advocates for america's airlines as models of safety, customer service, and environmental responsibility; and as the indispensable network that drives our nation's economy and global…

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2
National Aeronautic Association Inc

To advance the art, sport, and science of aviation and space flight by fostering opportunities to participate fully in the aviation activities and by promoting public understanding of the importance of aviation and space flight in the…

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3
Air Line Pilots Association International

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to promote the interests of the airline piloting profession and to safeguard the rights, individually and collectively, of its members.

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4
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

To advance the arts, sciences, and technology of aeronautics and astronautics and to nurture and promote the professionalism of those engaged in these pursuits. the institute encourages original research, fosters dissemination of new…

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5
Aircraft Electronics Association

To encourage and advance the science of aircraft electronics.

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6
National Business Aviation Association Inc

To foster an environment that allows business aviation to thrive in the united states and around the world.

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7
International Aerospace Womens Association

To culitvate and advance women leaders in the aviation and aerospace industries through a global network.

Community Improvement
8
The Aopa Foundation Inc

See schedule oto promote, advance and encourage aviation and airport safety and security and the research and testing in the support thereof; to educate the public and users of the national air transportation system to the value and…

Public Safety & Disaster
9
Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association

See schedule oaircraft owners & pilots association (aopa), a not-for-profit individual membership organization, effectively serves the interests and needs of its members and establishes, maintains, and articulates position of leadership to…

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10
Air & Space Forces Association

The air & space forces association (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. the association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. air and space forces as the foundation of a strong…

Education
11
United Airlines Pilots Retirement Foundation
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12
Independent Pilots Association

The Independent Pilots Association (IPA) is the collective bargaining agent for the pilots employed by United Parcel Service. The IPA negotiates and submits to its members contracts for ratification and acts in the interest of its members.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Flight Safety Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Captain Jason Dahl Scholarship Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 33 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
21/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALPA EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC: $1,333,060 · Public Safety & DisasterALPA EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC+1 more: $19,200 · Public Safety & DisasterTHE INVISIBLE HIGHWAY LLC: $170,000 · OtherTHE INVISIBLE HIGHWAY LLCAERO CLUB OF WASHINGTON DC: $125,490 · OtherAERO CLUB OF WASHINGTON DCWAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY: $125,000 · OtherWAYNE STATE UNIVERSITYAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES INC: $80,500 · OtherAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT E…National Democratic Club: $32,500 · Other+15 more: $191,823 · Other+15 moreThe LeRoy W Homer Jr Foundation: $55,000 · EducationThe LeRoy …Captain Jason Dahl Scholarship Fund: $55,000 · EducationCaptain Ja…WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $55,000 · EducationWEST CHEST…WOMEN IN AVIATION INTERNATIONAL INC: $32,285 · EducationWOMEN IN A…+3 more: $18,500 · Education+3 more9-11 MEMORIAL GARDEN OF REFLECTION: $55,000 · Arts & CultureGreater Washington Aviation Open INC: $36,500 · Human ServicesInternational Aviation Club of Washington DC: $28,525 · Recreation & SportsSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Crime & Legal
Public Safety & Disaster$1,352,260Other$725,313Education$215,785Arts & Culture$55,000Human Services$36,500Recreation & Sports$28,525Crime & Legal$20,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALPA EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC: $1,333,060 over 6y, 94% of budgetAERO CLUB OF WASHINGTON DC: $125,490 over 7y, 23% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES INC: $80,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe LeRoy W Homer Jr Foundation: $55,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetCaptain Jason Dahl Scholarship Fund: $55,000 over 1y, 46% of budgetWEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budget9-11 MEMORIAL GARDEN OF REFLECTION: $55,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetGreater Washington Aviation Open INC: $36,500 over 5y, 19% of budgetNational Democratic Club: $32,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWOMEN IN AVIATION INTERNATIONAL INC: $32,285 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetInternational Aviation Club of Washington DC: $28,525 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetTHE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CLUB OF CAPITOL HILL INC: $24,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMEN'S FOUNDATION: $21,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFLIGHT SAFETY FOUNDATION INC: $19,200 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetChamber of Commerce of the USA: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEDEX PILOTS CHARITABLE FUND: $17,500 over 1y, 54% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetUNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLATIN PROFESSIONALS IN AEROSPACE INC: $11,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDELTA PILOTS CHARITABLE FUND INC: $8,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetAmerican Bar Association: $7,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ASSOCIATION INC: $7,573 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRTCA INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Economic Club of Washington DC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL INTERCOLLEGIATE FLYING ASSOCIATION: $6,500 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetNorth Dakota State University Foundation: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORGANIZATION OF BLACK AEROSPACE PROFESSIONALS: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Communications Worker…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Communications Workers of America Afl-Cio ClcDC15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communications Workers of America Afl-Cio Clc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Air Line Pilots Association International funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Air Line Pilots Association International. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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