California · Nonprofit
ANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC
ANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC (California) receives grants from 150 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,815,912 to it, the largest being CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION ($2,000,000). 91 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $9.2M
- Funders on record
- 150
- Grants received
- $7.8M
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What Angel Flight West Inc does
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.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
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.
$7,729,416 spentof which $6,945,515 as grants90% of program spendingOutreach 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.
$554,251 spent6% of program spendingPilot 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.
$220,453 spentof which $10,475 as grants3% of program spendingOther program services
$117,879 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,621,999.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $3.2M to $4.3M (+36%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
101% of ANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Mark Wolper
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 36 funders to 67 funders, grant income rose $371k → $997k.
21 of 150 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 150 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
25% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 12% · 2018 12% · 2019 12% · 2020 69% · 2021 13% · 2022 39% · 2023 10% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
47% of ANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
54% of ANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC's funding base is broadening — from 36 funders to 67 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,126 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 6 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC?
- ANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC (California) receives grants from 150 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,815,912 to it, the largest being CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION ($2,000,000). 91 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC have?
- IRS filings report 150 organizations giving $7,815,912 in grants to ANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC, 91 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC?
- CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 150 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing