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US nonprofit · EIN 273792604 · Coronado, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 273792604) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2009.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Honor Flight SAN Diego's network

7 people3 organisationsi7 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Violet dotted lines (3) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

7 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 15 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 7 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Dee FolseDirector2018
8 yrs
Elizabeth GlaterDirector2019
7 yrs
Gary ShindlerDirector2022
4 yrs
Kathy RobinsonDirector2022
4 yrs
Lina ArnoldDirector2023
3 yrs
Lisa GaryDirector2019
7 yrs
Saundra CimaDirector2019
7 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

9 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Carol SciottoAssistant Treasurersince 2020
Dave SmithFounder2023
David SmithTreasurersince 2020
Holly ShaffnerVice Chairmasince 2022
Julie BrightwellChairmansince 2020
Leeann FolseTreasurersince 2022
Mel TaitanoCompany secretarysince 2020
Melanie TaitanoCompany secretarysince 2022
Sue SabbaughAssistant Trsince 2023

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Lisa GaryDirector20$0
Saundra CimaDirector20$0
Julie BrightwellChairman40$0
Melanie TaitanoSecretary30$0
Kathy RobinsonDirector5$0
Gary ShindlerDirector20$0
Holly ShaffnerVice Chairma40$0
Lina ArnoldDirector20$0
Dee FolseDirector30$0
Sue SabbaughAssistant Tr10$0
Leeann FolseTreasurer10$0
Elizabeth GlaterDirector10$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Honor Flight San Diego
EIN
273792604
Address
Po Box 181309, Coronado, CA, 92178-1309
State
California
Mission
Transport american vets to washington dc (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
W30 Public and societal benefit
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Public & Societal Benefit
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2010
Principal officer
Julie Brightwell (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 December 2010
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsDee Folse
≥7years on the filingsElizabeth Glater
≥7years on the filingsLisa Gary
≥7years on the filingsSaundra Cima

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$1.2m
Total liabilities
$735
Net assets or fund balances
$1.2m
Contributions and grants received
$995k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
0
Volunteers
15

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$664k$584k$79k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.