ORIGINAL: STLPilot
What the heck are you talking about? You're not a stockholder in the AMA, they don't have too report a single thing to you if they don't want too. You guys are making much more out of a NFP then it really is. NFP's are not even allowed to offer stocks to anyone for any reason, thus they don't have to show you a darn thing. You are a member of a club, same exact thing as AAA, not an owner of their company. There is a huge difference. Try DEMANDING AAA to answer any question you have for them.
Nonsense.
AAA is not a 501(c)3 organization, never has been, never will be. AAA doesn't send me a ballot every year so I can vote on who's in charge at the top. AAA is a >for-profit< _company_, and the "membship" schtick is quite similar to State Farm Mutual, except for a few minor details on who among the membership is liable if the company goes belly-up (read up on mutuals some time). AAA doesn't have to tell you anything, that much is certain.
AMA on the other hand is _required_ by The Fed to provide very detailed information, not the least of which is the financial report seen in Model Aviation, which itself is required by the 501(c)3 status.
AAA and AMA are not alike in any form or fashion, and your assertions to the contrary are simply wrong-headed.