Public Charity

Flight Nine Academy

Flight Nine Academy, of Dallas, TX, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $274K in revenue, $264K in expenses, $12K in total assets. 10 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $326K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 814213776 Dallas, TX Boys & Girls Clubs NTEE: O23 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$274K
Total Expenses$264K
Total Assets$12K
Grant Records10
Funding Total$326K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

HBCU Heroes exists to expand educational and career opportunities for students and recent graduates of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by providing career readiness training, mentorship, professional development, and scholarship support.

Where $100 goes at Flight Nine Academy

How Flight Nine Academy divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$85 Programs the work itself
$15 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $85 for programs

$43
Provided structured career readiness training, interview preparation, and workplace skills development to approximately 10,000 HBCU students and recent graduates annually across 100 HBCUs nationwide through live virtual workshops…
50% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 10,000 students
$25
Facilitated virtual and onsite corporate mentorship and speed-mentoring engagements between HBCU students and professionals from Fortune 1000 companies, coordinating hundreds of volunteer mentors annually and delivering structured, virtual…
30% of program spending
$17
Advanced workforce outcomes by supporting over 750 job and internship placements annually for HBCU students and recent graduates through employer partnerships, recruitment facilitation, and direct career pathway programming…
20% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 750 placements
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2024
EMPOWER STUDENTS TO COMPETE IN CORPORATE AMERICA, BIG-TECH, ENTERTAINMENT, HEALTHCARE/WELLNESS, SPORTS MANAGEMENT, ENTREPRENEURIAL PATHWAYS AND MORE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL STRIDES.
$78,750
2024
GENERAL SUPPORT
$75,000
$42,961
$12,963
2023
GENERAL SUPPORT
$50,000

Showing up to 5 of 10 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Board Member George Lynch
Board Member Ricky Dudley
President Tracey Pennywell

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$195,754 6 grants
Health & Medicine
$115,500 2 grants
Youth Development
$15,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $274K $264K $12K
2024 $246K $246K $3K
2023 $78K $63K $42K
2022 $236K $256K $20K
2021 $378K $341K $40K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $378K to $274K (-28%), with total assets most recently reported at $12K.

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