Samaritan Aviation provides critical Aviation services that include life flights, medical supply delivery, and disaster relief operations in remote regions of papua new guinea. The organization also leads community health initiatives and leadership development programs to strengthen local capacity. In addition, occasional mercy flights are offered in the southwestern united states for patients who are unable to travel by road or commercial airline due to medical conditions.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 7 volunteers and 18 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $540K a year · 17% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$648K
to officers and key staff · 17% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 17% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $6K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$746K
11% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 11% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$4.3M
+31% vs prior year
Spent
$3.7M
To programs
83%
Net assets
$5.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$4.3M
FY2025▲ +31%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$2.4M
FY2022$3.9M
FY2023$4.0M
FY2024$3.3M
FY2025$4.3M
Expenses
$3.7M
FY2025▲ +14%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$2.7M
FY2023$3.1M
FY2024$3.3M
FY2025$3.7M
Net assets
$5.8M
FY2025▲ +11%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.5M
FY2021$3.1M
FY2022$4.3M
FY2023$5.3M
FY2024$5.3M
FY2025$5.8M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · 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 Aug 2000.

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

Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $3.1M Management & general 9% · $346K Fundraising 8% · $297K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $648K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$119,273Pt VII · Sec A
$118,261Pt VII · Sec A
$116,771Pt VII · Sec A
$112,045Pt VII · Sec A
$103,182Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$78,721Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Luke Hamer’s $119K as Pilot is at the 35th 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 · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Steven Mark Palm$118,261$122,416$120,101$91,034$91,078$101,215
Luke Hamer$119,273—————
Matthew Condon$116,771—————
Nicholas Mosca$112,045—————
Bryan Yeager—$109,733$100,519$99,053$105,481$73,043
Anton Yudzitski$103,182—————
Brian Broyles$78,721$26,233————

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

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Provides mission, medical, and aviation services to share the Gospel.

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1 program · $3.1M · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Samaritan aviation continues to serve the remote areas in the east sepik and gulf provinces of papua new guinea (PNG). In 2025, samaritan aviation flew 577 missions, providing emergency evacuation flights for 264 patients.

$3.1Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$6K
Grants paid · 2 grants · $8K · 2020–2022
Unitemized GrantFY2022$6,921
Unitemized GrantFY2020$1,041

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$50K
Other incomeLn 4–11$10K
Money outPt IX
$3.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.1M
Managementcol C$346K
Fundraisingcol D$297K
Owns and owesPt X
$5.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.8M
Total assetsLn 16$6.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$746K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$136K
Investment incomeLn 3$50K
Other incomeLn 4–11$10K
Gains on assetsLn 7$2K
Total revenueLn 12$4.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.1M
SavingsLn 2$703K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.5M
Other assetsLn 15$329K
Total assetsLn 16$6.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$746K
Net assetsLn 32$5.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 518
VolunteersI 67
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.4M$1.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.9M$4.5M
Total assetsLn 16$5.8M$6.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$528K$746K
Net assetsLn 32$5.3M$5.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$284K$276K$6K$3K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.5M$1.5M$23K$12K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$20K$18K$942$416
Other employee benefitsLn 9$27K$24K$2K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$27K$26K$1K$472
Legal feesLn 11b$6K$3K$3K$33
Accounting feesLn 11c$60K$27K$32K$316
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$104K$47K$57K$551
Advertising and promotionLn 12$51K$11K$1K$40K
Office expensesLn 13$41K$31K$8K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$94K$49K$45K$938
OccupancyLn 16$256K$214K$42K
TravelLn 17$277K$220K$32K$25K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$380K$345K$35K
InsuranceLn 23$14K$6K$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$600K$349K$48K$203K
All other expensesLn 24e$16K$5K$1K$10K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.7M$3.1M$346K$297K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $4.3M$3.7M$582K$5.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $3.3M$3.3M$16K$5.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.0M$3.1M$949K$5.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.9M$2.7M$1.2M$4.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.4M$1.8M$634K$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.4M$1.5M−$122K$2.5M 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 O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $4,325,073 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,176,729$4,264,781
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $92,054$50,496
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $43,645$9,796
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,312,428$4,325,073
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 $1,571,581$1,843,894
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,725,256$1,899,306
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,296,837$3,743,200
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $15,591$581,873
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
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 $4,325,073 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$135,590
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,129,191
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,264,781
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $48,517$48,517
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $1,979$1,979
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $9,796$9,796
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $60,292$4,325,073
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,743,200 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $275,567 · Management $5,683 · Fundraising $2,841$284,091
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,451,149 · Management $23,126 · Fundraising $11,517$1,485,792
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $18,362 · Management $942 · Fundraising $416$19,720
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $23,638 · Management $2,489 · Fundraising $1,047$27,174
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $25,598 · Management $1,047 · Fundraising $472$27,117
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $2,781 · Management $3,337 · Fundraising $33$6,151
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $27,064 · Management $32,478 · Fundraising $316$59,858
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $47,155 · Management $56,586 · Fundraising $551$104,292
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $10,649 · Management $1,072 · Fundraising $39,664$51,385
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $31,238 · Management $8,246 · Fundraising $1,506$40,990
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $48,546 · Management $44,964 · Fundraising $938$94,448
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $213,547 · Management $42,037$255,584
IX-17 TravelPrograms $220,478 · Management $31,893 · Fundraising $24,563$276,934
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $344,751 · Management $34,943$379,694
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,798 · Management $7,714$13,512
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $348,997 · Management $47,937 · Fundraising $203,224$600,158
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $5,012 · Management $1,145 · Fundraising $10,143$16,300
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,100,330 · Management $345,639 · Fundraising $297,231$3,743,200
Part X · Balance sheet $6,589,801 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $645,100$1,060,108
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $773,258$703,417
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $32,563$13,574
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $4,854$4,854
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $82,107$26,615
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,873,511$4,452,596
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $396,153$328,637
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,807,546$6,589,801
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $133,066$208,767
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $395,353$327,837
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $528,419$745,868
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,587,298$5,083,784
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $691,829$760,149
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,279,127$5,843,933
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,807,546$6,589,801
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,843,933 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,325,073
XI-2 Total expenses$3,743,200
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$581,873
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,279,127
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$17,067
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,843,933

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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