Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
RTCA INC
RTCA INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,500 to it, the largest being Fareed and Paula Zakaria Foundation ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.4M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $23k
- Net assets
- $4.3M
What Rtca Inc does
Mission
Rtca, inc. Is a not-for-profit corporation that inspires the creation and implementation of integrated performance standards that meet the changing global aviation environment and ensure the safety, security, and overall health of the aviation ecosystem.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Special committees - rtca special committees are formed generally in response to a need from a member organization or the aviation industry at large to develop comprehensive, technical performance standards in collaboration with member organizations, and subsequently used as mean of compliance for certification. Participation in special committees is a member benefit and is comprised of volunteers from member organizations.
$684,946 spent45% of program spendingTraining courses describe application of rtca standards to certification processes. The 2025 program provided training on the application of do-178c, do-254, do-160g, and airworthiness/security.
$425,473 spent$504,996 earned by the program28% of program spendingMembership services - rtca's membership elects the rtca board of directors and rtca advisory board, who in turn help select those issues on which rtca will focus community resources, and helps shape the resulting recommendations.
$339,454 spent$2,715,532 earned by the program22% of program spendingWebinar/workshop engagements - rtca webinar/workshop engagements address complex technological and operational matters relative to the safety of the aviation industry. Discussion topics include ai/ml, gnss, uas/aam, aviation spectrum allocation, and cyber security. Webinars are open to members and non-members while workshops are only open to members.
$72,401 spent5% of program spendingPublications - publications include masps, mops, internal reports, and rtca reports.
$6,665 spent$904,381 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,528,939.
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 2019 to 2020, from $7.5M to $18M (+136%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of RTCA INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (68% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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
Carol Huegel
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $15k → $8k.
From the IRS filings of RTCA 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
RTCA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% 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
33% 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 RTCA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2022 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
RTCA INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
RTCA INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 234 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 234 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding RTCA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $9.1M on record.
- Department of Transportation$5.7M
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1.7M
- Department of Defense$1.1M
- Department of Homeland Security$604k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like RTCA 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
36% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RTCA 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 RTCA INC?
- RTCA INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,500 to it, the largest being Fareed and Paula Zakaria Foundation ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RTCA INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $22,500 in grants to RTCA INC.
- Who is the largest funder of RTCA INC?
- Fareed and Paula Zakaria Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RTCA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2 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