Experimental Aircraft Association Inc
Experimental Aircraft Association, inc. Is dedicated to growing aviation through participation and education. We strive to deliver educational offerings and activities which guide new participants and reduce barriers to participation. Eaa ignites and nurtures interest by embracing the "spirit of aviation" in all that we do. Eaa is organized and operated exclusively for educational, scientific and charitable purposes. Eaa cooperates with and assists governmental agencies in the development of programs relating to aviation activities, promotes and encourages aviation safety, promotes and encourages grass roots efforts relating to aviation research and development and promotes and encourages aviation through education.
Experimental Aircraft Association Inc at a glance
In short: Experimental Aircraft Association Inc gave $16K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $8K), mostly in Wisconsin. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $16,371
- +197.7% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 2
- +100.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $8,186
- +48.9% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $8,186
- Total assets
- $91,798,106
- -6.1% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Wisconsin (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Experimental Aircraft Association Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 2 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Father Carr's Place 2B ($9K). Together the top 2 received $16K.
Grant Size Distribution
8 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 6 grants of 8 (75%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.
Cities
How Experimental Aircraft Association Inc gives
- Giving fell 76% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $5K (2024) to $1.3M (2019). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $16K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Father Carr's Place 2B Oshkosh, WI | General Support | $8,570 |
| Oshkosh Area Community Pantry Inc Oshkosh, WI | General Support | $7,801 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $91,798,106 | $53,861,538 | $49,040,747 | $16,371 | 2 | $1,149,193 |
| 2024 | $97,793,809 | $50,813,750 | $48,759,838 | $5,499 | 1 | $903,874 |
| 2023 | $63,729,814 | $44,581,407 | $43,182,673 | $7,500 | Total only | $408,313 |
| 2022 | $60,024,864 | $44,368,575 | $37,134,448 | $67,853 | 3 | $1,346,973 |
| 2021 | $53,947,894 | $18,861,933 | $27,348,530 | $120,220 | 2 | $3,706,951 |
| 2020 | $61,965,071 | $44,379,065 | $41,915,244 | $45,414 | 4 | $914,815 |
| 2019 | $59,022,253 | $45,581,967 | $41,202,371 | $1,337,373 | 9 | $732,815 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Experimental Aircraft Association Inc
Based on IRS filings
Experimental Aircraft Association Inc is a public charity focused on Science & Technology, based in Oshkosh, WI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $91.8M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $16K. Net investment income was $1.1M.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Experimental Aircraft Association Inc is led by Jack Pelton, CEO & Chairman of the Board on every filing since 2019; 10 of 38 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Jack Pelton
CEO & Chairman of the Board
On filings since 2019
32.5 hrs/week
$309K (2019) → $512K (2025)
Thomas Moule
Director
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$164K (2019) → $167K (2025)
Christopher Farrell
Director, Safety, Security & Hospitality
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$110K (2022) → $157K (2025)
Jeremy Desruisseaux
Director of Flight Proficiency Program
Director & Flight Proficiency Prgms → Director of Flight Proficiency Program, 2025
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$139K (2023) → $142K (2025)
Kelly Ruh
Director Finance, Hr & CFO
Director Finance, Hr & CFO - → Director Finance, Hr & CFO, 2025
On filings since 2024
37.5 hrs/week
$120K (2024) → $202K (2025)
Alan Shackleton
Director
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ben Diachun
Director
Director - → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dan Majka
Director
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dan Schwinn
Director
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Darren Pleasance
Director -
Director → Director -, 2025
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Pasahow
Director
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dick Vangrunsven
Director
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joe Brown
Director
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Keith Kocourek
Director
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ken McKenzie
Director -
Director → Director -, 2025
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lou Seno
Director
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mark Van Tine
Director
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mike Goulian
Director
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul Schafer
Director
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Phil Martineau
Director -
Director → Director -, 2025
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Richard Beattie
Director
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Susan Dusenbury
Director
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eric Gurley
Director
Director - → Director, 2022
On filings since 2021
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jim Bourke
Director
Director - → Director, 2022
On filings since 2021
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Forster
Director
Director - → Director, 2023
On filings since 2022
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeremy Behler
Director
Director - → Director, 2023
On filings since 2022
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jim Pfarr
Director
Director - → Director, 2023
On filings since 2022
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lacey Pittman
Director
Director - → Director, 2024
On filings since 2023
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mike Anderson
Director
Director - → Director, 2024
On filings since 2023
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Shelly Dezevallos
Director
Director - → Director, 2024
On filings since 2023
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
James Busha
Vice President, Member, Marketing & Publications
Director & Publications → Vice President - Member, Marketing & Publications, 2021
Vice President - Member, Marketing & Publications → Vice President, Member, Marketing & Publications, 2022
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$169K (2019) → $345K (2025)
Rick Larsen
Vice President, Communities & Memb Program
Vice President, Communities & Memb Program → Vice President - Communities & Memb Program, 2021
Vice President - Communities & Memb Program → Vice President, Communities & Memb Program, 2022
On filings since 2019
49 hrs/week
$224K (2019) → $282K (2025)
Sean Elliott
Vice President, Advocacy & Safety
Vice President, Advocacy & Safety → Vice President - Advocacy & Safety, 2021
Vice President - Advocacy & Safety → Vice President, Advocacy & Safety, 2022
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$205K (2019) → $257K (2025)
Kristine Pihlgren
General Counsel
Legal Counsel → General Counsel, 2023
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$144K (2022) → $195K (2025)
Robert Hackman
Vice President Government Affairs
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$159K (2024) → $164K (2025)
Charlie Precourt
Vice Chairman
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jim Phillips
Secretary
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stuart Auerbach
Treasurer
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (29)
- Former: Brian Wierzbinski (2019–2024) — CFO -
- Former: Karen Kryzaniak (2019–2024) — Vice President, Risk Management & Hr-
- Former: Katharine Diekfuss (2023–2024) — Director & Marketing Operations
- Former: Heather Penney (2019–2023) — Director -
- Former: James Clark (2019–2023) — Director -
- Former: Douglas Macnair (2021–2023) — Vice President & Government Relations
- Former: James Olzacki (2021–2023) — Director -
- Former: Barry Davis (2019–2022) — Director -
- Former: Mark Solper (2019–2022) — Director -
- Former: Tony Wihlm (2019–2022) — Director & Finance -
- Former: Vic Syracuse (2019–2022) — Director -
- Former: Cassandra Bruss (2022) — Director & Human Resources
- Former: Alan Klapmeier (2019–2021) — Director -
- Former: Cody Welch (2019–2021) — Director -
- Former: Connie Bowlin (2019–2021) — Director -
- Former: David Goelzer (2019–2021) — Attorney -
- Former: Jack Harrington (2019–2021) — Director -
- Former: Ken Strmiska (2019–2021) — Vice President & Donor Stewardship -
- Former: Norm Dewitt (2019–2021) — Director -
- Former: Richard Beebe (2019–2021) — Director -
- Former: Robert Armstrong (2019–2021) — Director -
- Former: Dennis Dunbar (2020–2021) — Director & Aircraft Ops. -
- Former: Charles Becker (2021) — Director, Communitites & Chapters
- Former: David Chaimson (2019–2020) — Vice President, Mark. & Bus Dev.-
- Former: David Lau (2019–2020) — Director -
- Former: Doug McNair (2019–2020) — Vice President & Government Relations
- Former: Carla Larsh (2019) — Director -
- Former: Marc Ausman (2019) — Director -
- Former: Mike DiFrisco (2019) — Director & Marketing
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $512K, to Jack Pelton (CEO/Chairman of the Board). 10 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Experimental Aircraft Association Inc
How much does Experimental Aircraft Association Inc give each year?
Experimental Aircraft Association Inc gave $16K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $5K across 1 grant.
How large is Experimental Aircraft Association Inc?
Experimental Aircraft Association Inc reported $91.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $53.9M.
What is Experimental Aircraft Association Inc?
Experimental Aircraft Association Inc is a public charity focused on Science & Technology, based in Oshkosh, WI. It holds $91.8M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Experimental Aircraft Association Inc operate?
Experimental Aircraft Association Inc has awarded grants in Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin.
What is Experimental Aircraft Association Inc's EIN?
Experimental Aircraft Association Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 39-0917537. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS January 13, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS January 12, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS January 14, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 18, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS January 16, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS January 15, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS December 23, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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