Texas · Nonprofit
UNITED FLYING OCTOGENARIANS
UNITED FLYING OCTOGENARIANS (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,000 to it, the largest being CHARLES AND SHERRY SLINGER FAMILY GIFT FUND ($4,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $57k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $105k
What United Flying Octogenarians does
Mission
The United Flying Octogenarians serve three public purposes: 1) Preservation of the living history of aviation and aeronautics 2) Promotion of age-longevity and safety in flying, health, and wellness in older individuals 3) Inspiration of youth to fly through educational activities
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Post COVID, the United Flying Octogenariens(UFO)is rapidly reinstating regular meetings and special events across our eightnational regions. This activity directly benefits an estimated 100 to 200 individuals annually.
$1,000 spentof which $1,000 as grants100% of program spendingThe UFO encouraes safety among older pilots by incorporating safety messaging andinformation into all aspects of the organization. This includes meeting and special events as well as via theOrganization Newsletter, The Squawk. It is supported by an est. 220 man-hours annually.
$0 spent0% of program spendingThe UFO is working on a program to encourage members to become involved as volunteers inlocal aviation high schools in our various national regions. This activity began in the last tax period and continues.No individuals have benefited yet. Volunteer effort expended during the tax period is estimated at 60 Man-hours.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $1,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2022 to 2023, from $80k to $93k (+16%).
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.
0% of UNITED FLYING OCTOGENARIANS’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $1k.
From the IRS filings of UNITED FLYING OCTOGENARIANS’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
UNITED FLYING OCTOGENARIANS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 1 state 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
UNITED FLYING OCTOGENARIANS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,557 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,557 recreation & sports nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like UNITED FLYING OCTOGENARIANS
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 Texas
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED FLYING OCTOGENARIANS: 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 UNITED FLYING OCTOGENARIANS?
- UNITED FLYING OCTOGENARIANS (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,000 to it, the largest being CHARLES AND SHERRY SLINGER FAMILY GIFT FUND ($4,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED FLYING OCTOGENARIANS have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $4,000 in grants to UNITED FLYING OCTOGENARIANS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED FLYING OCTOGENARIANS?
- CHARLES AND SHERRY SLINGER FAMILY GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $4,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED FLYING OCTOGENARIANS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2022–2025), 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