Council for Airport Opportunity Inc
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What it says it does
The organizations mission is to identify and address the critical employment needs of the communities surrounding the NY/NJ metropolitan airports while responding to the hiring needs of airport tenants and the aviation industry
- Income
- $3.5 million
- Spending
- $3.2 million
- Employees
- 35
- Highest pay
- $191,092, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $2.2 million spent. In 2024, the Council for Airport Opportunity (CAO) continued to strengthen its role as a leading workforce development partner for the regions airports. CAO successfully expanded employer partnerships, enhanced candidate engagement, and delivered measurable hiring outcomes that supported the staffing needs of major airport stakeholders.
- $435,318 spent. The John F. Kennedy (JFK) Program was established to provide convenient access to outreach services in the Far Rockaway, Rosedale Springfield Gardens neighborhoods in Queens and the Elmont, Five Towns, and Valley Stream neighborhoods in Nassau County.
- $270,172 spent. The LaGuardia Career Center was established in Corona, New York to provide local residents with benefits from LaGuardia Airports (LGA) redevelopment by providing outreach, job development and training, and access to job opportunities in the airport and surrounding community.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 1973.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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