Wisconsin · Nonprofit
EAA WARBIRDS OF AMERICA INC
EAA WARBIRDS OF AMERICA INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $101,538 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $102k
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Eaa Warbirds of America Inc does
Mission
In order to create a civic awareness and to better educate the publicwith respect to a vital yet vanishing aspect of our aeronauticalheritage, the purposes of eaa warbirds of america, inc. Is to promoteand encourage the preservation and operation of (see schedule o) world war ii and other such aircraft that are representative of military aviation operations, and to educate its members and other interested persons, in methods of safe operation and maintenance of world war ii and other such aircraft that are representative of military aviation operations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Warbirds in review - a program at airventure oshkosh that presentslegendary pilots and military aircraft of the past 75 years. The twice-daily sessions offer attendees a rare chance to see aviation legends and others up close with aircraft types that they flew in combat, testing or training. Members generously provide their aircraft and talk about the many facets of warbird ownership. The sessions feature fascinating "inside" stories from the presenters and include the opportunity for questions and answers from the audience.
$531,068 spent$259,760 earned by the program62% of program spendingPublication - "warbirds" is a membership publication published six times each year and features stories about warbird aircraft, articles of historical interest, news and superb color photography.
$256,899 spent30% of program spendingMembership services - costs associated with the following: membership meetings held at various fly-ins, distribution of various awards at such meetings, event registration, promotion of membership in the organization and knowledge and information provided to promote and assist in the restoration of ex-military aircraft to original specifications.
$71,125 spent$309,359 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $859,092.
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 2017 to 2018, from $1.0M to $1.5M (+45%).
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.
43% of EAA WARBIRDS OF AMERICA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Kristin Schaick
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $20k → $84.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of EAA WARBIRDS OF AMERICA 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
EAA WARBIRDS OF AMERICA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
64% 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 EAA WARBIRDS OF AMERICA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 60% · 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
EAA WARBIRDS OF AMERICA INC draws 71% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
EAA WARBIRDS OF AMERICA INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like EAA WARBIRDS OF AMERICA INC
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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EAA WARBIRDS OF AMERICA INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EAA WARBIRDS OF AMERICA INC?
- EAA WARBIRDS OF AMERICA INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $101,538 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EAA WARBIRDS OF AMERICA INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $101,538 in grants to EAA WARBIRDS OF AMERICA INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EAA WARBIRDS OF AMERICA INC?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EAA WARBIRDS OF AMERICA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 5 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