Virginia · Nonprofit
Marine Corps Aviation Association
Marine Corps Aviation Association (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $60,000 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($60,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $60k
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What Marine Corps Aviation Association does
Mission
To foster and encourage interest in Marine Corps Aviation, perpetuate the spirit of comradeship traditional in Marine Corps aviation, provide appropriate recognition for superior performance and achievement in Marine Corps aviation, and assimilate and perpetuate the historical traditions of the First Marine Aviation Force Veterans Association.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Annual Convention: Each May, MCAA hosts an annual symposium and Awards ceremony for our members and members of the United States Marine Corps, both active and reserve duty. The objective of the event is many-fold: To provide a means of reunion for members who have not seen each other in some time, a venue for current service personnel to discuss their upcoming priorities, the equipment and process needed for future operations, and to recognize those in service for exemplary performance in their execution of duties. The convention is 4 days long, is attended by some 900 people, and includes a variety of events, which draw a diverse set of attendees and members. Almost all of those that attend are currently serving in the Marine Corps, have served in the Marine Corps, or are closely affiliated with the Marine Corps through their employment or relationship to those that do serve. The week-long Symposium includes social events, both on site at the resident hotel, or in the local area. Some events relate directly to current events, to include the status of Marine Corps units, to longer term plans at the Air Wing or enterprise level. The Convention concludes with an awards banquet where…
Scholarships & Donations: Every year, the Association gives a significant amount of revenue gained to active charities that are approved under IRS paragraph 501c3. To qualify for our philanthropy, charities must serve in one of a few areas: Academic scholarships for Marines or their families, financial assistance to Marine families in need, and support for wounded or disabled Marines, preferably in the aviation disciplines. In 2024, MCAA gave $284,863 in cash grants and $1,500 in non-cash support to charitable organizations.
Squadron Support: The Association is organized under a National Office and also has 24 regional squadrons located throughout the 50 United States. Each squadron is comprised of Association members that live in the vicinity of the squadron and will hold authorized, independent events as part of the incentive to have the organized squadron. Squadrons vary in size from a dozen members to a few hundred. Each squadron operates within the governance, policies, and procedures of the National office, but is required their own set of governance documents to ensure compliance with National office policies and procedures.
Publications & Outreach: The association reaches its members and prospective members through both printed and electronic means. Each year, the Association publishes four magazines for its members and attendees of the above-mentioned Convention. The association also uses electronic social media to advertise the Association and recruit membership, keep membership abreast of current Association events and plans for future events.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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.
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 $4.7M to $3.3M (−29%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 Marine Corps Aviation Association’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.
Where its funders are
100% of Marine Corps Aviation Association'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $60k 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.
Organizations like Marine Corps Aviation Association
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In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- MCAA Community Services · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Marine Corps Aviation Association: 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 Marine Corps Aviation Association?
- Marine Corps Aviation Association (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $60,000 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($60,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Marine Corps Aviation Association have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $60,000 in grants to Marine Corps Aviation Association, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Marine Corps Aviation Association?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Marine Corps Aviation Association find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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