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ANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC

EIN 95-3956297 SANTA MONICA, CA

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Revenue 2024
$9,217,124
Expenses 2024
$9,751,287

Program services were 88.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E62
Classification
1000
Street
3163 DONALD DOUGLAS LOOP S

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FOUNDED IN 1983, ANGEL FLIGHT WEST (AFW) ARRANGES FREE AIR TRANSPORTATION IN RESPONSE TO HEALTH CARE AND OTHER COMPELLING HUMAN NEEDS. AFW LINKS VOLUNTEER PILOTS IN PRIVATE AIRCRAFT WITH PEOPLE IN NEED WHOSE HEALTH CARE AND OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRE THEM TO TRAVEL TO AND FROM FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE THIRTEEN WESTERN STATES, INCLUDING ALASKA AND HAWAII. VOLUNTEER PILOTS DONATE THE COSTS OF ALL FLIGHTS. THERE IS NEVER A CHARGE FOR AN ANGEL FLIGHT WEST MISSION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ARRANGE FREE AIR TRANSPORTATION IN RESPONSE TO HEALTH CARE AND OTHER HUMAN NEEDS.

  • ANGEL FLIGHT WEST'S NETWORK OF 2,891 MEMBERS, INCLUDING 1,753 COMMAND PILOTS, DONATE THEIR AIRCRAFT, PILOTING SKILLS, AND ALL FLYING COSTS TO HELP FAMILIES IN NEED, ENABLING THEM TO RECEIVE VITAL TREATMENT THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE BE INACCESSIBLE BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL, MEDICAL OR GEOGRAPHIC LIMITATIONS. THERE IS NEVER A CHARGE FOR AN ANGEL FLIGHT WEST MISSION. IN 2024, AFW ARRANGED 8,496 FLIGHTS AND FLEW 4,660 FLIGHTS.

    Expenses $7,729,416 · Grants $6,945,515

  • OUTREACH SERVICES: EXHIBITING AT HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL WORK CONFERENCES (INCLUDING EXHIBITOR FEES, STAFF TRAVEL, EXHIBIT DISPLAYS & MATERIALS, BROCHURES, AND PROMOTIONAL ITEMS); CONDUCTING IN-SERVICE PRESENTATIONS; ADVERTISING ON SOCIAL MEDIA; OFFERING A FREE NASW-ACCREDITED WEBINAR; PROGRAM EVALUATION.

    Expenses $554,251

  • PILOT SERVICES: HOSTING FLY-INS, EXHIBITING AT AND/OR ATTENDING AVIATION EVENTS (AOPA, FAAST, COPA, ETC.), ADVERTISING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. NOTE: THERE ARE ALSO ACTIVITIES PERFORMED IN THE OFFICE BY STAFF & VOLUNTEERS, SUCH AS ISSUING BADGES, MAINTAINING RECORDS, AND REACHING OUT TO PILOTS TO SIGN UP FOR MISSIONS.

    Expenses $220,453 · Grants $10,475

  • OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES

    Expenses $117,879

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Mark Wolper

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Zachary Spear

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Origliosso

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Benjamin Anderson

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL MAY 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bill Banta

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Beattie

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Chadwick

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Cheung

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rich Conti

    BOARD MEMBER (FROM DEC 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Deaton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christy Deyoung

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Elop

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Noah Franz

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL MAY 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hans Fuegi

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bette Gardner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Henderson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Merrill

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vincent Mickens

    BOARD MEMBER (FROM MAY 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Trevor Moody

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Petrillo

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL JUN 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Noli Pilkington

    BOARD MEMBER (FROM SEP 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr George Tony Woodward

    BOARD MEMBER (FROM FEB 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carlos Zendejas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joshua Olson

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $218,378
    From this org
    $196,097
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,281
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,004
    Bonus
    $34,093
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,281
    Filer's total
    $218,378
  • Cheri Cimmarrusti

    ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $125,207
    From this org
    $109,972
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,235
    Hours/week
    40

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $9,217,124
    Expenses
    $9,751,287
    Contributions
    $9,272,056
    Grants paid
    $6,955,990
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,816,912
    Expenses
    $9,586,287
    Contributions
    $9,105,444
    Grants paid
    $6,887,289
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,000,856
    Expenses
    $9,522,613
    Contributions
    $10,181,655
    Grants paid
    $7,179,658

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,344,474
    Expenses
    $8,601,669
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,160,188
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,515,570
    Expenses
    $7,648,788
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,328,782
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,877,414
    Expenses
    $10,149,832
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,186,900
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,467,607
    Expenses
    $9,048,565
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,445,338
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,388,901
    Expenses
    $8,131,490
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,043,198
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,632,473
    Expenses
    $8,736,209
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,735,020
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,126,699
    Expenses
    $8,317,395
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,825,689
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,052,583
    Expenses
    $4,177,653
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,077,269
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,837,508
    Expenses
    $4,081,752
    Assets (EOY)
    $455,797
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,222,843
    Assets (EOY)
    $411,008

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

  • RITEWAY CHARITY SERVICES INC.

    $1,300 raised

    2019 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $755 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.