Ohio · Nonprofit
BUTLER COUNTY WARBIRDS INC
BUTLER COUNTY WARBIRDS INC (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,820 to it, the largest being Mick & Melissa Kowitz Family Foundation ($10,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $85k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $189k
What Butler County Warbirds Inc does
Mission
Educate individuals of all ages on the historical importance of aviation while America was at war and to celebrate our heroes through the preservation of their aircrafts and memorabilia as we share their stories.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Historic Aircraft Ride Experience: Hands on learning experience. WWII Aviation and Basic flying information. 200-300 people per year.
$36,154 spent88% of program spendingMuseum Artifact Displays: 1600 Sq Ft of climate controlled area to display military and aviation artifacts from civil war thru the military's participation in the COVID 19 response. We have over 2000 visitors per year.
$4,009 spent10% of program spendingAircraft Restoration and Preservation: Restoration of aircraft to be used in our displays and ride experiences. Unable to estimate specific numbers of visitors regarding this program. However it is a draw for our museum display and will enable us to increase our WWII Flight Experience program.
$100 spent0% of program spendingPartnered with the Middletown Community Foundation to start and maintain the Betty Stagg Turner Memorial Scholarship Fund. This fund will aid women in starting or advancing their careers in the field of aviation.
$0 spent0% of program spendingCandy Bomber Event. This free community event remembers the heroes of the Berlin Airlift and offers the community a chance to experience the airport in a different way. The kids get a history lesson and get the chance to catch candy bars on parachutes as we drop them from one of the museums aircraft.
$380 spent1% of program spendingCookies with Santa. This free community event celebrates the holiday season as Santa Claus flies into the museum to hand out candy canes, coloring books and other crafts. Guests are able to select from a wide selection of over 1200 complimentary cookies and cups of hot chocolate and teas.
$569 spent1% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $41,212.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $187k to $210k (+12%).
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.
28% of BUTLER COUNTY WARBIRDS INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3k → $3k.
From the IRS filings of BUTLER COUNTY WARBIRDS INC’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
BUTLER COUNTY WARBIRDS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 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
97% of BUTLER COUNTY WARBIRDS INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
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.
Against its field
BUTLER COUNTY WARBIRDS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like BUTLER COUNTY WARBIRDS INC
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In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BUTLER COUNTY WARBIRDS INC?
- BUTLER COUNTY WARBIRDS INC (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,820 to it, the largest being Mick & Melissa Kowitz Family Foundation ($10,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BUTLER COUNTY WARBIRDS INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $10,820 in grants to BUTLER COUNTY WARBIRDS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BUTLER COUNTY WARBIRDS INC?
- Mick & Melissa Kowitz Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $10,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUTLER COUNTY WARBIRDS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 3 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