Charity Aviation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852059978
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Arvada, CO, USA
Rating
54
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Transportation Assistance

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,784
Expenses
$2,842
Assets
$6,591
Liabilities
$2,025

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Gregory Mark Henningsen (Board Chairman and President)
  • Patrice Marie Henningsen (Board Member and Vice-President)

People named in this filing

  • Gregory Mark Henningsen (Board Chairman and President)
  • Andrew Joseph Henningsen (Treasurer)
  • Daniel James Henningsen (Board Member)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Charity Aviation provides free flights on privately-owned aircraft to organizations who can demonstrate a clear humanitarian or hardship need for such assistance. We are a non-profit corporation operating within the meaning of Section 501 c3 of the Internal Revenue Code.

What it reported doing in 2025

Contacted Cooperating Ministry in Sterling Colorado whose mission is to provide coordinated emergency resources and assistance to people who are in need. Offered to purchase food and drink for them per their instructions. Purchased the food and drink for them and flew it to them.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 31.1%; rating input score 31
  • Program expense ratio: 30.4%; rating input score 30

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.1%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.32; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -25.6% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 45.5% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 31.1% of revenue deployed · 30.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $865 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.