Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by FAR REACHING MINISTRIES AVIATION.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $260,470
- Total expenses
- $379,657
- Contributions and grants received
- $115,144
- Grants paid
- $43,000
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $145,326
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,867,316
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $26,025
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $4,841,291
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $233,635
- Management and general expenses
- $128,591
- Fundraising expenses
- $17,431
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $233,635
Program services were 61.5% 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
$115,144
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3 · Investment income
total $145,326 · excluded $145,326
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $43,000 · program services $43,000
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $108,806 · program services $70,001 · management and general $36,460 · fundraising $2,345
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $4,892 · program services $3,147 · management and general $1,639 · fundraising $106
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $3,160 · program services $2,803 · management and general $357
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $1,900 · management and general $1,900
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $2,554 · program services $2,000 · management and general $521 · fundraising $33
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $7,938 · program services $785 · management and general $7,153
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14 · Information technology
total $7,236 · program services $66 · management and general $7,170
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $51,664 · management and general $51,664
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17 · Travel
total $9,541 · program services $9,061 · management and general $480
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $84 · management and general $84
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $91,620 · program services $74,929 · management and general $14,739 · fundraising $1,952
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23 · Insurance
total $2,787 · management and general $2,787
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24a · Other expenses: Printing and Publications
total $35,068 · program services $23,049 · management and general $459 · fundraising $11,560
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24b · Other expenses: Postage and Shipping
total $6,754 · program services $4,794 · management and general $525 · fundraising $1,435
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24c · Other expenses: Small Equipment
total $2,653 · management and general $2,653
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $38,565 · end of year $25,410
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $3,317,486 · end of year $3,285,626
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $15,345 · end of year $21,976
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$3,105,872
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,571,568
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,593,749 · end of year $1,534,304
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $4,937 · end of year $26,025
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,942,464 · end of year $3,011,855
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,017,744 · end of year $1,829,436
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Far Reaching Ministries Aviation, Inc. is dedicated to fulfilling the Great Commission given in Matthew 28:19-20: "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the HolySpirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. We sent a Cessna Grand Caravan into Uganda in order to facilitate movement of missionaries, aid workers and humanitarian relief materials into remote, dangerous or inaccessible villages in Northeastern Africa. Our plane is operated by Mission Aviation Fellowship every week and assists multiple Christian and secular NGO workers. We establish outreaches for widows, orphans and vulnerable, suffering people that are largely neglected. We operate in nations all over the world, but the majority of our work is in Africa.
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Missionary Outreach: We disciple women of faith using the Bible as our textbook. Our key initiatives for 2024 included weekly discipleship classes of our staff trainers and then ongoing classes in multiple communities in South Sudan. In 2024 we offered eight different classes per week, each group translates the material into the local dialect and all attendees are able to ask questions and share testimonies. Groups are no larger than fifty women each and weekly sessions last approximately two hours. The project director also teaches women in church retreats in the United States. We invest in pastors wives, Chaplains wives, and teachers of other women or children from Russia, Ukraine, South America, Mexico, and other African nations.
Expenses $69,715
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Aviation: Far Reaching Ministries Aviation (FRMA) continues to serve as a vital lifeline across Africa through its partnership with Mission Aviation Fellowship Uganda (MAF). This collaboration allows missionaries, chaplains, and relief teams to reach regions inaccessible by roaddelivering supplies, personnel, and emergency aid to the front lines of ministry. FRMA flights support discipleship programs, chaplain training, and humanitarian outreach, ensuring that the Gospel and the help it brings can reach even the hardest and most remote places.
Expenses $67,196
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Rabuna Fi: In 2024, Rabuna Fi God is able continued to disciple and equip women across South Sudan through daily teaching and weekly Bible studies. Seven active groups now meet in Nimule and surrounding communities, including Calvary Chapel Nimule, Rei Community, Motoyo West Anglican, Rock City Fellowship, and several gatherings among newly displaced families from the Murele tribes. Three women trained through Rabuna Fi were ordained as pastors through the Anglican Church of South Sudan and now lead outreach within the Mother's Union network. Two additional women have begun teaching in nearby IDP camps, multiplying the ministry's reach. Even in the teacher's absence, locally trained leaders continue weekly studies, prayer gatherings, and literacy classes - demonstrating that God truly is able to sustain and grow His work through faithful women.
Expenses $48,495
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Love Covers: Through Love Covers, FRMA offers to tangible expressions of Christ's compassion to those impacted by war and poverty. In partnership with Pastor Fedor in Ukraine and Far Reaching Ministries (FRM), women sewed and distributed 1,500 coats for children and several hundred for the elderly, while FRM contributed to the development of a new elderly care facility providing daily meals, shelter, and Gospel outreach. Looking forward, Love Covers is expanding into encouraging education for every child, with plans to host our VBS outreach for two primary schools in 2026, offering safe, Christ-centered gospel presentations plus a backpack, blanket, mosquito net, uniform and basic school supplies for registered students in the most vulnerable communities.
Expenses $48,229 · Grants $43,000
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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Wesley Bentley
CFO
- Total calculated
- $196,667
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $72,054
- Other
- $124,613
- Hours/week
- 5 + 40 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- not reported + $72,054 related
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported + $50,000 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported + $74,613 related
- Filer's total
- not reported + $196,667 related
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Luke Beebe
Director
- Total calculated
- $175,000
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $175,000
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 10 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- not reported + $175,000 related
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- not reported + $175,000 related
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Victoria Bentley
CEO
- Total calculated
- $108,806
- From this org
- $62,484
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $46,322
- Hours/week
- 40 + 10 related
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Ed Gauntt
Director
- Total calculated
- $101,510
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $55,514
- Other
- $45,996
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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
- 1a · First-class or charter travel
- 1a · Travel for companions
- 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
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
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Part I, Line 1a: Relevant information in regards to selections on 1a.
- All senior management personnel flying across the USA or international are eligible for first, business or premium economy seats. Each staff is required to clear with the CEO if cost per seat is 50% higher. CEO is authorized to approve or deny all requests.Travel for board of directors spouses is allowed when an annual meeting or retreat is being held. If the spouse requests to attend and volunteers to serve when staff is speaking to fundraise, that is allowed, provided audience size is great enough to warrant extra help. Those expenses for travel are shown in Fundraising class.Housing allowance is available only for ordained pastoral staff. FRMA currently has NO pastoral staff or housing allowance.FRMA has a handbook with corporate policies and procedures. We developed a procedure for requests for reimbursement and outline what type of receipts are accepted by the IRS, for travel expense reimbursement. In addition, any employee with a corporate credit card is required to provide written backup for every charge in accordance with IRS requirements.
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
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$30,000
Ministry Support
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$10,000
Ministry Support
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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501c3 · Ministry Support · CA
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 17 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202513219349321386
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