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MID-ATLANTIC SOARING ASSOCIATION

MID-ATLANTIC SOARING ASSOCIATION (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,000 to it, the largest being VERIZON FOUNDATION ($3,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$200k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$3k
Net assets
$541k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Mid-Atlantic Soaring Association does

Mission

Charitable, educational, scientific mission: to advance the science & art of motorless flight through flight instruction, youth scholarships, education programs; to provide flight equipment & services facilities to members/community; to research scientific techniques of soaring.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Glider flying club, approximately 80-120 members. Provides launch services, storage and instruction. Education for members and general public. Community service activities.

    $123,860 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $123,860.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($176k) Expenses 100 ($88k) Net assets 100 ($493k)2018 Revenue 57 ($101k) Expenses 141 ($123k) Net assets 95 ($470k)2019 Revenue 77 ($136k) Expenses 153 ($134k) Net assets 96 ($472k)2020 Revenue 93 ($163k) Expenses 146 ($128k) Net assets 103 ($508k)2021 Revenue 71 ($125k) Expenses 142 ($125k) Net assets 103 ($508k)2022 Revenue 75 ($132k) Expenses 155 ($136k) Net assets 102 ($504k)2023 Revenue 71 ($124k) Expenses 167 ($146k) Net assets 98 ($482k)2024 Revenue 77 ($136k) Expenses 160 ($140k) Net assets 97 ($477k)2025 Revenue 114 ($200k) Expenses 156 ($136k) Net assets 110 ($541k)
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Revenue (114)Expenses (156)Net assets (110)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 2017 to 2018, from $747k to $684k (−8%).

$747k
$684k
$675k
$694k
$659k
$653k
$617k
$591k
$651k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

27% of MID-ATLANTIC SOARING ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 16,168 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$88k
’17
−$23k
’18
$2k
’19
$36k
’20
−$108
’21
−$4k
’22
−$22k
’23
−$4k
’24
$64k
’25
20
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.

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Listed886667755
Joined·+0+3+0+3+2+0+2+0
No longer listed·05031040
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $750.

Funder
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of MID-ATLANTIC SOARING 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

MID-ATLANTIC SOARING ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state in all.

NJ

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
’23
Maryland out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MID-ATLANTIC SOARING ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin32% · top quartile
Months of reserve20.4mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like MID-ATLANTIC SOARING ASSOCIATION

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

91% of spending goes to programs.

Program 91%Management 9%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

97%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds MID-ATLANTIC SOARING ASSOCIATION?
MID-ATLANTIC SOARING ASSOCIATION (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,000 to it, the largest being VERIZON FOUNDATION ($3,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MID-ATLANTIC SOARING ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,000 in grants to MID-ATLANTIC SOARING ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MID-ATLANTIC SOARING ASSOCIATION?
VERIZON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MID-ATLANTIC SOARING ASSOCIATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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