SAMARITAN AVIATION: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: SAMARITAN AVIATION (EIN 84-1543484)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2018-09-11
IRS object ID: 201802549349300430
Schema version: 2017v2.3
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule L
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-09-11T08:05:56-00:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SECHLER MORGAN CPAS PLLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2418 W BARROW DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	CHANDLER	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AZ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	85224	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2017-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	841543484	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SAMARITAN AVIATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	SAMA	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	9702494341	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 20697	AddressLine1Txt
City	MESA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AZ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	85277	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	BRYAN YEAGER	PersonNm
Person Title	VICE PRESIDENT COO	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2018-09-11	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	KRISTINA MORGAN CPA	PreparerPersonNm
Phone	6022302700	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-09-11	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	70.162.157.61	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2018-09-11	IPDt
IP Tm	14:43:10	IPTm
IP Timezone	MS	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	62E43348EE3C7DAB2011D4FB068CA8D1BCB2AB31	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	62E43348EE3C7DAB2011D4FB068CA8D1BCB2AB31	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2018-06-14 16:35:46Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	STEVEN MARK PALM	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 20697	AddressLine1Txt
City	MESA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AZ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	85277	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,341,353	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www. samaritanaviation.com	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1999	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CO	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO PROMOTE THE GOSPEL BY PROVIDING MISSION, MEDICAL, AND AVIATION SERVICES.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	8	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	6	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	9	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	7	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,528,356	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,192,043	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$71,016	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$35	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$67,400	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$485	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	-$254	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,528,876	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,330,205	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$27,890	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$2,026	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$565,236	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$546,051	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$41,392	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$742,807	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$624,308	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,335,933	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,172,385	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$192,943	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$157,820	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$1,288,087	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$1,426,579	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$66,696	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$47,698	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,221,391	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,378,881	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	TO PROMOTE THE GOSPEL BY PROVIDING MISSION, MEDICAL, AND AVIATION SERVICES.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$987,230	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$2,026	GrantAmt
Revenue	$18,495	RevenueAmt
Desc	IN 2017, WE DELIVERED 13,611 POUNDS OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO OVER 40 AID POSTS ALONG THE 700 MILE SEPIK RIVER. WE FLEW IN 139 PATIENTS FROM THE SAME VARIOUS AID POSTS AND VILLAGES DELIVERING THEM TO THE BORAM HOSPITAL IN WEWAK, ESP PAPUA NEW GUINEA. WE ALSO CONDUCTED 8 MEDICAL HEALTH OUTREACHES VACCINATING OVER 2,500 KIDS IN THE VILLAGES ALONG THE SEPIK AND IN THE TOWN OF WEWAK.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$987,230	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (true)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	Yes (true)	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	Yes (true)	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	Yes (true)	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	3	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	9	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	Yes (true)	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Country	PP	ForeignCountryCd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form1098 C Filed	Yes (true)	Form1098CFiledInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	8	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	6	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE ORGANIZATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	9702494341	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4710 E FALCON DR STE 217	AddressLine1Txt
City	MESA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AZ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	85215	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (9 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Steven Mark Palm
President Founder	040.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$63,155	$0	$47,466
Dr Dan Cranston
Secretary Treasurer	001.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Joey Burns
Board Chairman	001.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Rev Matthew Palm
Director	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Daniel Jones
Director	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jason Schwitters
Director	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jeff Petersen
Director	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John Davis
Director	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Bryan Yeager
Vice President/ COO Director of Development	040.00		Yes (X)	$77,333	$0	$10,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$140,488	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$57,466	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Related Organizations	$125,451	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
All Other Contributions	$1,066,592	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$93,600	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,192,043	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Program Rent	900099	$52,521	$52,521
Mission Administration	900099	$18,495	$18,495

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$71,016	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$127	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$127	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$77,438	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$10,165	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$67,273	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$67,273	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$67,273	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$729	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$983	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$254	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$254	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,330,205	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$71,016	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$67,146	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,026	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,026	ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$197,954	TotalAmt
Program Services	$114,813	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$73,243	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9,898	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$330,245	TotalAmt
Program Services	$330,245	ProgramServicesAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,588	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,267	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$321	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,264	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,176	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,839	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$249	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,025	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,025	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,911	TotalAmt
Management And General	$13,911	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fees For Services Prof Fundraising		FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,991	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,241	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$6,750	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,876	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,634	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$937	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,305	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$65,875	TotalAmt
Program Services	$46,110	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,837	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,928	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,004	TotalAmt
Program Services	$490	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,751	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,763	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$145,234	TotalAmt
Program Services	$127,806	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$17,428	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$64,562	TotalAmt
Program Services	$52,941	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,519	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,102	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$149,568	TotalAmt
Program Services	$137,603	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$11,965	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$39,740	TotalAmt
Program Services	$37,356	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,987	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$397	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
AVIATION FUEL COSTS	$37,342	$37,342
AVIATION MAINTENANCE HANGER	$72,180	$72,180

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,172,385	TotalAmt
Program Services	$987,230	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$143,763	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$41,392	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$364,623	BOYAmt
EOY	$176,658	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$46,158	BOYAmt
EOY	$256,080	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$100,000	BOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$3,935	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$22,349	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$10,000	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$4,797	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$1,331,726	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$378,966	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$777,306	BOYAmt
EOY	$952,760	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,288,087	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,426,579	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$66,696	BOYAmt
EOY	$47,698	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$66,696	BOYAmt
EOY	$47,698	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$859,982	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,099,165	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$361,409	BOYAmt
EOY	$279,716	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,221,391	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,378,881	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,288,087	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,426,579	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$157,820	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$330	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	Yes (true)	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd

Acct Compile Or Review Basis AcctCompileOrReviewBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$704,318	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$912,846	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,507,692	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,528,356	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,192,043	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,845,255	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$704,318	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$912,846	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,507,692	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,528,356	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,192,043	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,845,255	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$880,899	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$4,964,356	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$18,255	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$76	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$26,407	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$35	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$127	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$44,900	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$247	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$247	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$5,890,402	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$97,517	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.84280	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.86320	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind
Public Support CY509	0.00000	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Facts And Circumstances Test	Part II Section B Line 9 Following the IRS Schedule A instructions for Line 9, for years in which fundraising expenses exceed fundraising revenue, then no amount - 0 - has been reported on Schedule A, Line 9. Net fundraising event revenue reported on Schedule A, Line 9 coordinates to the Form 990, Part VIII, Line 8c Net income or loss from fundraising events.	FactsAndCircumstancesTestTxt

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part II Section B Line 11	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Net capital gains/ losses from the sale of assets or securities are excluded from the public support calculations of Sch A . The following gains or losses from the sale of assets have been reported on the Form 990 Part VIII Statement of Revenue but are not reflected in Schedule A Column a 2013 - 1,320, Column b 2014 - 29,690, Column c 2015 26,349 and Column e 2017 67,273.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct Liab	false	InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$361,409	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$279,716	ContributionsAmt
Other Expenditures	$361,409	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$279,716	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$265,951	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$333,223	ContributionsAmt
Other Expenditures	$237,765	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$361,409	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributions	$265,951	ContributionsAmt
End Year Balance	$265,951	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Term Endowment Balance EOY	1.00000	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$7,591	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$7,591	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$365,285	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$78,417	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$286,868	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$956,250	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$297,949	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$658,301	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$2,600	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$2,600	DepreciationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$952,760	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc
Financial derivatives and other financial products
Closely-held equity interests

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Federal income taxes	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

V 2

THE ORGANIZATIONS TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS WERE RESTRICTED FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES HANGAR / AIRCRAFT 90,000, CAPITAL CAMPAIGN 168,934, AND MISSIONARY SUPPORT 20,782.

X 2

THE ORGANIZATION HAS ADOPTED ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES. THIS STANDARD CLARIFIES THE ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN A TAX RETURN, INCLUDING ISSUES RELATING TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT RECOGNITION AND MEASUREMENT. THIS STANDARD PROVIDES THAT THE TAX EFFECTS FROM AN UNCERTAIN TAX POSITION CAN BE RECOGNIZED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ONLY IF THE POSITION IS MORE-LIKELY-THAN-NOT TO BE SUSTAINED IF THE POSITION WERE TO BE CHALLENGED BY A TAXING AUTHORITY. THE STANDARD ALSO PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON MEASUREMENT, CLASSIFICATION, INTEREST AND PENALTIES, AND DISCLOSURE. THE TAX YEARS ENDED 2014, 2015, AND 2016 ARE STILL OPEN TO AUDIT FOR BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE PURPOSES. THE ORGANIZATION HAS PROCESSES PRESENTLY IN PLACE TO ENSURE THE MAINTENANCE OF ITS TAX-EXEMPT STATUS ITS GROUP EXEMPTION TO IDENTIFY AND REPORT UNRELATED INCOME TO DETERMINE ITS FILING AND TAX OBLIGATIONS IN JURISDICTIONS FOR WHICH IT HAS NEXUS AND TO IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED TAX POSITIONS. THE ORGANIZATION HAS DETERMINED THERE IS NO IMPACT ON THE ACCOMPANYING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS RELATED TO THE ADOPTION OF THIS STANDARD.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (2 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	OfficesOfficesCnt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
East Asia and the Pacific	1	10	Program services -medical assistance	Medical, mission, and aviation support in region	$985,204
East Asia and the Pacific	1	10	Benevolance grants		$2,026

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	2	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	20	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Office	2	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	20	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$987,230	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$987,230	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	false	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I Line 2	SAMARITAN AVIATION EMPLOYEES IN PAPUA-NEW GUINEA DETERMINE THE NEEDS AND AMOUNTS GRANTED TO LOCAL INDIGENTS OR LOCAL HOSPITAL OR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. THE GRANTS ARE MONITORED BY SAMARITAN AVIATION THROUGH INTERACTIONS AND FOLLOW-UP WITH GRANT RECIPIENTS.
Part I Line 1	SAMARITAN AVIATION REPORTS ALL EXPENDITURES BASED ON THE ACCRUAL METHOD OF ACCOUNTING.

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Loans Btwn Org Interested Prsn LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp (2 entries)

Relationship With OrgRelationshipWithOrgTxt	Loan PurposeLoanPurposeTxt	Loan From OrganizationLoanFromOrganizationInd	Original PrincipalOriginalPrincipalAmt	Balance DueBalanceDueAmt	DefaultDefaultInd	Board Or Committee ApprovalBoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd	Written AgreementWrittenAgreementInd
Steven Mark Palmer
President Founder	Living expenses advance	Yes (X)	$22,084	$22,084	false	Yes (true)	false
Bryan Yeager
Vice President/ COO	Living expenses advance	Yes (X)	$265	$265	false	Yes (true)	false

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Balance Due	$22,349	TotalBalanceDueAmt

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	STEVEN MARK PALM	PersonNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship Description	PRESIDENT/FOUNDER	RelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction	$110,621	TransactionAmt
Transaction	SALARY BENEFITS	TransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues	false	SharingOfRevenuesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part IV Line 1	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	STEVEN MARK PALM, PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, AND BOARD MEMBER MATTHEW PALM ARE RELATED, AS DEFINED BY THE IRS DEFINITION OF A RELATIVE.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Cars And Other Vehicles CarsAndOtherVehiclesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	2	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$3,600	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Boats And Planes BoatsAndPlanesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$10,000	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Desc	Ultrasound machine	Desc
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$80,000	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received	1	Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (true)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I Line 6, 7 25	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	COLUMN B REPORTS THE NUMBER OF ITEMS RECEIVED.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2	PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, STEVEN MARK PALM, AND BOARD MEMBER, MATTHEW PALM, ARE RELATED AS DEFINED BY THE IRS DEFINITION OF A RELATIVE.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11 b	THE FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY A CPA FIRM, REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE AND FINANCE COMMITTEES IN DETAIL, AND THEN PROVIDED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT PRIOR TO BE FILED.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12 c	THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY COVERS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND VOLUNTEERS. IF A SITUATION ARISES WHERE THERE IS A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST, IT MUST BE DISCLOSED TO THE BOARD IN WRITING, IT MUST NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE ORGANIZATION AND MUST BE DISCLOSED IN ANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. IF THE CONFLICT INVOLVES A PERSON IN THE POSITION OF AUTHORITY THEY MUST REMOVE THEMSELVES FROM THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 a b	INDEPENDENT MEMBERS OF SAMARITAN AVIATIONS BOARD OF DIRECTORS DETERMINE THE COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATIONS TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS, USING OUTSIDE SOURCES, SUCH AS FORM 990S FROM COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS, COMPENSATION STUDIES, AND MANAGEMENT AND AVIATION INDUSTRY COMPARABLE DATA BASED ON AVIATION INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE. THE PROCESS AND VOTING IS DETERMINED IN THE BOARD MINUTES.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	THE ORGANIZATION WILL PROVIDE IN A TIMELY MANNER, COPIES OF ALL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS INCLUDING ITS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICIES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WHEN REQUESTED IN WRITING OR IN PERSON.
Form 990, Part XI, Line 9	OTHER CHANGE IN NET ASSETS CURRENCY EXCHANGE LOSS OF 330.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2 c	THE ORGANIZATION HAS A COMMITTEE THAT ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF THE COMPILATION OF ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE SELECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR. THIS PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM PRIOR YEARS.