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FIRST FLIGHT

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $68K · expenses $53K · assets $78K

EIN
87-4824901
Address
404 E HOSPITAL ST, NACOGDOCHES, TX 75961-5210
NTEE code
B82
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2022
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Mission

TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY AVIATION PROGRAM AND THE FLYING JACKS AS WELL AS RAISE AWARENESS AROUND AEROSPACE RELATED FIELDS TO OUR K-12 YOUTH.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

None of the 3 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

3 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
Kristen Conklin PRESIDENT2023-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Shannon Conklin VICE PRESIDE2023-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Jon Hughes SECRETARY/ T2023-2024 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KRISTEN CONKLIN PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
SHANNON CONKLIN VICE PRESIDE0 $0-- $01
JON HUGHES SECRETARY/ T0 $0-- $01
2023 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KRISTEN CONKLIN PRESIDENT3 $0-- $01
SHANNON CONKLIN VICE PRESIDE1 $0-- $01
JON HUGHES SECRETARY/ T0 $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 Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.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
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$68,131$53,331 $78,322$78,322 -- ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$48,627$25,456 $3,192$3,192 $30,590- ---

Funders of this organization

5 grantors reported grants to this organization, $57,750 in all, tax years 2023 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
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR DAF sponsor Exact 2024 1$20,000 2024$20,000
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THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2024 1$13,750 2024$13,750
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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2024 1$11,500 2024$11,500
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MICKY ELLIOTT FAMILY FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “FIRST FLIGHT” 2023-2024 2$7,500 2024$1,500
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RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2024 1$5,000 2024$5,000
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990EZ · $53,331 spent · pay $0 · grants $26,300 · events $91,001
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $26,300 49.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $18,931 35.5%
Fees to independent contractors $8,100 15.2%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$91,001reported apart
Total$53,331100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $25,456 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,750 · events $72,023
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $13,802 54.2%
Fees to independent contractors $9,904 38.9%
Grants and similar amounts paid $1,750 6.9%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$72,023reported apart
Total$25,456100%

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