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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CARRY THE LOAD.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,906,200
Total expenses
$4,022,948
Contributions and grants received
$3,729,974
Grants paid
$1,020,884
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$100,407
Other revenue
$75,819
Total assets, end of year
$1,848,431
Total liabilities, end of year
$48,516
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,799,915
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,796,239
Management and general expenses
$153,010
Fundraising expenses
$73,699
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,796,239

Program services were 94.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,729,974

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $391,842

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $100,407 · related or exempt $100,407

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $75,819

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $75,819 · related or exempt $75,819

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,020,884 · program services $1,020,884

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $640,040 · program services $553,234 · management and general $46,103 · fundraising $40,703

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $60,325 · program services $48,260 · management and general $12,065

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,007 · management and general $22,007

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $282,556 · program services $249,560 · fundraising $32,996

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $60,382 · program services $30,191 · management and general $30,191

  • 17 · Travel

    total $257,083 · program services $257,083

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,488 · program services $3,744 · management and general $3,744

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM & MEMORIAL DAY EXP

    total $1,594,383 · program services $1,594,383

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $77,800 · program services $38,900 · management and general $38,900

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,119,005 · end of year $970,762

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $57,000 · end of year $7,652

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $769,610 · end of year $870,017

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $28,952 · end of year $48,516

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,916,663 · end of year $1,799,915

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE OUR NATIONS HEROES BY CONNECTING AMERICANS TO THEIR SACRIFICES FOR OUR FREEDOM.

  • THE ORGANIZATION HONORS AND CELEBRATES OUR NATIONS HEROES BY CONNECTING AMERICANS TO THEIR SACRIFICES FOR OUR FREEDOM. THE ORGANIZATION ORGANIZES AND CONDUCTS MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS AND OTHER EVENTS TO BRING AWARENESS AND THAT HONORS AND THANKS VETERANS AND ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR THEIR SACRIFICES. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDES GRANT FUNDS TO VARIOUS OTHER NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION PARTNERS WHICH SERVE THESE HEROES BY PROVIDING VARIOUS PROGRAM SUPPORT SERVICES AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES.

    Expenses $3,796,239

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Debbie Wright

    FORMER EXEC DIR

    Total calculated
    $209,666
    From this org
    $209,666
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,666
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $209,666

  • Donna Key

    FORMER EXEC DIR

    Total calculated
    $114,126
    From this org
    $114,126
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $114,126
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $114,126

  • Junor Ortiz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Aaron Rigby

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Dill Driscoll

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • John McCaa

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Todd Boeding

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Mike Devlin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Hallie Johnston

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Stephen Holley

    PRESCEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Craig Couch

    TREAS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Kathie Wood

    EXEC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

  • VARIOUS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

    $1,020,884

    GENERAL SUPPORT

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
21 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530279349300338

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