New England Life Flight Inc
Analysis
New England Life Flight Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bedford, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2025. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation (type i) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.
In the financial year ending September 2023, New England Life Flight Inc reported income of $51.4m and spending of $46.2m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $34.6m to $51.4m (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.
Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, New England Life Flight Inc sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Marillac Community Health Centers ($51.3m), Ashe Memorial Hospital Inc ($51.4m) and Grant Regional Health Center Inc ($51.2m).
On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 20% and program service revenue 80% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $1.1m (2.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $18.8m. At year end it held assets of $132.1m against liabilities of $75.5m, net assets of $56.7m. It reported 194 employees.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Contributions & grants 20%
- Program services 80%
- Other 0.2%
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Marillac Community Health Centers | New Orleans | $51.3m |
| Ashe Memorial Hospital Inc | Jefferson | $51.4m |
| Grant Regional Health Center Inc | Lancaster | $51.2m |
| Hale Makua Health Services | Kahului | $51.4m |