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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AIRO.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 13 May 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.

Total revenue
$1,828,398 changed to $848,384
Total expenses
$1,777,111 changed to $828,903
Contributions and grants received
$1,715,028 changed to $755,837
Grants paid
$514,124 changed to $294,507
Program service revenue
$128,251 changed to $53,460
Investment income
$48,094 changed to $36,964
Other revenue
-$62,975 changed to $2,123
Total assets, end of year
$1,953,327 changed to $2,007,759
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,986 changed to $614
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,951,341 changed to $2,007,145
Program services expenses
$1,003,534 changed to $551,003
Management and general expenses
$248,547 changed to $88,285
Fundraising expenses
$525,030 changed to $189,615
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,003,534 changed to $551,003

Totals

Total revenue
$848,384
Total expenses
$828,903
Contributions and grants received
$755,837
Grants paid
$294,507
Program service revenue
$53,460
Investment income
$36,964
Other revenue
$2,123
Total assets, end of year
$2,007,759
Total liabilities, end of year
$614
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,007,145
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$551,003
Management and general expenses
$88,285
Fundraising expenses
$189,615
Program service expenses (Part III)
$551,003

Program services were 66.5% 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

    $755,837

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Missions Course Fees

    total $41,709 · related or exempt $41,709

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Student Debt Program Fees

    total $11,751 · related or exempt $11,751

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $31,887 · excluded $31,887

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $1,250

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $1,250

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $1,250 · excluded $1,250

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $377,830

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $372,753

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $5,077

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $5,077 · excluded $5,077

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Rewards & Rebates

    total $873 · related or exempt $873

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $873

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,000 · program services $5,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $289,507 · program services $289,507

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $137,661 · program services $73,753 · management and general $26,225 · fundraising $37,683

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $194,674 · program services $87,781 · management and general $17,901 · fundraising $88,992

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,908 · program services $2,198 · management and general $196 · fundraising $2,514

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $5,145 · program services $2,457 · management and general $71 · fundraising $2,617

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $23,249 · program services $11,300 · management and general $3,087 · fundraising $8,862

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,945 · management and general $6,945

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $33,610 · program services $22,878 · management and general $10,732

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,408 · fundraising $6,408

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,089 · management and general $2,089

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $17,903 · program services $1,023 · management and general $4,723 · fundraising $12,157

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $34,683 · program services $16,858 · management and general $4,605 · fundraising $13,220

  • 17 · Travel

    total $20,669 · program services $20,669

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,692 · program services $6,622 · management and general $5,070

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,174 · management and general $1,174

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,732 · management and general $2,732

  • 24a · Other expenses: Merchant Fees

    total $14,499 · program services $761 · fundraising $13,738

  • 24b · Other expenses: Printing and Publications

    total $9,989 · program services $8,858 · fundraising $1,131

  • 24c · Other expenses: Meals

    total $4,873 · management and general $2,580 · fundraising $2,293

  • 24d · Other expenses: Postage and Shipping

    total $1,338 · program services $1,338

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $155 · management and general $155

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $256,065 · end of year $260,883

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $405,468 · end of year $405,202

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $6,000 · end of year $4,000

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $6,000 · end of year $4,000

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $13,847

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $8,854

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,167 · end of year $4,993

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,271,952 · end of year $1,328,681

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,675 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,986 · end of year $614

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $631,019 · end of year $363,854

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,320,322 · end of year $1,643,291

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AIRO exists to eliminate barriers to advance the gospel to the unreached. With its two programs, The Go Fund and The Missions Course, AIRO seeks to play its part in the Great Commission.

  • The Go Fund is our flagship student debt repayment program to mobilize missionary families to places unreached by the gospel. The program utilizes three phases to eliminate student loan debt for our missionary partners:1) Qualification - A candidate applies online and begins the process with our program coordinator, including phone interviews, a credit check, and reference checks.2) Selection - The candidate submits a ministry overview video and is interviewed by a volunteer selection committee before a final decision is made.Mobilization - The candidate submits power of attorney forms, signs general agreement, and schedules commissioning meeting with their church before they head to the field. Once the approved missionary partner is working among the unreached on the mission field, AIRO begins to make monthly payments toward their student loans with a ten year repayment target. Payments continue as long as the missionary remains in their assignment. For 2023, AIRO was paying monthly student debt payments for 81 missionary partners on assignment. In addition, 21 missionary partners were approved and are awaiting assignment. The cumulative debt payment obligation for all approved missionary partners over the next 10 years is estimated to be $6,587,015.

    Expenses $512,685 · Grants $294,507 · Revenue $11,751

  • The Missions Course is our six-lesson series designed to reveal God's heart for the nations and invites believers to join Him in His plan for redemption. The Missions Course introduces Christians to the mission that God has given them and invites believers to play their part in it.

    Expenses $38,318 · Revenue $41,709

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Luke Womack

    President

    Total calculated
    $145,143
    From this org
    $138,117
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,026
    Hours/week
    40
  • Matthew Sonke

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $123,292
    From this org
    $112,824
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,468
    Hours/week
    40
  • Patrick Mullen

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Darla Donaldson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Craig Fullman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matt Messner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachel Singer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Smith

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Vander Velde

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541349349309979

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