Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 2010.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
56 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
23 people listed on the 990; $569K paid to officers and key staff.
Bryan Burns’s $227K as President is at the 92nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 433 $1–10M public safety & disaster nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 6 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Burns | $226,868 | $258,912 | $233,293 | $220,834 | $217,172 | $209,892 |
| Deborah Carpenter | $219,680 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Robert Rufli | — | $167,500 | — | — | — | — |
| Russell Lawton | — | — | — | $142,151 | $125,224 | $118,934 |
| Frank Raymond | — | — | $137,269 | — | — | — |
| Alyssa Sleight | $122,317 | — | — | — | — | — |
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.
See Air Charter Safety Foundation executive salaries →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
Improves air charter safety through education, research, and collaboration.
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Symposium
Acsf hosts an annual air charter safety symposium. This symposium focuses on academic and scientific research pertaining to aviation safety.
Promotion, Outreach and Education
The acsf leads and supportsthe advancement of the highest safety standards available to allowthe business, charter and fractional ownership industry to offerthe safest air transportation products in the world and to provideobjective information about these standards and services to thepublic.
Audit
To buttress public safety in the air charter industry, acsf has developed safety audit standards for the air charter industry. Acsf offers training on the acsf industry audit standards to independent auditors, so that the standards may be effectively utilized to ensure enhanced safety levels.
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $272K | $346K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $487K | $526K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $1K | $762 |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $801K | $915K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $50K | $20K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $750K | $896K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $525K | $315K | $210K | |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $213K | $128K | $85K | |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $4K | $2K | $2K | |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $13K | $8K | $5K | |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $45K | $27K | $18K | |
| Management feesLn 11a | $58K | $58K | ||
| Legal feesLn 11b | $8K | $8K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $4K | $4K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $5K | $5K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $44K | $3K | $41K | |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $62K | $62K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $5K | $329 | $5K | |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $19K | $9K | $9K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $30K | $15K | $15K | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $64K | $64K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $610 | $610 | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $19K | $19K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $26K | $5K | $21K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $2K | $1K | $695 | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $1.1M | $639K | $507K | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Sep 23, 2025 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $117K | $896K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Jun 25, 2024 | $1.0M | $1.2M | −$140K | $750K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 1, 2023 | $980K | $1.0M | −$28K | $853K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 13, 2022 | $1.0M | $796K | $235K | $999K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Feb 4, 2021 | $725K | $702K | $23K | $764K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,263,088 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 20 of 21 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,263,088 across 6 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,145,908 across 19 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $915,414 assets, 14 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $895,590 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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