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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AERIAL RECOVERY.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,019,765
Total expenses
$2,697,925
Contributions and grants received
$3,020,017
Grants paid
$75,854
Program service revenue
$65,186
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$65,438
Total assets, end of year
$1,297,022
Total liabilities, end of year
$184,362
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,112,660
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,072,724
Management and general expenses
$348,131
Fundraising expenses
$277,070
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,072,724

Program services were 76.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $256,084

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,763,933

  • 2a · Program service revenue: DISASTER RELIEF INITIA

    total $65,186 · related or exempt $65,186

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $256,084

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $84,772

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$84,772 · excluded -$84,772

  • 11a · Other revenue: NET MERCHANDISE REVENU

    total $19,334 · excluded $19,334

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $19,334

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $10,000 · program services $10,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $65,854 · program services $65,854

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $732,134 · program services $573,270 · management and general $88,025 · fundraising $70,839

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,528 · program services $800 · management and general $1,728

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $62,779 · program services $47,886 · management and general $8,476 · fundraising $6,417

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $235,668 · program services $117,248 · management and general $81,901 · fundraising $36,519

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $36,957 · management and general $36,957

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,798 · program services $2,862 · management and general $2,579 · fundraising $3,357

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $54,581 · program services $10,625 · management and general $37,887 · fundraising $6,069

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $523,130 · program services $506,500 · management and general $16,630

  • 17 · Travel

    total $278,058 · program services $238,781 · management and general $2,150 · fundraising $37,127

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $55,231 · program services $50,714 · fundraising $4,517

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $47,766 · program services $15,475 · management and general $32,291

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT LABOR

    total $247,395 · program services $173,578 · management and general $6,464 · fundraising $67,353

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $205,808 · program services $201,637 · management and general $2,260 · fundraising $1,911

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRANSPORTATION

    total $35,834 · program services $35,834 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK AND MERCHANT FEES

    total $30,627 · program services $159 · management and general $3,100 · fundraising $27,368

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $64,777 · program services $21,501 · management and general $27,683 · fundraising $15,593

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $435,375 · end of year $141,740

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $19,000

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $49,696 · end of year $97,024

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

    $895,986

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

    $82,328

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $381,003 · end of year $813,658

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $231,000 · end of year $225,600

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $80,358 · end of year $113,609

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $160,815 · end of year $11,844

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $60,200 · end of year $58,909

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $795,701 · end of year $1,112,660

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AERIAL RECOVERY'S MISSION IS TO SAVE LIVES & STOP EVIL. THROUGH THE INNOVATIVE CREATION AND DEPLOYMENT OF 'HUMANITARIAN SPECIAL OPERATORS', AERIAL RECOVERY BRINGS TOGETHER SELECTED VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS WHO, AFTER OVERCOMING THEIR OWN CHALLENGES, ARE READY TO SERVE OTHERS ON A GLOBAL SCALE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AERIAL RECOVERY'S MISSION IS TO SAVE LIVES & STOP EVIL. WE DO THIS THROUGH A VARIETY OF INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT BOTH HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALING AND RESCUE OPERATIONS WORLDWIDE. OUR COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH ENSURES THAT WE PROVIDE EFFECTIVE RELIEF AND RECOVERY EFFORTS ACROSS THE GLOBE. ADDITIONALLY WE COLLABORATE WITH AND SUPPORT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHARE OUR MISSION.SUMMARY OF AERIAL RECOVERY'S MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ACTIVITIES: RESCUE, HEALING, RESTORATIONAT AERIAL RECOVERY, EVERY ASPECT OF OUR WORKFROM AIDING VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS TO CARING FOR ANIMALS AND HELPING SURVIVORS OF TRAFFICKINGAIMS TO EMBODY OUR CORE PRINCIPLES: RESCUE, HEALING, AND RESTORATION. WE BELIEVE THAT OUR 'HEROES', EMPOWERED AND RESTORED, ARE VITAL TO SOLVING SOME OF THE MOST PRESSING GLOBAL CRISES. OUR VISION IS TO TRANSFORM SUFFERING INTO HOPE AND CREATE A SAFER, MORE COMPASSIONATE WORLD.

  • AERIAL RECOVERY'S DISASTER RELIEF INITIATIVE FOCUSES ON PROVIDING RAPID AND EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO GLOBAL CRISES. OUR 'HUMANITARIAN SPECIAL OPERATORS" ARE DEPLOYED TO DISASTER-STRICKEN AREAS, OFFERING IMMEDIATE AID AND SUPPORT TO AFFECTED COMMUNITIES. THESE OPERATORS, TRAINED TO HANDLE HIGH-STRESS AND CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS, BRING CRITICAL RESOURCES, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, SEARCH & RESCUE SERVICES, AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT TO THOSE IN NEED. THE INITIATIVE UNDERSCORES AERIAL RECOVERY'S DEDICATION TO SAVING LIVES AND MITIGATING THE IMPACTS OF NATURAL AND MAN-MADE DISASTERS. TO DATE, AERIAL RECOVERY HAS AIDED OVER 8,000 PEOPLE CONDUCTING MISSIONS IN RESPONSE TO NATURAL DISASTERS SUCH AS HURRICANES, TORNADOES, FLOODS, VOLCANOES, EARTHQUAKES AS WELL AS MAN-CAUSED DISASTERS IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS HAITI, HONDURAS, AFGHANISTAN, THE BAHAMAS, THE UNITED STATES, TAJIKISTAN, ST. VINCENT, THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, UKRAINE,PAKISTAN, AND CUBA.

    Expenses $451,568 · Grants $65,854 · Revenue $65,186

  • AERIAL RECOVERY'S FOUNDATIONAL INITIATIVE, HEAL THE HEROES, INVOLVES A YEAR-LONG TRANSFORMATIVE PROGRAM FOR STRUGGLING VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS. PARTICIPANTS EMBARK ON AN IMMERSIVE RETREAT TO START THEIR HEALING JOURNEY, BOND WITH THEIR PLATOON, AND DISCOVER A RENEWED MISSION AND PURPOSE. THIS PROGRAM CULTIVATES MANY OF THEM INTO 'HUMANITARIAN SPECIAL OPERATORS'. POST-RETREAT, THESE 'HEROES' ARE OFFERED SPECIALIZED TRAINING TO EFFECTIVELY OPERATE IN AUSTERE ENVIRONMENTS. THIS EQUIPS THEM FOR VITAL ROLES IN COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING, CONDUCTING DISASTER RESPONSE, AND LEADING HUMANITARIAN MISSIONS ALONGSIDE NGO PARTNERS. UPON PROGRAM COMPLETION, THEY ARE PREPARED TO LEAD AND SERVE IN AREAS EXPERIENCING THE GREATEST ADVERSITIES.

    Expenses $913,336

  • AERIAL RECOVERY'S ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING INITIATIVE IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF ITS MISSION TO SAVE LIVES AND STOP EVIL. BY DEPLOYING OUR SPECIALLY TRAINING "HUMANITARIAN SPECIAL OPERATORS", THE ORGANIZATION COMBATS HUMAN TRAFFICKING ON A GLOBAL SCALE. THESE OPERATORS, COMPRISED OF SELECT VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS, LEVERAGE THEIR UNIQUE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES TO RESCUE VICTIMS, DISMANTLE TRAFFICKING NETWORKS, AND WORK WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BRING PERPETRATORS TO JUSTICE. AERIAL RECOVERY ALSO FUNDS AND OVERSEES A VARIETY OF AFTERCARE SERVICES FOR TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS THAT PROTECT AND PROVIDE HEALING AND REHABILITATION. IN SOME CASES, THIS INCLUDES SUPPORTING NON-PROFITS THAT FACILITATE ADOPTIONS OF RESCUED OR VULNERABLE CHILDREN. THESE INITIATIVES REFLECT AERIAL RECOVERY'S COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND ERADICATING ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST HEINOUS CRIMES.

    Expenses $393,771 · Grants $10,000

  • AERIAL RECOVERY'S RESCUE AND REHABILITATION EFFORTS EXTEND TO ANIMALS. REDEMPTION RANCH RESCUES AND REHABILITATES ANIMALS IN DESPERATE NEED. ONCE THE ANIMALS ARE REHABILITATED, THEY ARE USED FOR SPECIALIZED THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS WITH POST TRAUMATIC STRESS, CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, AND INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING FROM ABUSE.

    Expenses $314,049

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Britnie Turner

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Jeremy Locke

    VICE PRESIDENT/COO

    Total calculated
    $130,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $130,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • John Witherspoon

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Tori Broyles

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Morgan Ortagus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joseph McCabe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rosemary Calcese

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brett James

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brett Harmeling

    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

  • CITY OF DAWSON SPRINGS

    $10,000

    DISASTER RELIEF

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
20 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422359349301407

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