New York · Nonprofit
VAUGHN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY
VAUGHN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY (New York) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,047,162 to it, the largest being THE WINGS CLUB FOUNDATION INC ($337,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $43M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $28M
What Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology does
Mission
To provide a dynamic learning environment built on our aeronautical heritage that inspires a diverse and committed community of students to achieve success as leaders in the industries we serve.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Instruction - vaughn is a four year private educational institution offering bachelor and associate degrees in engineering and technology, aviation and management. The institution also offers a master of science in airport management. The college provides educational services to over 1,300 students. The instructional services are supported and enhanced by efforts in the academic support, student support and institutional support areas.
$32,291,753 spentof which $4,306,185 as grants$35,551,876 earned by the program93% of program spendingAuxiliary services - vaughn operates a 194 bed residence hall to provide on campus housing for our students. In fiscal year 2024/2025 approximately 110 students were living in the residence hall.
$2,298,725 spent$1,831,458 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $34,590,478.
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 2022 to 2023, from $98M to $91M (−8%).
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 7% · 2018 8% · 2019 10% · 2020 15% · 2021 19% · 2022 22% · 2023 11% · 2024 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
15% of VAUGHN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $45k → $115k.
7 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 VAUGHN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY’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
VAUGHN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
64% 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 VAUGHN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 89% · 2019 53% · 2020 43% · 2021 26% · 2022 56% · 2023 43% — 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
17% of VAUGHN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% 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
VAUGHN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY draws 50% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $289k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
VAUGHN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,064 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding VAUGHN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $31.2M on record — $31.2M federal, $2k state.
- Department of Education$29.9M
- Department of Transportation$719k
- Department of Justice$300k
- National Science Foundation$285k
- Department of Homeland Security$19k
- Trnsfr Grant Expend-St Agency$2k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like VAUGHN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VAUGHN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY?
- VAUGHN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY (New York) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,047,162 to it, the largest being THE WINGS CLUB FOUNDATION INC ($337,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VAUGHN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $1,047,162 in grants to VAUGHN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VAUGHN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY?
- THE WINGS CLUB FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $337,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VAUGHN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 22 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