Samaritan Aviation FY2024 filing

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Mesa, AZ501(c)(3)Since 1999Health CareEIN 84-1543484Revenue $3.3M in FY2024

On file with the IRSsamaritanaviation.org4710 E Falcon Dr Ste 215, 85215-2504 · Mesa, AZTax-exempt since Aug 2000Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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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.
88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$258K 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
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
88%
of spending
Looks good: 88% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$258K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.2 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
$528K
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% 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
$3.3M
-18% vs prior year
Spent
$3.3M
To programs
88%
Net assets
$5.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$3.3M
FY2024▼ -18%
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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
$3.3M
FY2024▲ +6%
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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
$5.3M
FY2024▼ -1%
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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 FY2024 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

88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 88% · $2.9M Management & general 9% · $306K Fundraising 3% · $88K

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

9 people listed on the 990; $258K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$122,416Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Development Officer
$109,733Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$26,233Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$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

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

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1 program · $2.9M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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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 2024, samaritan aviation flew 514 missions, providing emergency evacuation flights for 320 patients.

$2.9Mprogram 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 FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$92K
Other incomeLn 4–11$44K
Money outPt IX
$3.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.9M
Managementcol C$306K
Fundraisingcol D$88K
Owns and owesPt X
$5.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$5.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$528K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$142K
Investment incomeLn 3$92K
Other incomeLn 4–11$44K
Gains on assetsLn 7$3K
Total revenueLn 12$3.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$645K
SavingsLn 2$773K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.9M
Other assetsLn 15$396K
Total assetsLn 16$5.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$528K
Net assetsLn 32$5.3M
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.3M$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.0M$3.9M
Total assetsLn 16$5.4M$5.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$94K$528K
Net assetsLn 32$5.3M$5.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$340K$332K$5K$3K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.2M$1.1M$19K$9K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$21K$19K$948$473
Other employee benefitsLn 9$15K$15K$603$160
Payroll taxesLn 10$29K$27K$1K$575
Accounting feesLn 11c$45K$4K$41K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$106K$64K$41K$796
Advertising and promotionLn 12$48K$10K$1K$37K
Office expensesLn 13$51K$37K$13K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$55K$23K$31K$682
OccupancyLn 16$221K$184K$36K
TravelLn 17$325K$259K$39K$28K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$383K$348K$35K
InsuranceLn 23$7K$3K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$467K$423K$37K$8K
All other expensesLn 24e$17K$15K$2K$40
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.3M$2.9M$306K$88K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $4.3M$3.7M$582K$5.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $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 I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $3,312,428 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,026,969$3,176,729
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $7,081$92,054
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $14,175$43,645
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,048,225$3,312,428
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 $1,561,889$1,571,581
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,537,003$1,725,256
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,098,892$3,296,837
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $949,333$15,591
Part VI · Governance 6 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members6
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 $3,312,428 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$141,896
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,034,833
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,176,729
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $89,505$89,505
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $2,549$2,549
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $43,645$43,645
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $135,699$3,312,428
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,296,837 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $332,210 · Management $5,377 · Fundraising $2,689$340,276
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,138,122 · Management $18,867 · Fundraising $9,396$1,166,385
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $19,454 · Management $948 · Fundraising $473$20,875
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $14,532 · Management $603 · Fundraising $160$15,295
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $27,025 · Management $1,150 · Fundraising $575$28,750
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $3,906 · Management $41,031$44,937
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $64,217 · Management $40,919 · Fundraising $796$105,932
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $10,216 · Management $1,029 · Fundraising $36,766$48,011
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $36,588 · Management $12,781 · Fundraising $1,420$50,789
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $23,191 · Management $30,722 · Fundraising $682$54,595
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $184,426 · Management $36,303$220,729
IX-17 TravelPrograms $259,272 · Management $38,587 · Fundraising $27,501$325,360
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $348,049 · Management $35,278$383,327
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,169 · Management $4,216$7,385
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $423,103 · Management $36,647 · Fundraising $7,621$467,371
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $15,198 · Management $1,582 · Fundraising $40$16,820
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,902,678 · Management $306,040 · Fundraising $88,119$3,296,837
Part X · Balance sheet $5,807,546 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,115,234$645,100
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,227,312$773,258
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $28,108$32,563
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $8,332$4,854
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $9,292$82,107
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,039,906$3,873,511
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $800$396,153
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,428,984$5,807,546
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $93,834$133,066
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$395,353
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $93,834$528,419
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,077,795$4,587,298
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,257,355$691,829
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,335,150$5,279,127
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,428,984$5,807,546
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,279,127 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,312,428
XI-2 Total expenses$3,296,837
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$15,591
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,335,150
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$34,778
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$36,836
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,279,127

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