South Carolina · Nonprofit
FIRST FLIGHT ALLIANCE
FIRST FLIGHT ALLIANCE (South Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,383 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($24,620). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $93k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $41k
- Net assets
- $37k
What First Flight Alliance does
Mission
First flight was established in the summer of 2010 with a mission to inspire individuals to achieve their goals by completing their first 5k race. Our organization quickly grew as a supportive community where members share their challenges, successes, and encouragement. Driven by our commitment to fostering a healthier and more vibrant community, first flight offers events like our camp #runthistown series, which has helped hundreds of beginners cross their first finish line. We organize a range of races that promise enjoyment or your money back. The proceeds from our events support local children through scholarships in our o.a.k. Program, encouraging their active participation. Our mission is to inspire individuals to take their first steps toward a healthier, stronger community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Electric city gobbler and america's 5k - races: family friendly community events that encourage healty living
$57,423 spentof which $1,500 as grants50% of program spendingPlaysmart - education and awareness to student athletes, parents, coaches, the community on the risks and dangers of opioids.
$25,837 spent22% of program spendingOperation active kids: funding and education for children in our community that provides and promotes healthy living.
$11,748 spentof which $6,946 as grants10% of program spendingOther programs including runthistown - ambasador program, offering coaching and fundraising opportunities for local and international races.
$19,888 spentof which $619 as grants17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $114,896.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $53k to $37k (−30%).
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.
45% of FIRST FLIGHT ALLIANCE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Alison Youngblood
Board chair through 12/2025
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $8k → $1k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 90% 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 FIRST FLIGHT ALLIANCE’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
FIRST FLIGHT ALLIANCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 FIRST FLIGHT ALLIANCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 98% · 2019 100% · 2020 49% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
90% of FIRST FLIGHT ALLIANCE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $4k that is directly attributable, 76% of it comes from South Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $37k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
FIRST FLIGHT ALLIANCE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 13,282 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,282 recreation & sports nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like FIRST FLIGHT ALLIANCE
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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FIRST FLIGHT ALLIANCE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FIRST FLIGHT ALLIANCE?
- FIRST FLIGHT ALLIANCE (South Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,383 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($24,620). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FIRST FLIGHT ALLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $41,383 in grants to FIRST FLIGHT ALLIANCE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FIRST FLIGHT ALLIANCE?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $24,620 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FIRST FLIGHT ALLIANCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 6 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing