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Lifenet INC FY2020 filing

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Texarkana, TX501(c)(3) EIN 71-0739940Revenue $32.2M in FY2020Latest return filed Apr 4, 2026

On file with the IRSlifenetems.org6225 Saint Michael Dr, 75503-2690 · Texarkana, TXTax-exempt since May 1994Supporting organization — 509(a)(3)

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To provide emergency ground and air ambulance services and related medical attention while in transit.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$840K 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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FY2020 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $934K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$840K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.5 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $47K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$7.8M
35% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 35% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$32.2M
Spent
$33.6M
To programs
84%
Net assets
$14.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$32.2M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$32.2M
FY2021$37.4M
FY2022$39.0M
FY2023$38.6M
FY2024$39.1M
FY2025$49.0M
Expenses
$33.6M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$33.6M
FY2021$35.8M
FY2022$37.1M
FY2023$37.6M
FY2024$40.6M
FY2025$45.0M
Net assets
$14.2M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$14.2M
FY2021$15.8M
FY2022$17.7M
FY2023$18.7M
FY2024$17.3M
FY2025$21.3M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending September 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1994.

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

Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $28.2M Management & general 16% · $5.4M

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

21 people listed on the 990; $840K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
$196,773Pt VII · Sec A
Tommy McGee
Employee
$143,229Pt VII · Sec A
$133,203Pt VII · Sec A
Grace Murphy
Employee
$124,734Pt VII · Sec A
$121,508Pt VII · Sec A
$120,450Pt VII · Sec A
Buddy Allen
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Katie Andrus
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jason Castlberry$275,640$263,392$235,625$186,362—$120,450
David Baumgardner———$221,198$208,646$196,773
David Snavely——$219,617———
Alyssa Moore$212,202—————
Michael Harper$199,130$188,014—$159,397——
Bradley Chunn$190,423$157,447$150,359———
Edward Prince$186,298$164,979$155,457$149,186$135,752$133,203
Adam Oliver$178,749—————

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides emergency ground and air ambulance services and medical attention during transport.

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1 program · $28.2M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Provided emergency medical transport and services in the following counties in southwest arkansas and east texas, miller, garland, bowie, cass, red river, saline, hot spring county, and western payne, ok.

$28.2Mprogram 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 · FY2023
Northeast Texas Regional Advisory CouncilFY2023$47K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$47K

Federal money

Single Audit · Federal Audit Clearinghouse · money spent from federal programs
Year ending Sep 2023 · $1.4M federal money spent
Provider Relief FundDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.498 · Direct$1.4M

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Sep 2021 · $787K federal money spent
Provider Relief FundDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.498 · Direct$787K

The auditor reported 1 finding: a weakness in money controls.

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$32.2M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$30.8M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$91K
Money outPt IX
$33.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$28.2M
Managementcol C$5.4M
Owns and owesPt X
$14.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$7.0M
Total assetsLn 16$22.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$30.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$91K
Total revenueLn 12$32.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$7.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$7.0M
Accounts receivableLn 4$5.3M
Inventories for sale or useLn 8$76K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$332K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9.4M
Other assetsLn 15$9K
Total assetsLn 16$22.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.8M
Net assetsLn 32$14.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5545
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.1M$7.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9.8M$9.4M
Total assetsLn 16$19.6M$22.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.9M$7.8M
Net assetsLn 32$15.7M$14.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$16.5M$13.0M$3.5M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$263K$195K$68K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$3.9M$3.0M$865K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.3M$1.2M$30K
Legal feesLn 11b$12K$3K$9K
Accounting feesLn 11c$6K$6K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$29K$29K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$32K$9K$23K
OccupancyLn 16$588K$477K$111K
TravelLn 17$39K$18K$21K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$32K$3K$29K
InterestLn 20$102K$86K$15K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2.6M$2.4M$176K
InsuranceLn 23$622K$620K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3.6M$3.6M$11K
All other expensesLn 24e$4.0M$3.5M$555K
Total functional expensesLn 25$33.6M$28.2M$5.4M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Apr 4, 2026 $49.0M$45.0M$4.0M$21.3M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Apr 5, 2025 $39.1M$40.6M−$1.4M$17.3M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Jul 9, 2024 $38.6M$37.6M$1.0M$18.7M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 3, 2023 $39.0M$37.1M$1.9M$17.7M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Apr 1, 2022 $37.4M$35.8M$1.6M$15.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 2, 2021 $32.2M$33.6M−$1.4M$14.2M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $32,181,467 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $171,016$1,318,415
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $31,162,354$30,771,791
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $12,340$91,261
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $31,345,710$32,181,467
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $20,331,070$21,881,717
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $10,648,582$11,739,810
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $30,979,652$33,621,527
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $366,058−$1,440,060
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
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
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $32,181,467 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,318,415
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,318,415
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $30,771,791$30,771,791
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $91,261$91,261
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $30,863,052$32,181,467
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $33,621,527 across 16 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $12,951,925 · Management $3,502,574$16,454,499
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $194,864 · Management $68,123$262,987
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $3,028,180 · Management $865,335$3,893,515
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,240,374 · Management $30,342$1,270,716
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $2,841 · Management $8,946$11,787
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $6,100$6,100
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $29,483$29,483
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $9,383 · Management $22,604$31,987
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $476,614 · Management $111,192$587,806
IX-17 TravelPrograms $17,841 · Management $20,782$38,623
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $3,436 · Management $28,795$32,231
IX-20 InterestPrograms $86,337 · Management $15,388$101,725
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,425,700 · Management $175,695$2,601,395
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $620,473 · Management $1,387$621,860
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,632,279 · Management $11,268$3,643,547
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $3,478,223 · Management $555,043$4,033,266
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $28,197,953 · Management $5,423,574 · Fundraising $0$33,621,527
Part X · Balance sheet $22,058,476 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $4,079,794$6,987,383
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $5,226,847$5,290,346
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $89,783$76,212
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $411,778$332,316
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $9,791,410$9,362,945
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $6,183$9,274
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $19,605,795$22,058,476
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,667,707$2,718,526
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $83,570$84,149
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $891,563$4,822,333
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $290,635$201,208
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,933,475$7,826,216
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $15,672,320$14,232,260
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $15,672,320$14,232,260
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $19,605,795$22,058,476
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $14,232,260 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$32,181,467
XI-2 Total expenses$33,621,527
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,440,060
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$15,672,320
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$14,232,260

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

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