AERIAL RECOVERY
EIN 82-4664854
What they do
AERIAL RECOVERY SAVES LIVES and STOPS EVIL BY BUILDING and DEPLOYING HUMANITARIAN SPECIAL OPERATORS WHO ARE SELECTED VETERANS, FIRST RESPONDERS, and MISSION-QUALIFIED CIVILIANS WHO CHANNEL THEIR SKILLS AND, IN MANY CASES, THEIR OWN HEALING INTO OPERATIONAL SERVICE ACROSS DISASTER RELIEF, ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ANIMAL RESCUE, and HUMANITARIAN MISSIONS WORLDWIDE. POWERED BY THE AERIAL RECOVERY IMPACT ENGINE, EVERY MISSION SAVES LIVES TODAY and PREPARES RESCUERS for TOMORROW.SUMMARY of MOST SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES :AT AERIAL RECOVERY, EVERY ASPECT of OUR WORK, FROM AIDING VETERANS and FIRST RESPONDERS to CARING for ANIMALS and HELPING SURVIVORS of TRAFFICKING, EMBODIES OUR CORE PRINCIPLES: RESCUE, HEALING, and RESTORATION. WE BELIEVE THAT OUR OPERATORS, EMPOWERED and RESTORED, ARE VITAL to SOLVING SOME of THE MOST PRESSING GLOBAL CRISES. OUR VISION is to TRANSFORM SUFFERING INTO HOPE and CREATE A SAFER, MORE COMPASSIONATE WORLD.
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IRS warning checkNo IRS revocation warning appears in this data.
Money report from 2024The charity has a recent tax report to read.
They explain their jobThe charity tells us what it is trying to do.
They name their leaders11 people are listed in the latest report.
You can reach themThey list contact information, so you can ask questions.
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JEREMY LOCKEVICE PRESIDENT/COO
BRETT HARMELINGDIRECTOR
BRETT JAMESDIRECTOR
BRITNIE TURNERPRESIDENT/CEO
JEREMY NEWSOMEDIRECTOR
JOHN WITHERSPOONDIRECTOR
JOSEPH MCCABEDIRECTOR
MORGAN ORTAGUSDIRECTOR
ROBERT EDDYSECRETARY
ROSEMARY CALCESEDIRECTOR
TORI BROYLESTREASURER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2018
- Location
- 4235 HILLSBORO PIKE STE 300, NASHVILLE, TN 37215
- County
- Davidson
- In care of
- JEREMY LOCKE
- Primary officer
- JEREMY LOCKE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- JAMES A GEORGE PC
- Grant-giving organization
- Yes