Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← All organizations

MERCY FLIGHT INC

EIN 22-2560963 BUFFALO, NY

Revenue 2024
$36,832,328
Expenses 2024
$33,233,687

Program services were 89.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
100 AMHERST VILLA RD

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

COMMUNITY MEDICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE MAINLY BY HELICOPTER, FIXED WING AIRCRAFT AND GROUND TRANSPORT SERVICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION PRIMARILY FOR THE WNY, WESTERN PA & SOUTHERN ONTARIO CANADA REGIONS.

  • THE ORGANIZATION IS AN INDEPENDENT PROVIDER OF EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY AIR AND GROUND MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION AND SUPPORTING SERVICES, ENSURING RAPID, SAFE AND COST EFFECTIVE DELIVERY OF EXPERT EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS. SINCE 1981, THE ORGANIZATION HAS SAFELY COMPLETED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AIR AND GROUND AMBULANCE PATIENT MISSIONS. OPERATIONS ARE CONDUCTED FROM TEN BASES IN SEVEN REGIONS (BUFFALO, OLEAN, BATAVIA, SPRINGVILLE, HAMLIN, NIAGARA COUNTY, AND ORLEANS COUNTY), 24 HOURS A DAY / 7 DAYS A WEEK.

    Expenses $29,586,882 · Revenue $35,529,876

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • MARGARET A FERRENTINO

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $243,709
    From this org
    $235,714
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,995
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $235,714
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,995
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $243,709

  • TIMOTHY CLARK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • REV JOHN R GAGLIONE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • GREGORY W SKIBITSKY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • EILEEN KELCHLIN

    VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MARK SCHOELL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JAMES M HASSETT JR MD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KEVIN G VON VRECKIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MICHAEL BOLAS

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • SCOTT WOOTON

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $207,804
    From this org
    $200,975
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,829
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,975
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,829
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $207,804

  • DR MICHAEL A MANKA JR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • LORI DUFRESNE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • WALTER GORDON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CHRISTOPHER MODEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • WILLIAM RITER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JOSEPH CZYRNY

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $135,942
    From this org
    $131,548
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,394
    Hours/week
    40

  • DENNIS CRANDALL

    DIRECTOR OF FLIGHT OPS

    Total calculated
    $178,658
    From this org
    $165,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,258
    Hours/week
    42

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,400
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,720
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,538
    Filer's total
    $178,658

  • JEFFREY NIELSEN

    FLIGHT MEDIC

    Total calculated
    $172,457
    From this org
    $166,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,657
    Hours/week
    48

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,800
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,657
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $172,457

  • DAVID SMITH

    CHIEF PILOT

    Total calculated
    $174,149
    From this org
    $168,644
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,505
    Hours/week
    42

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,644
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,505
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $174,149

  • DANIEL PEHRSON

    PARAMEDIC

    Total calculated
    $157,198
    From this org
    $151,984
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,214
    Hours/week
    42

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,984
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,214
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $157,198

  • HOLLY GERNATT

    FLIGHT NURSE

    Total calculated
    $158,239
    From this org
    $153,066
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,173
    Hours/week
    42

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,066
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,173
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $158,239

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
    $36,832,328
    Expenses
    $33,233,687
    Contributions
    $1,261,465
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $28,471,908
    Expenses
    $28,566,637
    Contributions
    $1,247,707
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $21,373,048
    Expenses
    $21,871,028
    Contributions
    $1,104,713
    Grants paid
    $0

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $26,481,483
    Expenses
    $21,378,898
    Assets (EOY)
    $49,278,322

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,614,372
    Expenses
    $20,529,274
    Assets (EOY)
    $42,808,299

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,853,135
    Expenses
    $19,530,380
    Assets (EOY)
    $42,454,030

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,625,148
    Expenses
    $20,198,285
    Assets (EOY)
    $41,738,080

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,450,833
    Expenses
    $17,458,389
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,208,718

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.