Mission
Stripes to Bars is a 501(c)(3) public charity that enables qualified veterans to earn Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certificates. In doing so, we assist those Veterans transition from military to civilian life, while increasing the pilot population.
Ruling year
2016
Principal Officer
Clayton Horney
Main address
P.O. Box 12234
Denver, CO 80212 USA
EIN
81-2482327
NTEE code
Military/Veterans' Organizations (W30)
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Veterans frequently have difficulty transitioning from the military to civilian careens. Additionally, there is a US and worldwide pilot shortage that is a result of increasing air travel and the retirement of large numbers of professional pilots.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Annual Scholarship
We aim to provide 5-10 scholarships per year. Winners will use funding to start their training in aviation.
Where we work
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Our results
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Total dollar amount of scholarship awarded
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Population(s) Served
Military personnel, Veterans
Related Program
Annual Scholarship
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Stripes to Bars is a 501(c)(3) public charity that enables qualified veterans to earn Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certificates. In doing so, we assist those Veterans transition from military to civilian life, while increasing the pilot population.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Stripes to Bars packages donations from corporate and individual donors into scholarships that are awarded to qualifying Veterans to be used to acquire FAA aviation certificates. Stripes to Bars also assigns aviation mentors to scholarship winners to assist Veterans in navigating the aviation training process.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We are lucky to have active duty and retired National Guard and Reserve Servicemembers in addition to aviation professionals, financial managers and devoted family members as part of our organization. We are excited to use over 90% of donated funds to create aviation scholarships for eligible Veterans, in an effort to smooth their transition to civilian life while simultaneously working to increasing the civilian pilot population.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
During our first five years of existence, Stripes to Bars has been able to award $52,000 in aviation scholarships.
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Operations
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STRIPES TO BARS
Board of directorsas of 04/24/2023
Clayton Horney
Will Pickeral
Bill Pickeral
Judy Pickeral
Drew Elmore
Lance Ward
Chris Arndt
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