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Sounds of Freedom Air Show Foundation Inc

Sounds of Freedom Air Show Foundation Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,500 to it, the largest being THE JOHN J POHANKA FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2022
$17k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$2k
Net assets
$0
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 9%
01What it does

What Sounds of Freedom Air Show Foundation Inc does

Mission

To support the military through non profit events

As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.

Program

  1. Providing support to Joint Base Andrews for the annual Air Show.

    $24,801 spent$17,005 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2022 Form 990. Program spending in total: $24,801.

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 ($49k) Expenses 100 ($14k) Net assets 100 ($35k)2018 Revenue 38 ($19k) Expenses 76 ($11k) Net assets 123 ($43k)2019 Revenue 36 ($18k) Expenses 105 ($15k) Net assets 131 ($45k)2020 Revenue 0 ($44) Expenses 14 ($2k) Net assets 126 ($43k)2021 Revenue 0 ($0) Expenses 20 ($3k) Net assets 108 ($37k)2022 Revenue 35 ($17k) Expenses 192 ($27k) Net assets 0 ($0)
201720182019202020212022
Revenue (35)Expenses (192)Net assets (0)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 2021 to 2022, from $37k to $0 (−100%).

$35k
$43k
$45k
$43k
$37k
$0
201720182019202020212022
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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of Sounds of Freedom Air Show Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (95% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,549 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$35k
’17
$8k
’18
$3k
’19
−$2k
’20
−$3k
’21
−$10k
’22
157
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.

201720182019202020212022
Listed222222
Joined······
No longer listed······
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'22
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of Sounds of Freedom Air Show Foundation 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.

Where its funders are

100% of Sounds of Freedom Air Show Foundation Inc's grant income comes from Maryland funders.

MD

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

Sounds of Freedom Air Show Foundation Inc's revenue fell 65% between 2017 and 2022.

Operating margin−57% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−19% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,253 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2022

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 7%Fundraising 0%

Governance

2
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MD

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Sounds of Freedom Air Show Foundation 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 Sounds of Freedom Air Show Foundation Inc?
Sounds of Freedom Air Show Foundation Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,500 to it, the largest being THE JOHN J POHANKA FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Sounds of Freedom Air Show Foundation Inc have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,500 in grants to Sounds of Freedom Air Show Foundation Inc.
Who is the largest funder of Sounds of Freedom Air Show Foundation Inc?
THE JOHN J POHANKA FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Sounds of Freedom Air Show Foundation Inc 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), 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