Totals
- Total revenue
- $5,314,926
- Total expenses
- $381,871
- Contributions and grants received
- $5,314,676
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $250
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,971,426
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $38,371
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $4,933,055
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $284,925
- Management and general expenses
- $76,020
- Fundraising expenses
- $20,926
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $284,925
Program services were 74.6% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$5,314,676
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$214,424
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3 · Investment income
total $250 · related or exempt $250
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $48,317 · program services $43,486 · management and general $2,416 · fundraising $2,415
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11b · Fees: legal
total $19,385 · management and general $19,385
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $19,808 · management and general $13,199 · fundraising $6,609
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13 · Office expenses
total $9,225 · management and general $9,225
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16 · Occupancy
total $15,000 · program services $13,500 · management and general $1,500
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17 · Travel
total $3,626 · management and general $194 · fundraising $3,432
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $8,470 · fundraising $8,470
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $67 · program services $67
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23 · Insurance
total $13,394 · program services $13,394
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24a · Other expenses: SMALL TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
total $58,408 · program services $58,408
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24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES
total $38,077 · program services $38,077
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24c · Other expenses: REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES
total $36,832 · program services $21,939 · management and general $14,893
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24d · Other expenses: FUEL
total $31,021 · program services $31,021
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24e · All other expenses
total $80,241 · program services $65,033 · management and general $15,208
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
end of year $1,105,331
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $500,250
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $871,156
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$16,500
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$67
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $16,433
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $2,478,256
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
end of year $38,371
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
end of year -$29,282
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
end of year $4,962,337
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
OPERATION HELO IS A VOLUNTEER-LED DISASTER RELIEF ORGANIZATION BRINGING HELP AND HOPE FROM THE SKIES. USING THE POWER OF AVIATION AND A COALITION OF SKILLED VOLUNTEERS, VETERANS, AND PILOTS, WE REACH THE UNREACHABLE IN THEIR DARKEST HOURS. WE DELIVER LIFE-SAVING SUPPORT, BRIDGE THE GAPS TRADITIONAL RELIEF CANNOT, AND STAY UNTIL RECOVERY IS COMPLETE. NO COMMUNITY SHOULD FACE DISASTER ALONE, AND WE MAKE SURE THEY NEVER DO.
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OUR RESPONSE PROGRAM SUPPORTED RAPID MOBILIZATION FOLLOWING SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING IN NORTH CAROLINA. WORKING ALONGSIDE LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND FIRE/EMS, WE STAGED EQUIPMENT, ESTABLISHED SAFE ACCESS/LANDING ZONES, AND MOVED CRITICAL SUPPLIES INTO ISOLATED COMMUNITIES. VOLUNTEER TEAMS EXECUTED AIR AND GROUND LOGISTICS TO ACCELERATE RELIEF, REDUCE RESPONDER FATIGUE, AND SHORTEN THE TIME TO COMMUNITY STABILIZATION (SEE VOLUNTEER METRICS REPORTED IN SCHEDULE O).
Expenses $189,393 · Revenue $2,809,566
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OUR RECOVERY PROGRAM SUSTAINED FAMILIES THROUGH TEMPORARY HOUSING SUPPORT (INCLUDING PURCHASED/DONATED CAMPER HOMES) AND ESSENTIAL HOUSEHOLD STABILIZATION WHERE DISASTERS CAUSED PROLONGED DISPLACEMENT. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS, WE COORDINATED PLACEMENTS AND PROVIDED SEASONAL ESSENTIALS WHERE NEEDED, PRIORITIZING THE MOST VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS. THESE ACTIVITIES COMPLEMENT RESPONSE OPERATIONS AND IMPROVE LONG TERM RESILIENCE.
Expenses $95,532 · Revenue $2,227,273
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Matt McSwainMATT MCSWAIN
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $26,024
- From this org
- $26,024
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
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Eric RobinsonERIC ROBINSON
DIRECTOR/SEC
- Total calculated
- $22,293
- From this org
- $22,293
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
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Tony MarksTONY MARKS
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Rick RuffinRICK RUFFIN
DIRECTOR/TRE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Greg SimmonsGREG SIMMONS
VICE CHAIRMA
- 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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 12 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202533179349302313
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