Virginia · Nonprofit
ARNOLD AIR SOCIETY - SILVER WINGS
ARNOLD AIR SOCIETY - SILVER WINGS (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $294,500 to it, the largest being THE AIRLIFT TANKER ASSOCIATION INC ($180,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $260k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $295k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Arnold Air Society - Silver Wings does
Mission
Support of air and space power.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The annual program includes national and regional conclaves that educate students on us domestic and foreign policy, and also provides unique leadership and professional development opportunities not available elsewhere. The program also includes academic and flight scholarships, internships, fellowships, and volunteer support to enhance mentoring and promote practical leadership exercises that help make students exceptional civilian citizens and military leaders.
$183,100 spentof which $96,321 as grants59% of program spendingThe program service is a national conclave convention. The conclave enables members throughout the u.s. A chance to meet and obtain information regarding career opportunities in the air force and space force.
$125,000 spent41% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $308,100.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.1M to $1.3M (+24%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $9k → $24k.
From the IRS filings of ARNOLD AIR SOCIETY - SILVER WINGS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ARNOLD AIR SOCIETY - SILVER WINGS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ARNOLD AIR SOCIETY - SILVER WINGS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 86% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
ARNOLD AIR SOCIETY - SILVER WINGS draws 61% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like ARNOLD AIR SOCIETY - SILVER WINGS
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ARNOLD AIR SOCIETY - SILVER WINGS?
- ARNOLD AIR SOCIETY - SILVER WINGS (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $294,500 to it, the largest being THE AIRLIFT TANKER ASSOCIATION INC ($180,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ARNOLD AIR SOCIETY - SILVER WINGS have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $294,500 in grants to ARNOLD AIR SOCIETY - SILVER WINGS, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARNOLD AIR SOCIETY - SILVER WINGS?
- THE AIRLIFT TANKER ASSOCIATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $180,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARNOLD AIR SOCIETY - SILVER WINGS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing