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LIFE FLIGHT NETWORK FOUNDATION

LIFE FLIGHT NETWORK FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $477,001 to it, the largest being FLETCHER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($400,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$19M
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$477k
Net assets
$16M
7/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Life Flight Network Foundation does

Mission

To support training, outreach programs and transport services provided by life flight network.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Funding to life flight network to cover costs of emergency medical transportation provided to patients who are members. Payment covers the remaining charges after any insurance payments for these transports.

    $5,409,949 spentof which $5,409,949 as grants$17,299,913 earned by the program
    41% of program spending
  2. Funding to life flight network to cover costs of emergency medical transport via life flight for patients qualified for charity care.

    $4,922,921 spentof which $4,922,921 as grants
    38% of program spending
  3. General support for life flight network air transport services including support for annual firemed and medix ambulance joint public education drives.

    $2,776,332 spentof which $98,195 as grants$578,652 earned by the program
    21% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,109,202.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($6.0M) Expenses 100 ($5.5M) Net assets 100 ($526k)2018 Revenue 140 ($8.4M) Expenses 115 ($6.3M) Net assets 511 ($2.7M)2019 Revenue 160 ($9.6M) Expenses 136 ($7.4M) Net assets 926 ($4.9M)2020 Revenue 184 ($11M) Expenses 226 ($12M) Net assets 720 ($3.8M)2021 Revenue 222 ($13M) Expenses 180 ($9.8M) Net assets 1367 ($7.2M)2022 Revenue 232 ($14M) Expenses 222 ($12M) Net assets 1455 ($7.6M)2023 Revenue 260 ($16M) Expenses 212 ($12M) Net assets 2152 ($11M)2024 Revenue 276 ($17M) Expenses 413 ($23M) Net assets 1183 ($6.2M)2025 Revenue 295 ($18M) Expenses 237 ($13M) Net assets 2219 ($12M)2026 Revenue 315 ($19M) Expenses 259 ($14M) Net assets 3114 ($16M)
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Revenue (315)Expenses (259)Net assets (3114)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $26M to $32M (+24%).

$6.5M
$11M
$14M
$20M
$23M
$28M
$31M
$26M
$32M
$37M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

1% of LIFE FLIGHT NETWORK FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (7% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,745 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.

$555k
’17
$2.2M
’18
$2.2M
’19
−$1.2M
’20
$3.5M
’21
$1.9M
’22
$4.1M
’23
−$5.9M
’24
$4.8M
’25
$4.8M
’26
20
months of
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.

Chief executive

Benjamin Clayton

CEO

Board chair

Joe Ness

Board chair

As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.

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Listed99910111110101011
Joined·+0+3+1+2+4+2+2+0+1
No longer listed·030143200
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $1k → $118k.

1 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 LIFE FLIGHT NETWORK FOUNDATION’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

LIFE FLIGHT NETWORK FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

84%
largest funder
94%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2020 91% · 2021 51% · 2022 79% · 2023 85% — growing more concentrated.

“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

40% of LIFE FLIGHT NETWORK FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

LIFE FLIGHT NETWORK FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 8 states in all.

WA
NY
MA
OR
NV
PA
CT
CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Oregon out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

LIFE FLIGHT NETWORK FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 26 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin25% · top quartile
Months of reserve20.4mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)14% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 26 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2026

Government funding LIFE FLIGHT NETWORK FOUNDATION receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $178k on record.

Federal$178k
grants $0contracts $178k
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22
Top agencies
  • Department of Health and Human Services$97k
  • Department of Justice$81k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like LIFE FLIGHT NETWORK FOUNDATION

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 Oregon

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 4%Fundraising 3%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

97%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OR

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Lfn Leasing Company LLC · disregarded
  • Life Flight Network LLC · partnership

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Questions and answers

Who funds LIFE FLIGHT NETWORK FOUNDATION?
LIFE FLIGHT NETWORK FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $477,001 to it, the largest being FLETCHER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($400,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LIFE FLIGHT NETWORK FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $477,001 in grants to LIFE FLIGHT NETWORK FOUNDATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LIFE FLIGHT NETWORK FOUNDATION?
FLETCHER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LIFE FLIGHT NETWORK FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 10 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