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← MERCY FLIGHT CENTRAL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MERCY FLIGHT CENTRAL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$18,758,473
Total expenses
$15,657,524
Contributions and grants received
$6,628,892
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$11,431,781
Investment income
$697,800
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$38,645,168
Total liabilities, end of year
$17,212,973
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$21,432,195
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,583,942
Management and general expenses
$1,645,078
Fundraising expenses
$428,504
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,583,942

Program services were 86.8% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $48,611

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $185,608

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $59,430

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,335,243

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,379,266

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FLIGHT PATIENT REVENUE

    total $11,298,206 · related or exempt $11,298,206

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONTRACT REVENUE

    total $80,000 · related or exempt $80,000

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $53,575 · related or exempt $53,575

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $145,481 · excluded $145,481

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $4,355,042 · other assets $5,854,338

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

    securities $4,030,149 · other assets $5,626,912

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $324,893 · other assets $227,426

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $552,319 · excluded $552,319

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $99,162

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $185,608

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $99,162

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $402,273 · program services $334,423 · management and general $55,760 · fundraising $12,090

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $6,158,077 · program services $5,140,240 · management and general $836,784 · fundraising $181,053

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $80,942 · program services $68,656 · management and general $10,779 · fundraising $1,507

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $387,759 · program services $327,729 · management and general $52,429 · fundraising $7,601

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $505,506 · program services $424,804 · management and general $69,154 · fundraising $11,548

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $60,871 · management and general $60,871

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $67,790 · management and general $67,790

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $418,568 · program services $396,575 · management and general $21,653 · fundraising $340

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $55,788 · program services $47,432 · fundraising $8,356

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $663,709 · program services $217,058 · management and general $354,765 · fundraising $91,886

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $332,956 · program services $332,956

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,055,084 · program services $1,055,084

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,911,676 · program services $1,854,325 · management and general $38,234 · fundraising $19,117

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $955,636 · program services $850,516 · management and general $47,782 · fundraising $57,338

  • 24a · Other expenses: NYS CT-13 FILING FEE

    total $250 · program services $250

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLE

    total $1,072,436 · program services $1,050,713 · management and general $21,449 · fundraising $274

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $509,157 · program services $509,157

  • 24d · Other expenses: SERVICE AGREEMENTS

    total $327,405 · program services $327,405

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $691,641 · program services $646,619 · management and general $7,628 · fundraising $37,394

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,055,827 · end of year $236,897

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $84,444 · end of year $320,360

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $881,713 · end of year $4,103,229

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,884,109 · end of year $4,991,752

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,116,944 · end of year $1,368,743

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,573,193 · end of year $1,044,419

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

    $28,727,800

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

    $6,365,953

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $24,174,612 · end of year $22,361,847

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,372,600 · end of year $4,217,921

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $520,775 · end of year $520,206

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $17,434,695 · end of year $16,692,767

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $17,205,205 · end of year $17,196,441

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $982,767 · end of year $4,235,754

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

AN INDEPENDENT, NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION OF AIR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, DEVOTED TO INTEGRITY, COMPASSION, AND EXCELLENCE, PROVIDING CRITICAL CARE TO THE SICK AND INJURED.

  • TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL HELICOPTER SERVICES, INCLUDING ON THE SCENE RESPONSE AND HOSPITAL TRANSFERS

    Expenses $13,583,942 · Revenue $11,431,781

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeff Bartkoski

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $89,224
    From this org
    $86,657
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,567
    Hours/week
    40
  • Richard Burke

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marisa Geitner

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steven Kubiak

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brett Farrow

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chris Galton

    CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Gestring

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Stapleton Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Craig Welker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Virginia Clark

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Allen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin Hill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erin Reese

    PRESIDENT/CEO (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $180,823
    From this org
    $166,439
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,384
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,256
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,183
    Deferred
    $2,547
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,837
    Filer's total
    $180,823
  • Brad Champlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Pierce

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Covley

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $120,456
    From this org
    $110,606
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,850
    Hours/week
    40
  • Daniel Hernando Valdez

    PILOT

    Total calculated
    $150,883
    From this org
    $145,293
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,590
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,957
    Bonus
    $15,336
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,590
    Filer's total
    $150,883
  • Ryan Comstock

    PILOT

    Total calculated
    $158,183
    From this org
    $145,774
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,409
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,782
    Bonus
    $7,300
    Other
    $692
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,409
    Filer's total
    $158,183
  • Edward Smith

    BASE SUPERVISOR/PILOT

    Total calculated
    $176,778
    From this org
    $176,778
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,898
    Bonus
    $6,880
    Other
    $2,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $176,778
  • Scott Armstrong

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $162,633
    From this org
    $156,926
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,707
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,926
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $1,000
    Deferred
    $4,679
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,028
    Filer's total
    $162,633
  • John Kulesa

    PILOT

    Total calculated
    $210,947
    From this org
    $203,891
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,056
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,421
    Bonus
    $12,470
    Other
    $2,000
    Deferred
    $5,972
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,084
    Filer's total
    $210,947

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDENT/CEO IS DETERMINED, BY TWO DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS, USING COMPARABLE INFORMATION FROM THE INTERNET, AND IS APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE COMPENSATION AMOUNT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHICH HAS FINAL APPROVAL.
PART I, LINE 6
A PORTION OF THE PRESIDENT/CEO'S BONUS IS CONTINGENT UPON NET EARNINGS OF THE ORGANIZATION.
PART I, LINE 7
A PORTION OF THE PRESIDENT/CEO'S BONUS IS CONTINGENT UPON THE ORGANIZATION ACHIEVING PERFORMANCE THRESHOLDS IN MEDICAL CARE AND COMPLETING PARTICIPATING PROVIDER NETWORK AGREEMENTS WITH HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • MERCY FLIGHT CENTRAL HOLDING LLC

    HOLDING · NY · income $2,250,980 · assets $14,942,541

    Directly controlled by MERCY FLIGHT CENTRAL

  • MFC FOUNDATION LLC

    FUNDRAISING · NY · income $7,328,353 · assets $20,591,847

    Directly controlled by MERCY FLIGHT CENTRAL

  • MFC AVIATION SERVICES LLC

    FIXED BASE OPERATOR · NY · income $0 · assets $1,207

    Directly controlled by MERCY FLIGHT CENTRAL

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349300537

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