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BRIGADE AIR INC

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $26K · expenses $33K · assets $7K

EIN
20-0896758
Address
886 BELMONT, NORTH HALEDON, NJ 07508-2566
Website
www.brigadeair.org
NTEE code
O50
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2004
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Mission

To inspire young people toward careers in mission aviation and the aviation industry through a unique mentoring curriculum and summer camping program.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Bruce Wolff Executive Dir.2011-2025 $23,000$370,153 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

9 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Ron Wyrtzen Chairman2011-2025 2 $0 reported 1
Joan Wolff Secretary2019-2025 2 $0 reported 1
Dan Wishnietsky Treasurer2016-2025 2 $0 reported 1
Peter Peterson (former) Secretary2017-2018 2 $0 reported 1
Cecil Bedford (former) Secretary2011-2016 2 $0 reported 1
Dan Weshnietsky (former) Trustee2014-2015 2 $0 reported 1
Ed Robinson (former) BOD MEMBER2011 2 $0 reported 1
Mike Lowry (former) BOD MEMBER2011 2 $0 reported 1
Eric Breiland (former) BOD MEMBER2011 2 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $23K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BRUCE WOLFF Executive Dir.40 $23,000-- $23,0001
RON WYRTZEN Chairman2 $0-- $01
JOAN WOLFF Secretary2 $0-- $01
DAN WISHNIETSKY Treasurer2 $0-- $01
2024 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $22K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BRUCE WOLFF Executive Dir.40 $22,000-- $22,0001
RON WYRTZEN Chairman2 $0-- $01
JOAN WOLFF Secretary2 $0-- $01
DAN WISHNIETSKY Treasurer2 $0-- $01
2023 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $25K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BRUCE WOLFF Executive Dir.40 $25,000-- $25,0001
RON WYRTZEN Chairman2 $0-- $01
JOAN WOLFF Secretary2 $0-- $01
DAN WISHNIETSKY Treasurer2 $0-- $01
2022 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $25K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BRUCE WOLFF Executive Dir.40 $25,000-- $25,0001
RON WYRTZEN Chairman2 $0-- $01
JOAN WOLFF Secretary2 $0-- $01
DAN WISHNIETSKY Treasurer2 $0-- $01
2021 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $25K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BRUCE WOLFF Executive Dir.40 $25,000-- $25,0001
RON WYRTZEN Chairman2 $0-- $01
JOAN WOLFF Secretary2 $0-- $01
DAN WISHNIETSKY Treasurer2 $0-- $01
2020 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $36K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BRUCE WOLFF Executive Dir.40 $36,000-- $36,0001
RON WYRTZEN Chairman2 $0-- $01
JOAN WOLFF Secretary2 $0-- $01
DAN WISHNIETSKY Treasurer2 $0-- $01
2019 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $36K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BRUCE WOLFF Executive Dir.40 $35,577-- $35,5771
RON WYRTZEN Chairman2 $0-- $01
JOAN WOLFF Secretary0 $0-- $01
DAN WISHNIETSKY Treasurer2 $0-- $01
2018 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $22K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BRUCE WOLFF Executive Dir.40 $22,115-- $22,1151
RON WYRTZEN Chairman2 $0-- $01
PETER PETERSON Secretary2 $0-- $01
DAN WISHNIETSKY Treasurer2 $0-- $01
2017 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $33K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BRUCE WOLFF Executive Dir.40 $32,692-- $32,6921
RON WYRTZEN Chairman2 $0-- $01
PETER PETERSON Secretary2 $0-- $01
DAN WISHNIETSKY Treasurer2 $0-- $01
2016 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $26K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BRUCE WOLFF Executive Dir.40 $26,000-- $26,0001
RON WYRTZEN Chairman2 $0-- $01
CECIL BEDFORD Secretary2 $0-- $01
DAN WISHNIETSKY Treasurer2 $0-- $01
2015 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $27K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BRUCE WOLFF Executive Dir.40 $26,923-- $26,9231
RON WYRTZEN Chairman2 $0-- $01
CECIL BEDFORD Secretary2 $0-- $01
DAN WESHNIETSKY Trustee2 $0-- $01
2014 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $10K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BRUCE WOLFF Executive Dir.40 $9,615-- $9,6151
RON WYRTZEN Chairman2 $0-- $01
CECIL BEDFORD Secretary2 $0-- $01
DAN WESHNIETSKY Trustee2 $0-- $01
2013 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $11K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BRUCE WOLFF Executive Dir.40 $11,231-- $11,2311
RON WYRTZEN Chairman2 $0-- $01
CECIL BEDFORD Secretary2 $0-- $01
2011 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $50K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BRUCE WOLFF PRESIDENT40 $50,000-- $50,0001
ED ROBINSON BOD MEMBER2 $0-- $01
RON WYRTZEN BOD MEMBER2 $0-- $01
MIKE LOWRY BOD MEMBER2 $0-- $01
CECIL BEDFORD BOD MEMBER2 $0-- $01
ERIC BREILAND BOD MEMBER2 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$25,917$33,148 $6,640$6,630 $25,917- ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$27,484$31,897 $13,871$13,861 $27,484- ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$48,785$35,822 $18,284$18,274 $48,785- ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$8,376$34,824 $6,049$5,311 $8,376- ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$36,377$36,245 $31,759$31,759 $24,215$3,100 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$38,445$60,894 $32,362$31,627 $24,339$4,300 ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$89,567$59,680 $58,780$54,076 $81,356$7,020 ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$38,925$42,100 $24,925$24,189 $30,165$7,700 ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$58,753$58,309 $29,979$27,364 $41,374$13,324 ---
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2016-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$53,258$51,960 $27,661$26,920 $36,857$15,311 ---
2015 · Form 990EZ period ending 2015-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$55,583$56,292 $27,387$25,622 $54,526- ---
2014 · Form 990EZ period ending 2014-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$44,104$38,477 $28,613$28,613 $43,224- ---
2013 · Form 990EZ period ending 2013-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$32,209$34,535 $22,986$22,986 $31,329- ---
2011 · Form 990EZ period ending 2011-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$85,018$87,070 $13,736$11,232 $85,018- ---

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $165,000 in all, tax years 2017 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
SAMARITANS PURSE Public charity Exact 2017-2021, 2023-2024 7$145,000 2024$20,000
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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2019 1$20,000 2019$20,000
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Where the money went

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2025 · Form 990EZ · $33,148 spent · pay $30,610 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $30,610 92.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $2,192 6.6%
Printing, publications, postage $346 1.0%
Total$33,148100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $31,897 spent · pay $28,786 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $28,786 90.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $2,535 7.9%
Printing, publications, postage $376 1.2%
Fees to independent contractors $200 0.6%
Total$31,897100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $35,822 spent · pay $32,763 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $32,763 91.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $2,587 7.2%
Printing, publications, postage $312 0.9%
Fees to independent contractors $160 0.4%
Total$35,822100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $34,824 spent · pay $31,713 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $31,713 91.1%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $2,504 7.2%
Printing, publications, postage $467 1.3%
Fees to independent contractors $140 0.4%
Total$34,824100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $36,245 spent · pay $31,713 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $31,713 87.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $4,002 11.0%
Fees to independent contractors $530 1.5%
Total$36,245100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $60,894 spent · pay $43,086 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $43,086 70.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $15,126 24.8%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $2,275 3.7%
Printing, publications, postage $407 0.7%
Total$60,894100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $59,680 spent · pay $41,899 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $41,899 70.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $13,690 22.9%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $3,890 6.5%
Fees to independent contractors $150 0.3%
Printing, publications, postage $51 0.1%
Total$59,680100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $42,100 spent · pay $25,727 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $25,727 61.1%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $12,103 28.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $3,780 9.0%
Printing, publications, postage $490 1.2%
Total$42,100100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $58,309 spent · pay $37,794 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $37,794 64.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $15,720 27.0%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $3,780 6.5%
Printing, publications, postage $625 1.1%
Fees to independent contractors $390 0.7%
Total$58,309100%

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2016 · Form 990EZ · $51,960 spent · pay $31,189 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $31,189 60.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $16,342 31.5%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $3,600 6.9%
Fees to independent contractors $500 1.0%
Printing, publications, postage $329 0.6%
Total$51,960100%

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2015 · Form 990EZ · $56,292 spent · pay $28,982 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $28,982 51.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $20,886 37.1%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $3,600 6.4%
Printing, publications, postage $1,824 3.2%
Fees to independent contractors $1,000 1.8%
Total$56,292100%

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2014 · Form 990EZ · $38,477 spent · pay $10,371 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $22,614 58.8%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $10,371 27.0%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $4,200 10.9%
Fees to independent contractors $1,000 2.6%
Printing, publications, postage $292 0.8%
Total$38,477100%

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2013 · Form 990EZ · $34,535 spent · pay $19,086 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $19,086 55.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $14,111 40.9%
Fees to independent contractors $1,000 2.9%
Printing, publications, postage $338 1.0%
Total$34,535100%

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2011 · Form 990EZ · $87,070 spent · pay $53,825 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $53,825 61.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $33,245 38.2%
Total$87,070100%

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