Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$41,331,321

Total expenses

$35,233,649

Contributions and grants received

$40,980,218

Grants paid

$26,473,396

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$351,103

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$35,329,272

Total liabilities, end of year

$4,075,665

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$31,253,607

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$30,409,672

Management and general expenses

$2,657,575

Fundraising expenses

$2,166,402

Program service expenses (Part III)

$30,409,672

Program services were 86.3% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• Spirit of America is a nonprofit citizen service organization founded in response to the attacks of 9/11. We have pioneered a new model of providing philanthropic private assistance to support national security and the safety and success of America's troops and diplomats. We unite the American people with US troops and diplomats in common cause: to defend freedom, strengthen the front lines of democracy, and help people secure a free and better life. Because of Spirit of America's partnership with the US military we are able to deliver private assistance efficiently and at scale in the world's toughest places. (Continued on Schedule O)In 2023 we prioritized assistance that would meet the highest needs and priorities of US troops and diplomats, and that would have the greatest potential to save and improve lives:1. Eastern Europe: To save lives and help Ukraine defend its freedom and democracy against Russian aggression, we supported frontline troops with nonlethal assistance. This included computer and communications gear to support a secure communications network, surveillance drones, advanced trauma kits, night vision goggles, vehicles, mobile combat shower units, and funding to rebuild and redeploy military trucks. We also supported a program to teach entrepreneurial skills to Ukrainian youth and provided funding to help them implement projects to rebuild their war-affected communities. In the Balkans, we provided targeted humanitarian assistance to firefighters, first responders, EMS, the miliary and law enforcement including protective equipment, rescue gear, technology, and emergency communications equipment. 2. Middle East and Central Asia: We promoted stability and social cohesion through targeted humanitarian and economic assistance to vulnerable communities, helped develop the capacity of host nation governmental and nongovernmental entities, and provided nonlethal equipment to host nation armed forces. Through educational projects, we empowered thousands of Afghan refugees and students to build a better future in six countries across the region. In northeast Syria, we enabled US troops to deliver humanitarian aid following a deadly earthquake. In Iraqi Kurdistan, we helped strengthen Peshmerga forces, a key US partner in the Defeat-ISIS Campaign, by funding English language courses. In Lebanon, we provided nonlethal equipment and supplies to special operations units in the Lebanese Armed Forces.3. Asia Pacific: To protect frontlines of democracy and deter aggression across the region, we strengthened relationships, built the capacity of host nation governmental and nongovernmental entities, and provided nonlethal assistance to host nation armed forces. In Taiwan, we helped citizens take action to preserve their way of life in the face of threats to their security and democracy. We partnered with the Taiwanese government and civil society to train thousands of citizens in crisis preparedness skills to build Taiwan's resilience to any crisis. We also partnered with local nonprofits to educate Taiwanese people on the skills they need to keep their families safe in the event of a crisis. In Mongolia we helped establish a pre-hospital medical training program to ensure widespread access to timely and lifesaving emergency medical care, and in Burma we provided a communications network for civilians displaced by the civil war.4. Africa: Spirit of America helped US troops strengthen partnerships to protect communities under threat in West Africa, where terrorist groups have destabilized the Sahel region and now threaten the democratic countries of the coast, and in East Africa, where terrorist activity displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians. We provided targeted humanitarian and economic assistance to vulnerable communities, built the capacity of host nation governmental and nongovernmental entities, and provided nonlethal equipment to host nation armed forces. Efforts include funding renovations for schools and key government buildings in Mozambique, helping US troops train Beninese army partners in essential medical skills and treatment, building community resilience in Burkina Faso through community center renovations, and providing other educational and humanitarian supplies.

  Expenses $30,409,672 · Grants $26,473,396

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

Listed in Part VII

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

17 September 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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