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LEGACY FLIGHT ACADEMY

LEGACY FLIGHT ACADEMY (Maryland) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,334 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($50,934). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$49k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$66k
Net assets
$167k
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 30%
01What it does

What Legacy Flight Academy does

Mission

To uphold and sustain the LEGACY of the heroic Tuskegee Airmen while encouraging youth to pursue aerospace and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) careers.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Eyes Above the Horizon (EAH) is a Single day Flight orientation and STEM-focused program targeting school-aged children ages 10-19. The program aims to develop and foster an interest in aerospace careers through flight introductions, mentorship, and immersion into the rich history and legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen.

    $7,558 spent
    20% of program spending
  2. Passion, Attitude, Responsibility (PAR) Motivations are single-day public and virtual engagements designed to promote individual growth by encouraging students to pursue their passion, possess the right attitude, and take responsibility for their actions.

    $6,216 spent
    16% of program spending
  3. Scholarships - Scholarships are paid directly to flight schools, airports, universities, or flight training related programs.

    $24,670 spentof which $24,670 as grants
    64% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $38,444.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($55k) Expenses 100 ($34k) Net assets 100 ($102k)2022 Revenue 124 ($69k) Expenses 173 ($60k) Net assets 109 ($111k)2023 Revenue 214 ($118k) Expenses 147 ($50k) Net assets 175 ($179k)2024 Revenue 90 ($49k) Expenses 178 ($61k) Net assets 163 ($167k)
2021202220232024
Revenue (90)Expenses (178)Net assets (163)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $111k to $179k (+61%).

$102k
$111k
$179k
$167k
2021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of LEGACY FLIGHT ACADEMY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,498 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$21k
’21
$9k
’22
$68k
’23
−$12k
’24
33
months of
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.

2021202220232024
Listed7666
Joined·+2+1+0
No longer listed·310
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $23k.

Funder
'19
'21
'22
'23
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
2
1

1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 77% 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 LEGACY FLIGHT 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

LEGACY FLIGHT ACADEMY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% 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

77% 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 LEGACY FLIGHT ACADEMY.

77%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 65% — 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.

Where its funders are

77% of LEGACY FLIGHT ACADEMY'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 $15k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 2 states.

NY
RI

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $51k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

LEGACY FLIGHT ACADEMY is better cushioned than half of the 14,851 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−24% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve32.6mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−4% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,851 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

Organizations like LEGACY FLIGHT 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 Maryland

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

63% of spending goes to programs.

Program 63%Management 37%Fundraising 1%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

83%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

GA

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Questions and answers

Who funds LEGACY FLIGHT ACADEMY?
LEGACY FLIGHT ACADEMY (Maryland) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,334 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($50,934). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does LEGACY FLIGHT ACADEMY have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $66,334 in grants to LEGACY FLIGHT ACADEMY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LEGACY FLIGHT ACADEMY?
NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $50,934 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LEGACY FLIGHT ACADEMY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), 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