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Miracle Flights

Public charity · Grantmaker Las Vegas, NV EIN: 88-0209952 Website

Miracle Flights is a national charity that provides free commercial airline tickets for U.S. residents in need of distant medical care not available in their own communities.

Miracle Flights at a glance

Total assets
$52,284,905
+7.6% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$7,128,579
+97.9% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$4,290,251
+203.6% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$4,382,867
-20.9% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Miracle Flights funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

1 grant across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 1 grant of 1 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Cities

RichmondStudio City

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K2 grants2020 1 grant2021 Total only2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2020 to 2022, annual grant giving ranged from $22K (2022) to $144K (2021). In 2022 it reported $22K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
World Pediatric Project Richmond, VATravel resources for sick children to get to hospitals and doctors$144,098
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$52,284,905$7,128,579$4,382,867——$4,290,251
2024$48,573,242$3,602,247$5,541,716——$1,413,165
2023$46,405,459$3,587,080$5,807,738——$1,742,770
2022$47,631,484$3,033,311$3,879,693$21,520Total only$1,679,616
2021$47,697,826$10,948,311$3,590,001$144,0981$9,614,063
2020$39,430,028$-744,451$3,604,582$90,2842$-2,066,378

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Miracle Flights

Based on IRS filings

Miracle Flights is a public charity, based in Las Vegas, NV. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $52.3M in total assets. Net investment income was $4.3M.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Miracle Flights is led by Mark Brown, CEO on every filing since 2020; 4 of 9 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Mark Brown

    CEO

    On filings since 2020

    50 hrs/week

    $263K (2020) → $324K (2025)

  • Christopher Khorsandi

    Chairman

    Chariman of the Board → Chairman, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ilda V. Marquez-Moreno

    Director of Operations

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    $101K (2021) → $123K (2025)

  • Rebecca Boyce

    Director of Flights

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $100K (2024) → $0 (2025)

  • Robert Sanchez

    Vp-Corp.

    Vice President of Corporate Alliance → Vice President of Corporate, 2021

    Vice President of Corporate → Vp-Corp., 2022

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $133K (2020) → $158K (2025)

  • Linda Dohnal

    Vp- Marketing

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $143K (2024) → $0 (2025)

  • Anne McGee

    Former Officer

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $331K (2025)

  • Jessica Connell

    Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joel Jarvis

    Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (2)
  • Former: Christopher (2022–2023) — Chairman
  • Former: Voi Holt (2020–2021) — Vice President of Marketin

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Anne McGee — Former Officer: $331KAnne McGeeFormer Officer$331KMark Brown — CEO: $324KMark BrownCEO$324KRobert Sanchez — VP-Corp.: $158KRobert SanchezVP-Corp.$158KIlda V Marquez-Moreno — DIR. of Operations: $123KIlda V Marquez-MorenoDIR. of Operations$123K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $331K, to Anne McGee (Former Officer). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Miracle Flights

How large is Miracle Flights?

Miracle Flights reported $52.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $7.1M.

Where does Miracle Flights operate?

Miracle Flights has awarded grants in California, Virginia.

What is Miracle Flights's EIN?

Miracle Flights's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 88-0209952. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(4)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 15, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 14, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS March 15, 2023)
  4. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

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