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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by OPERATION GRATITUDE INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 15 May 2023. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$22,176,895 changed to $6,329,207
Total expenses
$25,760,542 changed to $7,095,003
Contributions and grants received
$21,701,489 changed to $6,224,145
Grants paid
$16,689,692 changed to $3,782,668
Investment income
$475,406 changed to $105,062
Total assets, end of year
$15,819,627 changed to $15,067,276
Total liabilities, end of year
$768,524 changed to $507,554
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$15,051,103 changed to $14,559,722
Program services expenses
$23,279,038 changed to $5,940,581
Management and general expenses
$1,534,449 changed to $729,655
Fundraising expenses
$947,055 changed to $424,767
Program service expenses (Part III)
$23,279,038 changed to $5,940,581

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Allan Alvarado
  • Angela Brightman Struebing
  • Cheryl Zerah
  • Emily Pirman
  • James C Johnson
  • John Laskodi
  • Jorden Blashek
  • Mark Brown
  • Martha Martin
  • Melisa Griffith
  • Melissa Sisneros
  • Scott Wuestoff
  • Shirley Ross
  • Terry Blankenship
  • Vicki Johnson

Listed only on the later return

  • Alan Leach
  • Cassie Crocket
  • James Johnson
  • Jordan Blashek
  • Marty Martin
  • Steven Willett

Listed under a different title

  • Alex Popov: CFO & COO (STARTED 8/1/22) then CFO (DEPARTED 6/2/23)
  • Carolyn Blashek: SPECIAL ADVISOR then INTERIM CEO AND FOUNDER
  • Sharman Borncamp: DIRECTOR then SECRETARY

Totals

Total revenue
$6,329,207
Total expenses
$7,095,003
Contributions and grants received
$6,224,145
Grants paid
$3,782,668
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$105,062
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$15,067,276
Total liabilities, end of year
$507,554
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,559,722
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,940,581
Management and general expenses
$729,655
Fundraising expenses
$424,767
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,940,581

Program services were 83.7% 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

    $6,224,145

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $4,053,904

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $127,453 · excluded $127,453

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $243,273

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $265,664

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$22,391

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$22,391 · excluded -$22,391

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $3,782,668 · program services $3,782,668

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $388,263 · program services $221,310 · management and general $93,183 · fundraising $73,770

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,355,644 · program services $777,940 · management and general $321,427 · fundraising $256,277

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $91,520 · program services $52,469 · management and general $21,737 · fundraising $17,314

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $148,565 · program services $85,129 · management and general $35,320 · fundraising $28,116

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,505 · management and general $8,505

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,664 · management and general $40,664

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $16,169 · management and general $16,169

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $149,373 · program services $34,773 · management and general $106,619 · fundraising $7,981

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,933 · program services $2,187 · management and general $2,186 · fundraising $6,560

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,587 · program services $4,206 · management and general $3,195 · fundraising $2,186

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $101,939 · program services $58,412 · management and general $24,235 · fundraising $19,292

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $253,423 · program services $240,752 · management and general $12,671

  • 17 · Travel

    total $41,509 · program services $41,509

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $82,662 · program services $78,529 · management and general $4,133

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $67,157 · program services $38,482 · management and general $15,965 · fundraising $12,710

  • 24a · Other expenses: PACKAGING & SHIPPING

    total $476,830 · program services $476,830

  • 24b · Other expenses: INVENTORY

    total $26,447 · program services $26,447

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $18,145 · program services $17,238 · management and general $907

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK AND MERCHANT FEES

    total $12,419 · management and general $12,419

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $12,581 · program services $1,700 · management and general $10,320 · fundraising $561

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,420,624 · end of year $4,111,980

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $32,952 · end of year $32,951

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,241,971 · end of year $452,110

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $6,393,994 · end of year $6,822,201

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $165,479 · end of year $225,145

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $677,076

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $597,444

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $162,294 · end of year $79,632

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,001,889 · end of year $3,235,038

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $400,424 · end of year $108,219

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $420,089 · end of year $390,008

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $348,435 · end of year $117,546

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,300,211 · end of year $13,102,570

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,750,892 · end of year $1,457,152

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

OPERATION GRATITUDE HONORS OUR MILITARY AND FIRST RESPONDERS BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMERICANS TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OPERATION GRATITUDE PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR MILITARY & FIRST RESPONDERS.

  • OPERATION GRATITUDE, INC., HAS A MISSION TO HONOR OUR MILITARY AND FIRST RESPONDERS BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMERICANS TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE. THE ORGANIZATION HAS PROVIDED AMERICANS ACROSS OUR COUNTRY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY "THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE" THROUGH HANDS-ON VOLUNTEERISM, LIFTING THE SPIRITS OF DEPLOYED TROOPS, RECRUIT GRADUATES, VETERANS, MILITARY FAMILIES AND FIRST RESPONDERS.

    Expenses $5,940,581 · Grants $3,782,668

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Marty Martin

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Sharman Borncamp

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jennifer Cho

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Cassie Crocket

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Joe Kristol

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Alan Leach

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jordan Blashek

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Carolyn Blashek

    INTERIM CEO AND FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $104,720
    From this org
    $103,304
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,416
    Hours/week
    40

  • James Johnson

    CEO (DEPARTED 4/7/23)

    Total calculated
    $111,674
    From this org
    $107,734
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,940
    Hours/week
    40

  • Alex Popov

    CFO (DEPARTED 6/2/23)

    Total calculated
    $143,948
    From this org
    $140,282
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,666
    Hours/week
    40

  • Steven Willett

    CFO/TREASURER (STARTED 4/17/23)

    Total calculated
    $36,944
    From this org
    $36,944
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4A
ALEX POPOV WAS PAID $14,423 IN SEVERANCE.

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
2022
Filed
12 March 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202410739349300101

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