Free Flight strives to unite the needs of birds and people through programs offered through our learning center and the services we provide. Our parrots help by inspiring visitors to learn more, and to participate in one of our multiple educational programs. We teach adults and children the proper methods of avian care to advocate for the well being of companion parrots in society as a whole. We bring the community together through events to celebrate the human animal bond and foster the connection between parrots and people.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
$24K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990-EZIndependent: 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
FY2025
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $58K a year · 18% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$24K
to officers and key staff
No data yet: the filing does not give pay as a share of spending.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
3
named funders · $14K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$25K
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$154K
Net assets
$205K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$154K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$154K
FY2021$276K
FY2022$271K
FY2023$248K
FY2024$338K
FY2025$429K
Expenses
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FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$185K
FY2022$224K
FY2023$245K
FY2024$283K
FY2025$337K
Net assets
$205K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$205K
FY2021$296K
FY2022$344K
FY2023$347K
FY2024$401K
FY2025$493K

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 2009.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990-EZ; $24K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$19,859Pt VII · Sec A
$4,193Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President & CEO
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Mary Struble’s $27K as Executive Dir. is at the 28th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1220 $100K–1M animals 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Mary Struble$26,628$25,184$25,376$22,464$18,720$19,859
Lauren Alvarez—————$4,193

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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Programs and updates

Educates people on parrot care and celebrates the human-animal bond through community events.

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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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$14K
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$154K
Other income$154K
Owns and owes
$205K
net assets
Liabilities$25K
People
7
listed
Paid2
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$154K
Total revenue$154K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$25K
Net assets$205K
Operations
Employees9
Volunteers25
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $429K$337K$91K$493K 990 PDF
FY2024 $338K$283K$55K$401K 990 PDF
FY2023 $248K$245K$3K$347K 990 PDF
FY2022 $271K$224K$47K$344K 990 PDF
FY2021 $276K$185K$91K$296K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $154K$205K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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