Colorado · Nonprofit
ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY
ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY (Colorado) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,410,684 to it, the largest being MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE ($20,742,435). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $21M
- Net assets
- $125M
What Association of Graduates of the United States Air Force Academy does
Mission
To serve graduates, preserve the heritage of the academy and long blue line, and support usafa in its mission to develop leaders of character for the department of the air force, the united states space force, and nation.(continued on sch o)we do this by: a. Working in partnership with the academy to produce and foster graduates with an enduring commitment to integrity, excellence, and service to country. B. Providing leadership, communication, and support to all academy graduates and friends of the academy while promoting camaraderie among them. C. Promoting the heritage of the academy, our common traditions, and the accomplishments of our graduates. D. Communicating to the academy's leadership information and recommendations from members of the aog about the academy, based on the knowledge and experience of aog members.e. Promoting battle tested and meritocratic based leadership f. Promoting knowledge and understanding of the adherence to the u.s. Constitution.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Academy and other services - funds utilized for projects that directly support the academy, cadet wing or alumni.
$4,566,953 spentof which $2,662,608 as grants$978,145 earned by the program64% of program spendingPublications - funds utilized for publication and distribution of the alumni magazine checkpoints, the register of graduates and various other alumni and academy related publications.
$1,139,242 spent$115,146 earned by the program16% of program spendingSpecial events & chapter support - funds utilized for events open to graduates at the academy and at the local chapter level such as founders day celebrations and the distinguished graduates and award dinner.
$936,993 spent$319,649 earned by the program13% of program spendingLine 4d, program servicemember services, reunions & career services - member services expenditures are used to maintain information on graduates and families of current cadets and to provide networking opportunities among graduates and supporters. The association also provides support and coordination for activities surrounding class reunions. Career services offered include career conferences, mock interviews, and resume reviews for graduates seeking new employment.
$486,267 spent7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,129,455.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $54M to $133M (+145%).
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.
44% of ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
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.
Chief executive
Mark D Hille
CEO
Board chair
Brian Bishop
Chair (to 4/25)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2021 and FY2022, and between the FY2023 and FY2024, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $53k → $5.9M.
5 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $5.5M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Air Force Academy Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY raised.
From the IRS filings of ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY’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
ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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 ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 100% · 2019 78% · 2020 75% · 2021 98% · 2022 94% · 2023 98% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
33% of ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
99% of ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $468k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
59%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY?
- ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY (Colorado) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,410,684 to it, the largest being MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE ($20,742,435). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $21,410,684 in grants to ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY?
- MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE is the largest funder on record, with $20,742,435 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 15 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing