The primary mission of Safe Association is to stimulate research and development in the fields of safety and survival and to disseminate pertinent information to concerned individuals in government and industry.

501(c)(6) business league; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
Run by 23 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$60K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
14 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 13.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
20
of 20 voting members
Looks good: 20 of 20 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$520K
-11% vs prior year
Spent
$493K
Net assets
$564K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$520K
FY2025▼ -11%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$172K
FY2021$397K
FY2022$522K
FY2023$636K
FY2024$585K
FY2025$520K
Expenses
$493K
FY2025▼ -9%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$231K
FY2021$431K
FY2022$372K
FY2023$756K
FY2024$540K
FY2025$493K
Net assets
$564K
FY2025▲ +5%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$496K
FY2021$462K
FY2022$612K
FY2023$491K
FY2024$537K
FY2025$564K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1969.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

29 people listed on the 990; $60K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Administrato
$59,784Pt VII · Sec A
Chapter Pres
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chapter Pres
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chapter Pres
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Stacy Stuber$59,784$58,073$55,703$52,112$49,016$48,295

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Promotes safety and survival research, sharing findings with government and industry.

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2 programs · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Safe culminates each year's activities with the safe symposium. Topics covered range from desert survival to the latest aircraft passengers egress aids, cockpit design, restraint systems, systems related to transportation and safety, and crew training.

Pt IX · col B
02

Safe association makes available an electronic version of the proceedings of the annual symposium as well as copies of other information acquired or otherwise received. The association charges only enough to cover its costs.

Pt IX · col B

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$520K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$520K
Money outPt IX
$493K
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$564K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$561K
Total assetsLn 16$564K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
29
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b20
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$520K
Total revenueLn 12$520K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$561K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$561K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K
Total assetsLn 16$564K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$564K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 623
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$532K$561K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K$3K
Total assetsLn 16$537K$564K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$537K$564K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$60K
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K
Office expensesLn 13$6K
Information technologyLn 14$8K
OccupancyLn 16$13K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$347K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K
InsuranceLn 23$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$52K
All other expensesLn 24e$75
Total functional expensesLn 25$493K$0$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $520K$493K$27K$564K 990 PDF
FY2024 $585K$540K$46K$537K 990 PDF
FY2023 $636K$756K−$120K$491K 990 PDF
FY2022 $522K$372K$150K$612K 990 PDF
FY2021 $397K$431K−$34K$462K 990 PDF
FY2020 $172K$231K−$58K$496K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $520,199 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grants$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $585,405$520,199
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $585,405$520,199
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $58,073$59,784
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $481,450$433,446
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $539,523$493,230
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $45,882$26,969
Part VI · Governance 20 of 20 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body20
VI-1b Independent voting members20
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $520,199 across 2 lines filed
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $520,199$520,199
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $520,199$520,199
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $493,230 across 10 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$59,784
IX-11c Accounting fees$2,165
IX-13 Office expenses$6,252
IX-14 Information technology$8,148
IX-16 Occupancy$12,615
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$346,860
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$1,643
IX-23 Insurance$3,972
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$51,716
IX-24e All other expenses$75
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$493,230
Part X · Balance sheet $564,337 assets, 7 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $532,437$561,049
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,931$3,288
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $537,368$564,337
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $537,368$564,337
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $537,368$564,337
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $537,368$564,337
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $564,337 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$520,199
XI-2 Total expenses$493,230
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$26,969
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$537,368
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$564,337

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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