Skyline Soaring Club
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What it says it does
Skyline Soaring is a membership club with the purpose of promoting the sport of flying gliders. The club offers education to all level of air enthusiasts from ab initio students to experienced pilots seeking higher ratings. In 2025 the club initiated 1296 flights of which 755 (58%) were instructional. The club operates two tow planes, two two-place gliders for instruction and use by the membership, and three single-place gliders for pilots that have been approved to fly. The club operates from March to December, starting the flying year off with a mandatory safety meeting for all club members.
- Income
- $149,973
- Spending
- $145,666
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 (1)
- $4,000 spent. Each year, the club hosts an event called the Week of Training (WOT). The purpose of this event is to give students and new members an intensive training opportunity. The club equipment is relocated to the Petersburg, WV airport (W99). The advantage of this facility is that it is a 5000' runway the allows quick turnarounds of operations. During this week, students can expect six to ten flights a day, meaning 30 to 50 in a week. At the club home base, it would take a student 6 months to gain an equivalent amount of seat time. New students can expect to achieve solo status during this week and more advanced members can achieve passing their PPL-G test (practical test).
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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)(7) social or recreational club.
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)(7) social or recreational club 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 2025.
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 1992.
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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