Kentucky · Nonprofit
FLIGHT CLUB 502
FLIGHT CLUB 502 (Kentucky) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $217,367 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($104,142). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $217k
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Flight Club 502 does
Mission
The organization promotes the empowerment of our youth, by correlating stem (science, technology, engineering and math) and practical living lessons and by teaching responsibility, entrepreneurship, creative thinking and by incorporating patriotic values with learning to fly, and by introducing aviation to younger students through summer flight camps and after school programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The organization undertook two new program services: jefferson county puplic schools partnership program and aircraft build program.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Flight training program:helping teach kids to fly, the organization will provide both practical and flight training to both members and non-members at market price. Flight Club 502 also provides financial assistance to youth that are unable to pay the full amount for flight training. Flight Club 502 will also pay compensation to third party flight instructors during practical flight instruction at a standard market price.
$699,750 spent$532,639 earned by the program83% of program spendingSummer camp and after school program:this program provides Flight Club 502's core youth development, aviation education, leadership, and member engagement programs. Through year-round activities including new member classes, youth officer leadership development, ground school, guest speaker presentations, member events, community outreach initiatives, and signature organizational events, the department connects youth and families with aviation, stem, and career exploration opportunities. The department also administers junior flight club, summer camps, and fridays at flight club, serving youth ages 8-18 through hands-on aviation experiences, educational programming, mentorship, and leadership development. In addition, the department coordinates partnerships with educational institutions, industry organizations, military and aerospace professionals, and community groups to expand access to stem learning, aviation experiences, career exploration, and workforce development opportunities for youth throughout the region.
$101,906 spent$62,257 earned by the program12% of program spendingAircraft build program: a volunteer-led workforce development initiative that provides youth with hands-on experience in aviation, engineering, and skilled trades. Under the guidance of experienced aircraft mechanics and aviation professionals, youth participants learn how to build a carbon cub ex-3 aircraft from the gound up while developing technical skills, teamwork, problem-solving abilities, and career readiness. Upon completion, the aircraft is sold, with proceeds reinvested into future builds and program operations, creating a sustainable model that expands educational opportuinites and supports continued youth engagement in aviation and aerospace careers.
$33,212 spent$104,625 earned by the program4% of program spendingJefferson county public schools (jcps) partnership program:the organization partners with jcps to provide an innovative aviation-focused educational experience for students during the school day. Through this partnership, students complete core academic coursework, participate in aviation and workforce development training, and receive hands-on flight instruction. The organization supports student success by providing additional tutoring services, career readiness opportunities, meals , and incentive-based programs designed to increase engagement, attendance, and academic achievement.
$7,816 spent$5,000 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $842,684.
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 2021 to 2022, from $326k to $1.1M (+223%).
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.
11% of FLIGHT CLUB 502’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% 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.
Board chair
Clyde Ensor
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $23k.
5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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: $6k from one payer (the payer's own filing calls it a related party, largest Msw Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money FLIGHT CLUB 502 raised.
From the IRS filings of FLIGHT CLUB 502’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
FLIGHT CLUB 502 leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 76%; 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 FLIGHT CLUB 502.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 78% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 76% — diversifying over time.
“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
0% of FLIGHT CLUB 502's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
64% of FLIGHT CLUB 502's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $79k that is directly attributable, 64% of it comes from Kentucky funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $139k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
FLIGHT CLUB 502 runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,152 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,152 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like FLIGHT CLUB 502
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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FLIGHT CLUB 502: 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 FLIGHT CLUB 502?
- FLIGHT CLUB 502 (Kentucky) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $217,367 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($104,142). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FLIGHT CLUB 502 have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $217,367 in grants to FLIGHT CLUB 502, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FLIGHT CLUB 502?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $104,142 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FLIGHT CLUB 502 find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 13 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