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American Association of Airport Executives Inc

American association of airport executives (aaae), founded in 1928, is the largest professional organization for airport executives in the world, representing thousands of airport management personnel at public-use airports of all sizes.

$463k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$198k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Employment$2.9MHealth$387kCommunity Improvement$281kEnvironment$145kPublic Safety & Disaster$100kRecreation & Sports$13k
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $425,265, the rows itemized in this filing. The $462,765 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $37,500 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 $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $114k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $298k
$23,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$35M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF$198,405
AAAE RELIEF FOUNDATION$100,000
GREAT LAKES CHAPTER AAAE$23,500
NORTHWEST CHAPTER AAAE$23,500
SOUTH CENTRAL CHAPTER AAAE$23,500
NORTHEAST CHAPTER AAAE$23,500
SOUTHWEST CHAPTER AAAE$20,000
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER ASSOCIATION$7,500
AERO CLUB OF WASHINGTON$5,360
02The need
03

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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 15% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SOUTHWEST CHAPTER AAAE: $28k → 11%NORTHEAST CHAPTER AAAE: $53k → 14%SOUTH CENTRAL CHAPTER AAAE: $53k → 10%SOUTH CENTRAL CHAPTER AAAE: $31k → 16%SOUTHEAST CHAPTER AAAE: $53k → 11%NORTHWEST CHAPTER AAAE: $53k → 16%GREAT LAKES CHAPTER AAAE: $53k → 7%AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES FOUNDATION: $2.2M → 9%SOUTHWEST CHAPTER AAAE: $53k → 11%NORTHEAST CHAPTER AAAE: $31k → 14%SOUTH CENTRAL CHAPTER AAAE: $24k → 10%SOUTHEAST CHAPTER AAAE: $31k → 11%NORTHWEST CHAPTER AAAE: $31k → 16%GREAT LAKES CHAPTER AAAE: $24k → 7%AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES FOUNDATION: $284k → 9%SOUTHWEST CHAPTER AAAE: $20k → 11%NORTHEAST CHAPTER AAAE: $24k → 14%SOUTH CENTRAL CHAPTER AAAE: $23k → 10%SOUTHEAST CHAPTER AAAE: $16k → 11%NORTHWEST CHAPTER AAAE: $24k → 16%GREAT LAKES CHAPTER AAAE: $23k → 7%AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES FOUNDATION: $217k → 9%SOUTHWEST CHAPTER AAAE: $20k → 11%NORTHEAST CHAPTER AAAE: $23k → 14%SOUTH CENTRAL CHAPTER AAAE: $16k → 10%NORTHWEST CHAPTER AAAE: $23k → 16%GREAT LAKES CHAPTER AAAE: $16k → 7%AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF: $198k → 9%SOUTHWEST CHAPTER AAAE: $16k → 11%NORTHEAST CHAPTER AAAE: $16k → 14%NORTHWEST CHAPTER AAAE: $16k → 16%AAAE RELIEF FOUNDATION: $100k → 9%AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER ASSOCIATION: $8k → 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

NY
OR
OH
VA
AZ
SC
DC
TX
FL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.7M · 7 repeat orgs$113k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +89% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
3

Total granted

$3.7M
$113k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+89%
0%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $113k went to new ones.

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

  • AA
    AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $2.9M · revenue +89% · 78% of their budget
  • NC
    NORTHWEST CHAPTER AMERICAN ASSOCIATION O
    5× · 2019–2024 · $145k · revenue +232%
  • AA
    AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES NORTH EAST CHAPTER
    5× · 2019–2024 · $145k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • AR
    AAAE RELIEF FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · 40% of their budget
  • AT
    AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $8k · revenue -29%
  • AC
    AERO CLUB OF WASHINGTON DCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +40%
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
American Association of Airport Executives Inc

American association of airport executives (aaae), founded in 1928, is the largest professional organization for airport executives in the world, representing thousands of airport management personnel at public-use airports of all sizes.…

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2
Asociacion Latinoamericana De Transporte Aereo Corp

Represent the industrial interests of its members and promote a safer more efficient airline industry

Community Improvement
3
Carolina Aviation Professionals Association

Carolina aviation professionals association is an organization conceived by local industry volunteers, desiring to promote and support business aviation.

Education
4
Aircraft Electronics Association

To encourage and advance the science of aircraft electronics.

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5
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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6
The American Association for Aerosol Research Inc

To provide scientific forums and publications in all aspects of aerosol research, to encompass the diverse technical disciplines utilizing aerosol technology, and to engender aerosol research and innovation of the highest quality.

Science & Tech
7
Airport Law Enforcement Agencies Network

To promote, sponsor, and conduct a regular information-sharing network and meetings for the benefit of airport law enforcement officers throughout the world in an effort to enhance airport law enforcement and aviation security.

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8
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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9
Greater Miami Aviation Association

To promote the advancement, encouragement, and support of aviation in south florida.

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10
National Association of State Aviation Officials Inc

NASAO was established to ensure uniformity of safety measures, to standardize airport regulations, and to develop a truly national air transportation system responsive to local, state, and regional needs.

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11
American Pilots Association Inc

To represent and promote the welfare and common business interests of licensed ship pilots and ship pilot associations and to represent before and cooperate with federal and state authorities in matters relating to pilotage.

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12
International Aviation Club of Washington Dc

Promote interest in aviation

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Association of Airport Executives North East Chapter; the most unlike its peers is Southeast Chapter of the American Association of Airport Executives. 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

10 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.

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

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES FOUNDATION INC: $2,893,424 · OtherAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES FOUNDATION INCNORTHWEST CHAPTER AMERICAN ASSOCIATION O: $145,250 · OtherAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES NORTH EAST CHAPTER: $145,250 · OtherSOUTH CENTRAL CHAPTER AMERICAN ASSOC OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES: $145,250 · OtherGreat Lakes Chapter American Association of Airport Services: $142,750 · OtherSouthwest Chapter American Assoc of Airport Executives: $136,000 · Other+3 more: $111,360 · OtherAAAE RELIEF FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$3,719,284Public Safety & Disaster$100,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES FOUNDATION INC: $2,893,424 over 4y, 78% of budgetNORTHWEST CHAPTER AMERICAN ASSOCIATION O: $145,250 over 5y, 19% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES NORTH EAST CHAPTER: $145,250 over 5y, 11% of budgetSOUTH CENTRAL CHAPTER AMERICAN ASSOC OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES: $145,250 over 5y, 19% of budgetGreat Lakes Chapter American Association of Airport Services: $142,750 over 5y, 14% of budgetSouthwest Chapter American Assoc of Airport Executives: $136,000 over 5y, 48% of budgetAAAE RELIEF FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetSOUTHEAST CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES: $98,500 over 3y, 15% of budgetAIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ASSOCIATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAERO CLUB OF WASHINGTON DC: $5,360 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization American Association of Airport Executives Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Association of Airport Executives Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to American Association of Airport Executives Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 10 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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