Mercy Flight INC: FY2021 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 22-2560963)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$20.9M
FY2021	$23.6M
FY2022	$26.5M
FY2023	$21.4M
FY2024	$28.5M
FY2025	$36.8M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$19.5M
FY2021	$20.5M
FY2022	$21.4M
FY2023	$21.9M
FY2024	$28.6M
FY2025	$33.2M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$8.7M
FY2021	$11.9M
FY2022	$17.2M
FY2023	$16.8M
FY2024	$16.7M
FY2025	$20.2M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1984.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

86%

12%

Program services 86% · $17.7M Management & general 12% · $2.5M Fundraising 1% · $294K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

23 people listed on the 990; $998K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII

Douglas H Baker

President/CEO

$170,217Pt VII · Sec A

Margaret a Ferrentino

Executive VP/Secretary

$155,336Pt VII · Sec A

Scott Wooton

VP of Finance/Treasurer

$126,889Pt VII · Sec A

Jennifer Crotty

Chief Flight Nurse

$115,338Pt VII · Sec A

David Smith

Base Lead Pilot

$110,749Pt VII · Sec A

Marc Boies

Director of Flight Operati

$109,631Pt VII · Sec A

Dennis Crandall

Chief Pilot

$105,508Pt VII · Sec A

Brian Smith

Base Lead Pilot

$104,680Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Margaret a Ferrentino	$235,714	$211,606	$180,637	$170,438	$155,336	$133,292
Scott Wooton	$200,975	$177,115	$153,021	$143,879	$126,889	$105,534
Douglas H Baker	—	—	$126,015	$184,075	$170,217	$157,785
David Smith	$168,644	$148,873	$127,293	$116,191	$110,749	—
Jeffrey Nielsen	$166,800	$146,319	$127,805	—	—	—
Dennis Crandall	$165,400	$164,636	$143,383	$107,735	$105,508	$103,476
Holly Gernatt	$153,066	—	—	—	—	—
Daniel Pehrson	$151,984	—	—	—	—	—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides medical transportation for Western New York, Western Pennsylvania, and Southern Ontario.

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1 program · $17.7M · in their own filed words · FY2020

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The organization is an independent provider of emergency and non-emergency air and ground medical transportation and supporting services, ensuring rapid, safe and cost effective delivery of expert emergency response teams. Since 1981, the organization has safely completed tens of thousands of air and ground ambulance patient missions.

$17.7Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2024

The Walter E Schmid Family Foundation Charitable TrustFY2024$65K

Network for Good INCFY2024$41K

James H Cummings Foundation INCFY2024$30K

Grigg Lewis Foundation INCFY2024$16K

Kaleida HealthFY2024$14K

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$12K

Lewis J and Clelia M Serventi Family FoundationFY2024$10K

Sullivan Family FoundationFY2024$7K

Total grants receivedfrom 17 funders$223K

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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$23.6M

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$21.3M

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.2M

Other incomeLn 4–11$90K

Money outPt IX

$20.5M

Ln 25

Programscol B$17.7M

Managementcol C$2.5M

Fundraisingcol D$294K

Owns and owesPt X

$11.9M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.5M

Total assetsLn 16$42.8M

LiabilitiesLn 26$30.9M

PeoplePt VI, VII

23

listed · VII A

PaidVII A8

Voting boardVI 1a17

IndependentVI 1b15

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.2M

Government grantsLn 1e$1.9M

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$797

Fees for servicesLn 2g$21.3M

Investment incomeLn 3$25K

Other incomeLn 4–11$90K

Gains on assetsLn 7$10K

Total revenueLn 12$23.6M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$3.1M

SavingsLn 2$1.4M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$4.5M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$32.2M

Total assetsLn 16$42.8M

LiabilitiesLn 26$30.9M

Net assetsLn 32$11.9M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5351

VolunteersI 613

Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY21	End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$3.5M	$4.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$33.9M	$32.2M
Total assetsLn 16	$42.5M	$42.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$33.8M	$30.9M
Net assetsLn 32	$8.7M	$11.9M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$518K	$442K	$71K	$5K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$10.8M	$9.2M	$1.5M	$116K
Legal feesLn 11b	$24K		$24K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$24K		$24K
OccupancyLn 16	$363K	$335K	$28K
InterestLn 20	$1.3M	$1.3M	$432
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$2.6M	$2.5M	$27K
InsuranceLn 23	$1.3M	$1.3M	$61K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$2.6M	$1.8M	$841K
All other expensesLn 24e	$923K	$751K		$172K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$20.5M	$17.7M	$2.5M	$294K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$36.8M	$33.2M	$3.6M	$20.2M	990 PDF
FY2024	$28.5M	$28.6M	−$95K	$16.7M	990 PDF
FY2023	$21.4M	$21.9M	−$498K	$16.8M	990 PDF
FY2022	$26.5M	$21.4M	$5.1M	$17.2M	990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing	$23.6M	$20.5M	$3.1M	$11.9M	990 PDF
FY2020	$20.9M	$19.5M	$1.3M	$8.7M	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

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Part I · Summary $23,614,372 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $687,652$2,191,092

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $20,279,524$21,307,749

I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$246,322$25,070

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $132,281$90,461

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $20,853,135$23,614,372

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $11,067,427$11,310,599

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $8,462,953$9,218,675

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $19,530,380$20,529,274

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,322,755$3,085,098

Part VI · Governance 15 of 17 board members independent, 2 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body17

VI-1b Independent voting members15

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $23,614,372 across 10 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for −$11,563 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1c Fundraising events$797

VIII-1e Government grants$1,879,458

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$310,837

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,191,092

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $21,307,749$21,307,749

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $14,860$14,860

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $10,210$10,210

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$12,475−$12,475

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $114,499$114,499

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $21,420,895 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,385$23,614,372

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $20,529,274 across 10 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $441,572 · Management $70,700 · Fundraising $5,337$517,609

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $9,214,411 · Management $1,462,576 · Fundraising $116,003$10,792,990

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $23,878$23,878

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $23,500$23,500

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $335,099 · Management $27,601$362,700

IX-20 InterestPrograms $1,336,804 · Management $432$1,337,236

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,539,735 · Management $27,218$2,566,953

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,274,812 · Management $61,403$1,336,215

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,804,477 · Management $840,810$2,645,287

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $750,559 · Fundraising $172,347$922,906

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $17,697,469 · Management $2,538,118 · Fundraising $293,687$20,529,274

Part X · Balance sheet $42,808,299 assets, 14 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,768,831$3,054,446

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,738,840$1,418,789

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $37,825$7,183

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $4,620,281$5,709,996

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $214,930$220,659

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $129,018$154,265

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $33,944,305$32,242,961

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $42,454,030$42,808,299

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,372,795$1,134,933

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,512,506$1,553,586

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $33,766,660$30,931,426

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $8,687,370$11,876,873

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $8,687,370$11,876,873

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $42,454,030$42,808,299

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $11,876,873 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$23,614,372

XI-2 Total expenses$20,529,274

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$3,085,098

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$8,687,370

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$104,406

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$11,876,873

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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