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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by OPERATION AIRDROP INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 2 December 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Program services expenses
$2,432,793 changed to $2,430,400
Management and general expenses
$39,607 changed to $42,000
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,432,793 changed to $2,430,400

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Matt Brantner
  • Russ Keith
  • Tara Winter

Totals

Total revenue
$4,208,152
Total expenses
$2,472,400
Contributions and grants received
$4,208,152
Grants paid
$1,997,729
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,800,303
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,800,303
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,430,400
Management and general expenses
$42,000
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,430,400

Program services were 98.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,208,152

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,991,765 · program services $1,991,765

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $5,964 · program services $5,964

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $24,069 · management and general $24,069

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $84 · program services $84

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $400 · program services $400

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,903 · program services $15,903

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,587 · program services $1,587

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $387,657 · program services $387,657

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $15,538 · management and general $15,538

  • 24c · Other expenses: REIMBURSEMENTS

    total $13,210 · program services $13,210

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $7,392 · program services $7,392

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,831 · program services $6,438 · management and general $2,393

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $64,551 · end of year $1,800,303

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $64,551 · end of year $1,800,303

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO RESPOND SWIFTLY AND EFFECTIVELY IN TIMES OF CRISIS, ENSURING THAT ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES REACH THOSE IN NEED WHEN TRADITIONAL GROUND TRANSPORTATION IS COMPROMISED.

  • GRANTS AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS/ORGANIZATIONS AFFECTED BY NATURAL DISASTERS.

    Expenses $2,430,400 · Grants $1,997,729

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Doug Jackson

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Robert Johnson

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ck Lee

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Larry Robicheaux

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Aubie Pearman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

  • OPERATION HELO

    $1,816,765

    DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS TO THE PEOPLE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HIT BY HURRICANE HELENE, BY AIRLIFTING SUPPLIES, PROVIDING TRAILERS AND GENERATORS, AND MOVING PEOPLE TO SAFER PLACES.

  • MOUNTAIN HARBOUR B&B

    $50,000

    PROVIDE DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS AND SUPPLIES FOR REBUILDING AFTER HURRICANE HELENE.

  • NOLICHUCKY HOSPITALITY

    $50,000

    PROVIDE DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS AND SUPPLIES FOR REBUILDING AFTER HURRICANE HELENE.

  • TRIPLE C CAMPGROUND

    $50,000

    PROVIDE DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS AND SUPPLIES FOR REBUILDING AFTER HURRICANE HELENE.

  • WHEELERS INN

    $25,000

    PROVIDE DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS AND SUPPLIES FOR REBUILDING AFTER HURRICANE HELENE.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
2 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202620369349300817

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