Kansas · Nonprofit
SPENCER FLIGHT & EDUCATION CENTER I
SPENCER FLIGHT & EDUCATION CENTER I (Kansas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,939 to it, the largest being Scott Community Foundation ($77,500). 2 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 FY2025
- $150k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $78k
- Net assets
- $316k
What Spencer Flight & Education Center I does
Mission
To actively promote the safety and success of western kansas pilots and passengers by providing a local venue for high-quality instruction in addition to various educational programs and resources for individuals of all ages.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The redbird fmx: the simulator featured at the sfec is the redbird fmx. It is a full-motion, state-of-the-art training device and is located within the classroom building. It allows student pilots to obtain their license in a more timely, cost-effective manner while also providing an avenue for established pilots to stay proficient and keep their skills fresh. The flight simulator provides pilots the opportunity to practice maneuvers and train for situations that simply cannot be replicated during actual flight, allowing them to be better prepared in the event of an emergency.
$8,674 spent$2,761 earned by the program8% of program spendingThe redbird fmx: the simulator featured at the sfec is the redbird fmx. It is a full-motion, state-of-the-art training device and is located within the classroom building. It allows student pilots to obtain their license in a more timely, cost-effective manner while also providing an avenue for established pilots to stay proficient and keep their skills fresh. The flight simulator provides pilots the opportunity to practice maneuvers and train for situations that simply cannot be replicated during actual flight, allowing them to be better prepared in the event of an emergency.
$100,636 spent92% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $109,310.
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 2021 to 2022, from $324k to $291k (−10%).
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: 2017 22% · 2018 2% · 2020 5% · 2021 17% · 2022 51% · 2023 7% · 2024 16% · 2025 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
33% of SPENCER FLIGHT & EDUCATION CENTER I’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $13k → $54.
2 of 2 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 SPENCER FLIGHT & EDUCATION CENTER I’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
SPENCER FLIGHT & EDUCATION CENTER I leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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
100% 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 SPENCER FLIGHT & EDUCATION CENTER I.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 98% · 2022 99% · 2023 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
100% of SPENCER FLIGHT & EDUCATION CENTER I'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. $78k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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.
Against its field
SPENCER FLIGHT & EDUCATION CENTER I runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SPENCER FLIGHT & EDUCATION CENTER I
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 Kansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
42%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SPENCER FLIGHT & EDUCATION CENTER I: 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 SPENCER FLIGHT & EDUCATION CENTER I?
- SPENCER FLIGHT & EDUCATION CENTER I (Kansas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,939 to it, the largest being Scott Community Foundation ($77,500). 2 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 SPENCER FLIGHT & EDUCATION CENTER I have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $77,939 in grants to SPENCER FLIGHT & EDUCATION CENTER I, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPENCER FLIGHT & EDUCATION CENTER I?
- Scott Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $77,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPENCER FLIGHT & EDUCATION CENTER I find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kansas. 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing