THE SPORTY’S FOUNDATION 501(C)(3)

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

A look at The Sporty’s Foundation 2018 activity

Helping to ensure a healthy general aviation community for the next generationGROWENCOURAGE INSPIRE GIVE

A PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM HAL SHEVERS

A HEARTYTHANK YOU

TO OUR DONORS!

If you’re a pilot, you would be jealous of the view from my office. It’s a simple place – no leather couches or plush carpeting, but it’s the best place for me. All day long I look out the floor-to-ceiling windows and watch airplanes taking off and landing. I see flight instructors and their students, businessmen leaving for a trip and friends preflighting for a pleasure flight. As I said, it’s the best view for me.

I am grateful for this unique office view, just as I am for my decades-long career in aviation. I can’t think of a better career, and my gratitude for all the pleasure that aviation has provided Sandy and me is the desire to give back. With that in mind, we launched The Sporty’s Foundation to fund organizations which attract people to aviation, which chronicle our rich history, which work to provide the next generation of pilots and technicians. We need a robust group of people who follow in our footsteps and reap all the lifestyle and career benefits that aviation has to offer. Specifically, we need to keep general aviation healthy.

In the next few pages, you’ll see our efforts for 2018. We’ve funded scholarships, donated to museums, enhanced Aviation Exploring, along with a number of other financial grants to enrich aviation and attract more young people. I’ve said this before, but it’s important that you know that Sporty’s underwrites all the administrative costs of The Sporty’s Foundation. Unlike other charities with exorbitant executive salaries and overhead, every dollar you donate goes directly to the programs – right down to the last dime.

For those of us to whom aviation means so much and has given us so much, we are called to give back. Won’t you join me?

We are grateful for the individuals and organizations who have generously donated

to The Sporty’s Foundation to help us fund worthwhile efforts to help expand and

preserve the aviation community.

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AN ALERT TO OUR DONORS…The Sporty’s Foundation incurs no overhead expenses. Sporty’s underwrites ALL administrative costs of The Sporty’s Foundation: all salaries, all fundraising, all accounting, all postage, and all management. Every dime of donor money is spent on the programs – 100 percent! That’s your guarantee that your money will be put to work – hard – to enhance the GA community.

Bill AndersonCarol and Carroll BakerPaul and Diana BresserSteve BussCincinnati Marathon, Inc. Ralph CornettDavid Clark Company Dave Cummings Rich DalgewiczShawn DonovanChuck and Andrea GallagherAl Gavin Becky and Lee GilbertMark GlassmeyerGreenaway Foundation Rod HoskinsDeborah HuffmanGreg KauffeldKen Kloet Bret Koebbe

Robert LambMichael Lepore Marc LiggettPat LuebkeJack and Kathie LynchRussell Munson James Naeve Brian and Jill O’LenaO’Maley Family FoundationTerry RyeWalter Rye George and Irene SchultzSandy and Hal SheversSportsman’s Market, Inc. David Stahl Ten 89 LLCMark WiesenhahnMichael and Sharon Wolf Bruce ZieglerJohn Zimmerman

Help us keep The Sporty’s Foundation financially healthy

WE’RE COUNTING ON YOU!Donations to The Sporty’s Foundation can be mailed to:

Sporty’s Foundation2001 Sportys DriveBatavia, OH 45103Checks should be made payable to The Sporty’s Foundation

Consider a recurring monthly payment for as little as $3 a month. It’s easy to set up at our secure website at sportysfoundation.org and pay through Visa, MasterCard, PayPal or Discover. Whether you give a one-time payment or monthly – Thank You!

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Long a tradition for Sporty’s to provide scholarships and it was in 2018 as well. The following scholarships were fully and exclusively funded by The Sporty’s Foundation.

GRANTS AND GIFTS Once again, 2018 was a year of financial support for the aviation community by providing funds necessary for programs to continue and for students’ paths to be made a bit easier with a scholarship funded by The Sporty’s Foundation.

FlyGirl Scholarship $5,000

Aviation Exploring $60,000 Eight Aviation Exploring scholarships for $5,000 each One Aviation Exploring scholarship for $20,000

Commercial to CFI Scholarship $18,000Six individual $3,000 scholarships for a commercial pilot to earn a CFI certificate

Women in Aviation International $2,500

Association for Women in Aviation $1,041.15

University of Cincinnati Aviation Scholarships $20,000 Scholarships for aviation program

Aircraft Electronics Association $10,000 Two scholarships for $5,000 each for recreational pilot certificate

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SCHOLARSHIPS!

Boy Scouts of America and Aviation Exploring were the recipients of grants in addition to scholarships.

Dan Beard Council Leadership Center Fund $25,000

Friends of Scouting $5,000

Experimental Aircraft Association Improvements to Aviation Exploring Base Camp $20,000

In addition, The Sporty’s Foundation sponsored EAA’s on-site Blue Barn, the headquarters for Young Eagles during EAA’s AirVenture $25,000

TOTAL FUNDING FOR 2018:

$228,541.15

If you have a program that could benefit from The Sporty’s Foundation funding, you may submit a request to the address below. Please bear in mind that funding is available only for those programs which are aligned with the Foundation’s mission of creating the next generation of pilots and technicians.

The Sporty’s Foundation2001 Sportys DriveBatavia, OH 45103

FUNDING REQUESTS

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ENCOURAGEPreserving aviation history in order to inspire and inform future generations is an important goal for The Sporty’s Foundation for a total of $5,000. Eisenhower Foundation $1,000

Michigan Aerospace Foundation to Save the B-24 Plant $1,000

Admiral Nimitz Foundation for National Museum of the Pacific War $1,000

Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron Campaign $1,000

National WASP Museum $1,000

Being a good corporate citizen requires supporting organizations that support all pilots. AOPA Air Safety Institute $25,000

Seaplane Pilots Association new Headquarters Campaign $5,000 Recreational Aviation Foundation $1,000

The Board of Directors of The Sporty’s Foundation requested that the Foundation make a $1,000 donation to the Mayo Legacy.This is an organization that preserves the ideals of Drs. William J. and Charles H. Mayo, who donated their life savings to establish the Mayo Clinic as a not-for-profit organization to benefit future generations.

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DEDICATED TO GUIDING YOUNG PEOPLE TO AN AVIATION CAREER

In addition to supporting Women in Aviation International with scholarships, Sporty’s has also been a supporter of Girls in Aviation Day since its inception. This past year, thousands of girls worldwide from ages 8 to 17 were introduced to the career and lifestyle benefits of aviation. Sporty’s supports Girls in

Aviation Day by supplying the official FAA teaching sectional chart so volunteer mentor/pilots are able to teach the girls the skill of reading a sectional chart.

The reverse side of the chart carries additional instructional content such as the phonetic alphabet and an illustration of the Four Forces of Flight. This resource, supplied by Sporty’s, is one way to show the

girls that a pilot career is possible for them. Sporty’s also hosts a Girls in Aviation Day event in partnership with WAI’s Cincinnati chapter.IN

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EXPLORER SCHOLARSHIPMegan Ryan is just one of dozens of Aviation Explorers who has benefited from The Sporty’s Foundation Explorer scholarships. These scholarships are for Aviation Explorers who are planning to participate in any aspect of aviation studies in college. This year, The Sporty’s Foundation funded all of the Aviation Explorer scholarships in a desire to help those young people who have already expressed an interest in an aviation career through their Aviation Exploring involvement and their choice of study.

As college costs escalate, well-trained pilots are crucial for the future of aviation. The University of Cincinnati’s Professional Pilot program includes many dedicated students with a goal of an aviation career. These students benefit greatly from the financial assistance of The Sporty’s Foundation.

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WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOWABOUT YOUR DONATION TO THE SPORTY’S FOUNDATION

All bequests made by The Sporty’s Foundation are personally vetted and approved by Sporty’s Founder and Chairman, Hal Shevers, in concert with the Foundation’s governing board. All people involved are active pilots who understand the crucial need to ensure the continuation of a robust aviation community.

Unlike other charities with massive operating budgets and outrageous executive salaries, Sporty’s assumes all administrative costs for The Sporty’s Foundation, which is your guarantee that your donation is directed 100 percent toward important aviation-based programs.

The accountability of The Sporty’s Foundation is totally transparent. We urge you to check out IRS Form 990, which is filed annually on behalf of the Foundation and may easily be accessed online.

Whenever possible, your charitable dollars are kept within the aviation community as we understand it is important to give back to the activity that means so much to all of us.

• Total giving to charitable organizations was $410.02 billion in 2017 (2.1% of GDP). This is an increase of 5.2% in current dollars and 3.0% in inflation-adjusted dollars from 2016.

• Giving has increased in current dollars every year since 1977, with the exception of three years that saw declines: 1987, 2008 and 2009.

• The majority of charitable giving came from individuals. Specifically, individuals gave $286.65 billion, accounting for 70% of all giving and representing a 3.0% increase over 2016.

• Foundations - which includes grants made by independent, community, and operating foundations - gave $66.9 billion (16% of all donations). This represents a 6% increase over the prior year.

• Giving to education charities was up 6.2% to $58.9 billion (14% of all donations).

• Foundations saw an increase of 6% to $45.89 billion (11% of all donations).

Source: Giving USA 2018, Annual Report on Philanthropy

Some Facts & Figures on Charitable Giving

LOOKING AHEAD TO THE COMING YEAR.. .The coming year brings more opportunity for The Sporty’s Foundation to be of service. We are committed to passing along a robust aviation community to the next generation, and the next, and the next. Won’t you join us on this important mission?

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ENCOURAGE GROW INSPIRE GIVE

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THE SPORTY’S FOUNDATIONClermont County/Sporty’s Airport

2001 Sportys DriveBatavia, OH 45103

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sportysfoundation.org

A REAL FOUNDATION100% of donations received support programs

and bequests. There is no overhead!

See Sporty’s Foundation IRS Form 990 at SportysFoundation.org/990