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SOARING FLIGHT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $23K · expenses $17K · assets $53K

EIN
87-2898752
Address
480 OTIS AVE, SAINT PAUL, MN 55104-4948
Website
www.soaringfea.org
NTEE code
B82
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2021
Cross-check
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Mission

The Soaring Flight Education Association (SFEA) provides funding to teens and adults between the ages of 14 and 24 to further their education and interest in aviation. The SFEA funds initial glider flight training, solo flights, advanced glider training along with associated examinations and flight tests.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 3 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

3 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Stephen Nesser President2021-2024 3 $0 reported 1
Roy Forsstrom Treasurer2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Leon Zeug Secretary2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Stephen Nesser President3 $0-$0 $01
Roy Forsstrom Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Leon Zeug Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Stephen Nesser President2 $0-$0 $01
Roy Forsstrom Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Leon Zeug Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Stephen Nesser President2 $0-$0 $01
Roy Forsstrom Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Leon Zeug Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Stephen Nesser President5 $0-$0 $01
Roy Forsstrom Treasurer2 $0-$0 $01
Leon Zeug Secretary2 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$22,556$17,383 $53,280$53,280 $21,856$0 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$30,949$26,842 $48,107$48,107 $29,609$0 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$28,259$11,759 $44,000$44,000 $27,487$0 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$28,243$1,065 $27,545$27,178 $28,243$0 ---

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $50,000 in all, tax years 2022 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
RAY FOUNDATION INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “SOARING FLIGHT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION” 2022, 2024 2$50,000 2024$25,000
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990EZ · $17,383 spent · pay $0 · grants $16,730 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $16,730 96.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $653 3.8%
Total$17,383100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $26,842 spent · pay $0 · grants $21,378 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $21,378 79.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $5,464 20.4%
Total$26,842100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $11,759 spent · pay $0 · grants $10,829 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $10,829 92.1%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $583 5.0%
Printing, publications, postage $347 3.0%
Total$11,759100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $1,065 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,065 100.0%
Total$1,065100%

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