Form 990 for tax year 2022

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 21 August 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII 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

$3,498,805 →changed to $3,520,816

Total expenses

$3,064,744 →changed to $2,778,108

Contributions and grants received

$3,613,860 →changed to $3,591,130

Grants paid

$78,576 →changed to $88,054

Program service revenue

$0 →changed to $39,191

Other revenue

-$21,200 →changed to -$15,650

Total assets, end of year

$1,056,375 →changed to $1,097,074

Total liabilities, end of year

$567,816 →changed to $301,373

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$488,559 →changed to $795,701

Program services expenses

$2,595,921 →changed to $2,299,256

Management and general expenses

$218,896 →changed to $233,982

Fundraising expenses

$249,927 →changed to $244,870

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,595,921 →changed to $2,299,256

Totals

Total revenue

$3,498,805

Total expenses

$3,064,744

Contributions and grants received

$3,613,860

Grants paid

$78,576

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

-$93,855

Other revenue

-$21,200

Total assets, end of year

$1,056,375

Total liabilities, end of year

$567,816

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$488,559

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,595,921

Management and general expenses

$218,896

Fundraising expenses

$249,927

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,595,921

Program services were 84.7% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• NATURAL & MAN-CAUSED DISASTER RELIEF AERIAL RECOVERY'S MISSION AS A DISASTER RESPONSE CHARITY IS TO SAVE LIVES, ELIMINATE CONFUSION, MAXIMIZE SUPPORT, AND ACCELERATE RECOVERY. THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DOES THIS BY DEPLOYING THE MOST QUALIFIED, TRAINED, AND ELITE MILITARY VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS AS HUMANITARIAN SPECIAL OPERATORS TO MAN-MADE AND NATURAL DISASTERS ALL OVER THE WORLD. OUR VETERANS' VAST TRAINING AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN AUSTERE ENVIRONMENTS, COMBINED WITH THE RESOURCES AND AID OF PARTNER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ALLOWS FOR HIGHLY EFFECTIVE MISSIONS THAT SAVE PEOPLE'S LIVES, EASE THEIR SUFFERING, AND PRESERVE HUMAN DIGNITY.TO DATE, AERIAL RECOVERY HAS CONDUCTED DISASTER RESPONSE MISSIONS TO HURRICANES, TORNADOES, FLOODS, VOLCANOES, EARTHQUAKES AND OTHER NATURAL AND MAN-CAUSED DISASTERS IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS HAITI, HONDURAS, AFGHANISTAN, THE BAHAMAS, THE UNITED STATES, TAJIKISTAN, ST. VINCENT, THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, UKRAINE, PAKISTAN, CUBA, TURKEY AND MOROCCO. AERIAL RECOVERY CONDUCTS BEGINNER (TIER 3), INTERMEDIATE (TIER 2) AND ADVANCED (TIER 1) TRAINING BUILDING A VOLUNTEER AND STAFF CORE OF HIGHLY SKILLED HUMANITARIAN SPECIAL OPERATORS READY TO BE DEPLOYED WHEN DISASTER STRIKES. MAJORITY OF THE TRAINING INSTRUCTORS ARE SPECIAL FORCES VETERANS. THE TYPE OF TRAINING THEY RECEIVE ARE MEDICAL FIRST AID, SEARCH AND RESCUE, SWIFT WATER RESCUE, AID DISTRIBUTION, CRISIS COMMUNICATION, ETC.

  Expenses $1,035,031 · Grants $49,288

• HEAL THE HEROES INITIATIVE - THE PURPOSE OF THE HEAL THE HEROES INITIATIVE IS TO PROVIDE MILITARY VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN THE HEALING THEY DESERVE - AND LIKELY HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR - DURING THEIR TRANSITION FROM A MILITARY CAREER TO CIVILIAN LIFE. THE INITIATIVE'S GOALS ARE TO REPURPOSE AND RE-MISSION VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS TO BE THRIVING FORCES FOR GOOD IN THE WORLD BY TRANSITIONING THEIR UNIQUE SKILL-SET AND EXTENSIVE TRAINING INTO THE HUMANITARIAN SPACE. THE PROGRAM'S VISION IS FOR VETERANS TO BE GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED AS ASSETS NOT VICTIMS.

  Expenses $273,128

• ANTI HUMAN TRAFFICKING (AHT) AERIAL RECOVERY TRAINS AND DEPLOYS 'HEROES' FROM THEIR HEAL THE HEROES PROGRAM AS HUMANITARIAN SPECIAL OPERATORS EMPOWERING THEM TO BE ABLE TO DEPLOY WORLDWIDE TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING. THERE 'HEROES' WORK ALONGSIDE LOCAL POLICE, PROSECUTORS, AND SPECIAL TASK FORCES TO ASSIST IN SHUTTING DOWN THESE CRIMINAL OPERATIONS AND TO RESCUE CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS. AERIAL RECOVERY'S HIGHLY SPECIALIZED AND TRAINED TEAMS FIGHT TO ELIMINATE HUMAN TRAFFICKING THROUGH CONTINUOUS RECONNAISSANCE AND RESCUE MISSIONS ALONGSIDE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES. AERIAL RECOVERY ALSO FOCUSES ON AHT PREVENTION INITIATIVES THAT PROVIDE EDUCATION, AWARENESS AND ADVOCACY TO HELP END HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

  Expenses $824,884 · Grants $29,288

• REDEMPTION RANCH - THE REDEMPTION RANCH IS A RESCUE SANCTUARY FOR PONIES, HORSES AND ZEBRAS THAT HAVE BEEN ABUSED OR MISTREATED BY PREVIOUS OWNERS. THE ANIMALS ARE PROVIDED SAFETY AND SECURITY, ACCESS TO VETERINARY CARE, AND FOOD AND CLEAN WATER SO THAT THEY CAN LIVE OUT THE REST OF THEIR LIVES IN A SAFE AND PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT. THE ANIMALS ARE CARED FOR BY TRAINED STAFF WHO WORK TO REHABILITATE THE ANIMALS WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH NEGLECTFUL OR TRAUMATIC PRIOR TREATMENT USING A VARIETY OF HEALING THERAPIES. ONCE THE ANIMALS HAVE ACHIEVED THE REQUISITE HEALING THEY NEED AND DESERVE, THEY ARE THEN USED TO PROVIDE HEALING TO HUMANS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA (SUCH AS VETERANS, FIRST RESPONDERS, CHILDREN, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS, ETC.) THROUGH A VARIETY OF EQUINE HEALING INITIATIVES. THE VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS WHO GO THROUGH AERIAL RECOVERY'S HEAL THE HEROES INITIATIVE ARE EACH GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE HEALING THROUGH THE EQUINE HEALING INITIATIVES OF AT THE REDEMPTION RANCH.

  Expenses $462,878

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

• TIM BALLARD

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MORGAN ORTAGUS

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• SCOTT BROWN

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.5

• JOSEPH MCCABE

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• ROSEMARY CALCESE

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• DUSTIN DRUMMOND

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.5

• BRETT JAMES

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• BRITNIE TURNER

  PRESIDENT

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  20

• JEREMY LOCKE

  VICE PRESIDENT

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  40

• JOHN WITHERSPOON

  SECRETARY

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  8

• TORI BROYLES

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  20

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

2022

Filed

15 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202333199349326258

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