Totals
- Total revenue
- $3,436,997
- Total expenses
- $3,254,281
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,862,823
- Grants paid
- $85,485
- Program service revenue
- $2,100
- Investment income
- $641,176
- Other revenue
- $930,898
- Total assets, end of year
- $20,047,166
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $563,126
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $19,484,040
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,649,958
- Management and general expenses
- $480,075
- Fundraising expenses
- $124,248
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,649,958
Program services were 81.4% 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
$1,862,823
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$807,759
-
2a · Program service revenue: SOAR INTO STEM PROGRAM
total $2,100 · related or exempt $2,100
-
3 · Investment income
total $641,176 · excluded $641,176
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$363,584
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$112,693
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $250,891
-
9a · Gaming: gross income
$938,555
-
9b · Gaming: direct expenses
$261,736
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $676,819 · related or exempt $676,819
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11a · Other revenue: CHANGE IN VALUE OF SPLIT INTER
total -$25,037 · related or exempt -$25,037
-
11b · Other revenue: ONLINE SALES INCOME
total $15,337 · related or exempt $15,337
-
11c · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME
total $12,888 · related or exempt $12,888
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$3,188
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $85,485 · program services $85,485
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $265,443 · program services $221,888 · management and general $34,222 · fundraising $9,333
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,581,525 · program services $1,350,891 · management and general $181,212 · fundraising $49,422
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $0
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $0
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $145,853 · program services $36,463 · management and general $109,390
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $0
-
14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $54,384 · program services $35,894 · management and general $10,877 · fundraising $7,613
-
17 · Travel
total $0
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $230,485 · program services $192,291 · management and general $22,467 · fundraising $15,727
-
23 · Insurance
total $126,987 · program services $114,552 · management and general $12,435
-
24a · Other expenses: MISSIONS
total $192,640 · program services $192,640
-
24b · Other expenses: LOSS ON SALE OF PLANES AND PRO
total $105,151 · program services $105,151
-
24c · Other expenses: CONTRACT SERVICES
total $104,444 · program services $97,866 · management and general $5,168 · fundraising $1,410
-
24d · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSE
total $92,664 · program services $69,498 · fundraising $23,166
-
24e · All other expenses
total $269,220 · program services $147,339 · management and general $104,304 · fundraising $17,577
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,564,324 · end of year $1,851,163
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $839,167 · end of year $694,167
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $30,736 · end of year $17,116
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $607,577 · end of year $690,227
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $25,011 · end of year $22,687
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$5,598,110
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$2,980,881
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $2,808,995 · end of year $2,617,229
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $13,114,404 · end of year $14,154,577
-
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
end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $16,085 · end of year $124,773
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $351,436 · end of year $438,353
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $16,476,490 · end of year $17,384,281
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,146,203 · end of year $2,099,759
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO SAVE AND CHANGE LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF AVIATION. THROUGHOUT ITS 60-YEAR HISTORY, WINGS OF HOPE HAS PROVIDED LIFESAVING CARE AND ACCESS TO RESOURCES IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES. THE ORGANIZATION WAS NOMINATED TWICE FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE IN RECOGNITION OF ITS WORK.
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MEDICAL AIR TRANSPORT: Wings of Hope provides medical air transport services, free of charge, to patients and their families seeking specialized healthcare not available to them locally. Volunteer pilots and medics fly patients and their caregivers to hospitals and treatment centers in twenty-nine states within 800-mile radius of the St. Louis-based headquarters. In 2024, Wings of Hope conducted 114 flights to accommodate patients and their caregivers.
Expenses $2,372,416
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GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN NETWORK: Wings of Hope partners with local and national nongovernmental organizations partner in nine countries to build sustainable air service programs with community-focused development solutions. Globally, a total more than 60,000 individuals were served through access to resources to live healthy and dignified lives.
Expenses $157,391
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SOAR INTO STEM: Wings of Hope encourages the next generation of humanitarians and aviation professionals by offering two four-week, dynamic hands-on learning experience to high school students. Students get a front-row seat to explore aviation and STEM-related career paths throughout the program as they explore principles of flight, aircraft maintenance, aviation engineering, and Unmanned Aerial Systems also known as drones.
Expenses $120,151 · Revenue $2,100
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Amy BuehlerAMY BUEHLER
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $155,554
- From this org
- $155,554
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $155,554
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $155,554
-
Steven JohnsonSTEVEN JOHNSON
DIRECTOR OF MAINTENACE
- Total calculated
- $109,889
- From this org
- $109,889
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
David AgeeDAVID AGEE
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Bryan KruegerBRYAN KRUEGER
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Larry DaltonLARRY DALTON
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kelli FabickKELLI FABICK
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Christian RustebergCHRISTIAN RUSTEBERG
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Shelley PerulfiSHELLEY PERULFI
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Melissa OwensMELISSA OWENS
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dana SteffeyDANA STEFFEY
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Robert CieslaDR ROBERT CIESLA
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Donald KuklaDONALD KUKLA
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kate SchneiderKATE SCHNEIDER
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Adam KrugerADAM KRUGER
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Matthew C TempleMATTHEW C TEMPLE
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Patrick BowenPATRICK BOWEN
vice Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Elizabeth Vasseur-BrowneELIZABETH VASSEUR-BROWNE
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Andrew KuchanANDREW KUCHAN
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Gary KretzGARY KRETZ
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
James Rhodes IIJAMES RHODES II
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. 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 · Written employment contract
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
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
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
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.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 14 August 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202522269349302722
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