South Carolina · Nonprofit
TRIPLE TREE AERODROME INC
TRIPLE TREE AERODROME INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $159,852 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($79,135). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $160k
- Net assets
- $9.3M
What Triple Tree Aerodrome Inc does
Mission
To ignite and expand the passion for aviation by utilizing our world renown facility and dedicated volunteers to provide aviation-based steam educational programs that provide the necessary skills to succeed in the global community. The purpose of triple tree aerodrome, inc. Is to provide education, information and history about all types of aviation, ranging from model airplanes to full-size aircraft; to promote aviation safety; to promote the science of aviation and aerodynamics; to provide a unique, user-centric, hands-on education experience with all forms and types of aviation, ranging from model and remotely controlled airplanes to full-size aircraft, including sailplanes and gliders as well as powered aircraft; and to do all things necessary or convenient, and not inconsistent with the law, to further these goals, which are to be exclusively charitable, scientific and educational within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Triple tree aerodrome, inc. Hosts aviation fly-ins where people come to participate with a variety of aircraft, incuding remote control airplanes of all varieties and large scale airplanes, including those carrying passengers. Generally, a fly-in is a pre-arranged educational and recreational gathering of aircraft, pilots, passengers and spectators.
$1,594,323 spent$845,754 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,594,323.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $4.6M to $7.6M (+65%).
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 5% · 2022 1% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
40% of TRIPLE TREE AERODROME INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (70% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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
Robert Williams
Executive director
Board chair
Sean P Hartness
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $5k → $36k.
4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 TRIPLE TREE AERODROME 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
TRIPLE TREE AERODROME INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
69% 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 TRIPLE TREE AERODROME INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 59% · 2021 32% · 2022 67% · 2023 65% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
60% of TRIPLE TREE AERODROME INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
69% of TRIPLE TREE AERODROME INC'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. Of the $50k that is directly attributable, 87% of it comes from funders outside South Carolina, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $110k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
TRIPLE TREE AERODROME INC has grown faster than half of the 807 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 807 public safety & disaster nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like TRIPLE TREE AERODROME 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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TRIPLE TREE AERODROME 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 TRIPLE TREE AERODROME INC?
- TRIPLE TREE AERODROME INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $159,852 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($79,135). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does TRIPLE TREE AERODROME INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $159,852 in grants to TRIPLE TREE AERODROME INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TRIPLE TREE AERODROME INC?
- THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $79,135 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TRIPLE TREE AERODROME INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 12 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