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Air Line Pilots Association Pilot Welfare Benefit Plan

EIN 54-1775762 · Mclean, VA

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LegitimacyCautionRegistration and standingFinancial healthNot ratedToo small or too little detailGovernanceNot ratedToo small or too little detailImpact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

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Income
$27.0 million
Spending
$19.3 million
Employees
0
Volunteers
0
Highest pay
$579,872, director of finance/cfo

Source: Form 990 for the year ending October 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 990 for the year ending October 31, 2025, 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 October 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 (3)
  1. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 13,680 PARTICIPANTS INCLUDING SPOUSES AND CHILDREN COVERED UNDER THE VEBA'S TERM LIFE INSURANCE AND ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT INSURANCE PLANS.
  2. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 9,014 ASSOCIATION MEMBERS WHO ARE PARTICIPANTS IN THE VEBA'S MONTHLY LOSS OF LICENSE (LONG TERM DISABILITY) INCOME REPLACEMENT PLAN THAT PROVIDES BENEFITS WHEN PILOTS LOSE THEIR FAA MEDICAL CERTIFICATION.
  3. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 3,487 ASSOCIATION MEMBERS WHO ARE PARTICIPANTS IN THE VEBA'S LUMP-SUM LOSS OF LICENSE (DISABILITY) PLAN THAT PROVIDES LUMP-SUM BENEFITS WHEN THE PILOTS LOSE THEIR FAA MEDICAL CERTIFICATION.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending October 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(9) employees' beneficiary association.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  2. 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.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.

    Not on the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending October 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since November 1996.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. 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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