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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ORDER OF THE FOUNDERS & PATRIOTS OF AMERICA.

Totals

Total revenue
$131,096
Total expenses
$97,860
Contributions and grants received
$57,405
Grants paid
$20,000
Program service revenue
$40,872
Investment income
$33,080
Other revenue
-$261
Total assets, end of year
$1,036,399
Total liabilities, end of year
$24,346
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,012,053
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$96,185
Management and general expenses
$1,675
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$96,185

Program services were 98.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $34,140

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $23,265

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEETINGS

    total $40,872 · related or exempt $40,872

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $33,080 · excluded $33,080

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $14,931

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $15,192

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$261 · related or exempt -$261

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $20,000 · program services $20,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,454 · program services $2,454

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $25 · management and general $25

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $735 · management and general $735

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $987 · program services $987

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $56,157 · program services $56,157

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $896 · management and general $896

  • 24a · Other expenses: WEBSITE

    total $4,455 · program services $4,455

  • 24b · Other expenses: PUBLICATIONS

    total $3,578 · program services $3,578

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRESERVATION OF HISTORI

    total $3,456 · program services $3,456

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING & COPYING

    total $2,200 · program services $2,200

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,917 · program services $2,898 · management and general $19

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $48,775 · end of year $122,608

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $40,120 · end of year $43,268

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $848,006 · end of year $870,523

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $25,747 · end of year $24,346

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $90,118 · end of year $95,022

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $821,036 · end of year $917,031

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ORDER OF THE FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS OF AMERICA (THE ORDER") HAS THE OBJECTIVE OF PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL, HISTORICAL AND PATRIOTIC PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON THE FOUNDERS OF OUR COUNTRY (THE EARLIEST COLONIAL SETTLERS, STARTING WITH THE FOUNDING OF JAMESTOWN IN MAY 1607 AND FOR A PERIOD OF 50 YEARS THEREAFTER) AND THE PATRIOTS WHO ADHERED TO THE CAUSE OF INDEPENDENCE DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. IN PARTICULAR, THE ORDER SEEKS TO DISCOVER, DOCUMENT AND PRESERVE RECORDS, DOCUMENTS AND THE HISTORY OF THOSE FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS. THROUGH ITS PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER PROGRAMS, THE ORDER SEEKS TO EDUCATE THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ABOUT THE CHARACTER, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND HEROISM OF THE FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS OF AMERICA, THEREBY ALSO PROMOTING PATRIOTISM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OF A PATRIOTIC NATURE, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE FOUNDERS OF OUR COUNTRY AND THE PATRIOTS WHO ADHERED TO THE CAUSE OF INDEPENDENCE DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

  • THE ORDER PUBLISHES A MAGAZINE "THE BULLETIN" WHICH CONTAINS INFORMATION OF A PATRIOTIC AND HISTORICAL NATURE. DURING 2020, THE ORDER ALSO PUBLISHED A LINEAGE BOOK CONTAINING GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL INFORMATION.

    Expenses $3,578

  • THE ORDER MAINTAINS A WEBSITE WHICH PROVIDES PATRIOTIC AND HISTORICAL INFORMATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, INCLUDING INFORMATION CONCERNING THE FOUNDERS OF AMERICA.

    Expenses $4,455

  • THE ORDER HOLDS AN ANNUAL MEETING OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS AT WHICH THE MEMBERSHIP MAKES DETERMINATIONS ABOUT HOW BEST TO FURTHER THE PATRIOTIC AND HISTORICAL MISSION OF THE ORDER.

    Expenses $56,157

  • OTHER SUPPORTING SERVICES TO FURTHER THE TAX EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORDER.

    Expenses $31,995 · Grants $20,000 · Revenue $40,611

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Edward Charles Horton

    GOVERNOR GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michael Perry Schenk

    DEPUTY GENEALOGIST GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Walter J Sheffield Esq

    ATTORNEY GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Matthew David Dupee

    DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brian Richard Marsh

    CHAPLAIN GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert Todd Giffin

    DEPUTY CHAPLIN GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Ernest Weyler PhD

    HISTORIAN GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert Joseph Walcott Jr

    DEPUTY HISTORIAN GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Thomas Allen Smart

    DEPUTY GOVERNOR GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • James Duncan Berry PhD

    SECRETARY GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sumner Gary Hunnewell Jr

    DEPUTY REGISTRAR GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sean Patrick Redmond

    DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • J Shane Newcombe

    TREASURER GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Phoenix Austin Harris

    DEPUTY TREASURER GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tracy Ashley Crocker

    REGISTRAR GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $2,204
    From this org
    $2,204
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Shervin B Hawley

    GENEALOGIST GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Grinnell

    REGISTRAR GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $250
    From this org
    $250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
6 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202441289349302269

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