The organization is dedicated to the support of service members who have been wounded in battle.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
51¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$236K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $6K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
51%
of spending
Worth a look: 51% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$236K
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
11 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 10.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $3K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$298K
16% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 16% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.9M
-7% vs prior year
Spent
$1.5M
To programs
51%
Net assets
$1.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.9M
FY2024▼ -7%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$2.4M
FY2022$2.3M
FY2023$2.0M
FY2024$1.9M
Expenses
$1.5M
FY2024▼ -28%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$2.5M
FY2022$2.5M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$1.5M
Net assets
$1.6M
FY2024▲ +25%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.7M
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.6M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in May 2008.

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Where the money goes

51 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 51% · $778K Management & general 10% · $153K Fundraising 39% · $587K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $236K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$128,846Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Executive Officer
$107,500Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jamie L Kopp’s $129K as Executive Director is at the 41st percentile of top reported officer pay among 3128 $1–10M health care nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jamie L Kopp$128,846————
Fletcher Gill$107,500$106,823$70,000$70,000$72,308
Mary E Scott——$38,923$105,630—
Lindsay Gill————$92,813

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Supports service members wounded in battle.

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1 program · $778K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Lukes wings provides emergency travel planning services and airplane tickets for bamilies and loved ones of wounded, ill, and injured service members, veterans, and fallen officers,curing recovery and rehabilitation. From inception, over 14,000 tickets on commercial airlines for hero families have been provided across the country.

$778Kprogram expense

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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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$3K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.5M
Other incomeLn 4–11$251K
Investment incomeLn 3$121K
Money outPt IX
$1.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$778K
Managementcol C$153K
Fundraisingcol D$587K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$298K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.5M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$268K
Investment incomeLn 3$121K
Other incomeLn 4–11$251K
Gains on assetsLn 7$78K
Total revenueLn 12$1.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$235K
SavingsLn 2$1.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$29K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$245K
Other assetsLn 15$7K
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$298K
Net assetsLn 32$1.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 59
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M$1.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$29K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$62K$245K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$100K$298K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M$1.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$453K$272K$77K$104K
Management feesLn 11a$68K$41K$12K$16K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$391K$391K
Investment management feesLn 11f$8K$8K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$22K$13K$4K$5K
OccupancyLn 16$61K$36K$10K$14K
TravelLn 17$68K$41K$12K$16K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$6K$4K$1K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$438K$370K$29K$39K
All other expensesLn 24e$53$32$9$12
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.5M$778K$153K$587K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $1.9M$1.5M$352K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.0M$2.1M−$110K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.3M$2.5M−$202K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.4M$2.5M−$140K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.2M$1.2M$70K$1.7M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,868,824 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,870,454$1,496,207
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $135,199$121,398
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$251,219
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,005,653$1,868,824
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 $577,667$453,458
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $358,908$391,247
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,178,800$672,571
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,115,375$1,517,276
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$109,722$351,548
Part VI · Governance 6 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,868,824 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,496,207
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$267,803
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,496,207
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $43,199$43,199
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $78,199$78,199
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $251,219$251,219
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $121,398 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $251,219$1,868,824
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,517,276 across 10 lines filed
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $272,075 · Management $77,088 · Fundraising $104,295$453,458
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $41,051 · Management $11,631 · Fundraising $15,736$68,418
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $391,247$391,247
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $8,330$8,330
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $13,424 · Management $3,804 · Fundraising $5,146$22,374
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $36,484 · Management $10,337 · Fundraising $13,986$60,807
IX-17 TravelPrograms $41,093 · Management $11,643 · Fundraising $15,752$68,488
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $3,623 · Management $1,026 · Fundraising $1,389$6,038
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $369,958 · Management $28,945 · Fundraising $39,160$438,063
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $32 · Management $9 · Fundraising $12$53
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $777,740 · Management $152,813 · Fundraising $586,723$1,517,276
Part X · Balance sheet $1,893,102 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $295,159$234,831
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $926,564$1,110,907
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $29,647$104,687
X-4 Accounts receivable$63,681
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $47,962$98,778
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $62,133$244,603
X-11 Publicly traded securities$28,725
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $16,890$6,890
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,378,355$1,893,102
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $27,831$42,116
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $4,238$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $99,515$298,353
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,278,840$1,594,749
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,278,840$1,594,749
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,378,355$1,893,102
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,594,749 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,868,824
XI-2 Total expenses$1,517,276
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$351,548
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,278,840
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$35,639
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,594,749

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