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AOPA CONSOLIDATED
Amounts in thousands (unaudited)

2019 OPERATING REVENUE (Total operating revenue $51,010)

Contributions, contracts,
and grants
$11,072

Other income
$704

Product sales
and services
$4,960

Commissions
and royalties
$5,422

Membership dues
and subscriptions
$22,323
Advertising fees
$6,529

2019 OPERATING EXPENSES (Total operating expenses $53,641)

General
and administrative
$5,197

Fundraising
$590

Products
and services
$7,834

Mission
$40,020

THE BULK of AOPA's revenue in 2019 came from membership dues and
grants. Mission constitutes the bulk of expenses and includes advocacy,
media, member-focused programs such as You Can Fly, fly-ins, and the
Air Safety Institute. Not shown here are non-operating investment gains.

Ninth, tenth, and eleventh grade courses are now
being used, and the twelfth-grade curriculum will
be ready for field testing in fall 2020.
We provide these courses at no charge to
high schools around the United States. In the
current school year, more than 5,000 students
at 161 schools in 34 states are using the curriculum. These schools are large and small; public and
private; rural, urban, and suburban. By bringing
the aviation STEM curriculum to the classroom,
we're reaching more young people than ever.
And we're making strides in other demographics:
Twenty-two percent of the students who utilize
the aviation STEM curriculum are female, and 38
percent come from under-represented groups.
Not only are we drawing more young people
into aviation, we're helping to prepare them for
highly rewarding aviation careers. There's an everwidening pilot and mechanic void, and AOPA will
continue to inspire young people to fill those jobs.
We're not just patting ourselves on the back
when it comes to the High School Initiative. In
2019 American Airlines invited schools that utilize
the AOPA STEM curriculum to apply for education grants worth up to $20,000. The curriculum
"is really making a difference in the lives of the
students in the program, and American Airlines
recognizes that," said Brad Morrison, manager of
pilot career recruiting at American.

You Can Fly's mission is to get pilots flying and
keep them flying. We know aviation can be a confusing world to enter, particularly if you don't
know anyone else who's a pilot. That's why AOPA
created a special issue of Flight Training magazine
called "You Can Fly: Your Path to Become a Pilot."
We packed this special issue for new pilots with
essential articles on medical certificate questions
and resources, flying gear, training airplanes, technology, the alphabet soup of aviation abbreviations
and acronyms, financing, and what to do with your
pilot certificate. We sent free magazines and countertop displays to more than 850 flight schools
all around the United States, and prospective
pilots can access a free digital copy at ft.aopa.org/
youcanfly. Flight school owners and managers tell
us the magazine is a great tool for their customers.
AOPA continues to work with flight schools to
help them provide the highest quality training possible so that student pilots will stay engaged and
focused on obtaining their certificates. You Can Fly
is developing a new adaptive training system for
student pilots that will automatically create personalized lessons and assign homework based on
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