Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
STRATUS AVIATION FOUNDATION
STRATUS AVIATION FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being STRATUS FOUNDATION ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $700
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $136k
What Stratus Aviation Foundation does
Mission
The Stratus Aviation Foundation ("saf") is dedicated to fostering stem-related learning through scheduled educational seminars and hands-on training sessions. Participants engage in collaborative efforts on various aviation projects, gaining exposure to the multifaceted aspects of the aviation industry. Saf recognizes the importance of promoting education and opportunity within the aviation industry, and through its initiatives, it strives to make a positive impact on individuals and the broader community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The Stratus Aviation Foundation ("saf") conducts its primary aviation educational programs in collaboration with brandywine aviation & maintenance at brandywine regional airport. Saf's educational initiatives encompass comprehensive aviation experiences, including flight training and mechanical training. The foundation goes beyond theoretical knowledge, offering discovery flights to participants who aspire to pursue a career in aviation. These immersive activities aim to instill a deep understanding and passion for aviation, preparing participants for potential future careers in the field.in addition to its core educational programs, saf actively supports the broader community by providing basic scholarships. These scholarships serve two purposes: assisting participants within saf's programs who may lack the financial means to pursue aviation careers and contributing to other foundations with similar missions.a program participant and mentee was recently hired by piedmont airlines. He started with saf back in 2013 as a junior in high school. This is our latest success story.
$33,044 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $33,044.
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 $93k to $207k (+124%).
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.
100% of STRATUS AVIATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
From the IRS filings of STRATUS AVIATION FOUNDATION’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
STRATUS AVIATION FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 1 state in all.
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
STRATUS AVIATION FOUNDATION's revenue fell 100% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like STRATUS AVIATION FOUNDATION
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds STRATUS AVIATION FOUNDATION?
- STRATUS AVIATION FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being STRATUS FOUNDATION ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STRATUS AVIATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $30,000 in grants to STRATUS AVIATION FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of STRATUS AVIATION FOUNDATION?
- STRATUS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STRATUS AVIATION FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 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