Form 990 for tax year 2023

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 15 February 2024. 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

$10,672,674 →changed to $81,363,373

Total expenses

$15,917,661 →changed to $75,061,687

Contributions and grants received

$10,460,737 →changed to $77,775,642

Grants paid

$6,292,170 →changed to $19,104,525

Investment income

$172,656 →changed to $2,907,987

Other revenue

$39,281 →changed to $679,744

Total assets, end of year

$77,522,630 →changed to $85,641,059

Total liabilities, end of year

$6,803,013 →changed to $5,057,026

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$70,719,617 →changed to $80,584,033

Program services expenses

$13,107,366 →changed to $64,654,672

Management and general expenses

$1,693,332 →changed to $6,118,636

Fundraising expenses

$1,116,963 →changed to $4,288,379

Program service expenses (Part III)

$13,107,366 →changed to $64,654,672

Totals

Total revenue

$81,363,373

Total expenses

$75,061,687

Contributions and grants received

$77,775,642

Grants paid

$19,104,525

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$2,907,987

Other revenue

$679,744

Total assets, end of year

$85,641,059

Total liabilities, end of year

$5,057,026

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$80,584,033

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$64,654,672

Management and general expenses

$6,118,636

Fundraising expenses

$4,288,379

Program service expenses (Part III)

$64,654,672

Program services were 86.1% 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

• RELIEF AND RESILIENCY OUTREACH SUPPORTS OUR NATION'S DEFENDERS, WOUNDED/ILL/INJURED VETERANS, THEIR LOVED ONES AND FAMILIES OF FALLEN HEROES AS THEY COPE WITH TRAUMA AND LOSS. THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED OVER 557 GRANTS TO THESE INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR TIME OF URGENT NEED. THE GARY SINISE FOUNDATION HOSTED 49 PARTICIPANTS FOR THEIR MENTORSHIP PROGRAM SEVEN-DAY RETREAT, INTRODUCING POST 9/11 INJURED HEROES WITH VETERANS FROM THE VIETNAM AND KOREAN WARS. IN 2023, THE FOUNDATION HOSTED 2,755 FAMILIES OF FALLEN HEROES AT TWO ANNUAL SNOWBALL EVENTS (ONE FOR MILITARY FALLEN AND ONE FOR FIRST RESPONDER FALLEN FAMILIES) AND 1,393 ATTENDEES AT SMALLER VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON EVENTS TO ENGAGE THESE FAMILIES ALL YEAR LONG.

  Expenses $26,424,292 · Grants $5,181,121

• THROUGH OUR R.I.S.E (RESTORING INDEPENDENCE, SUPPORTING EMPOWERMENT) PROGRAM WE'RE CONSTRUCTING ONE-OF-A-KIND SPECIALLY ADAPTED SMART HOMES FOR OUR NATION'S MOST SEVERELY WOUNDED VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS. THIS INITIATIVE SUPPORTS OUR NATION'S WOUNDED HEROES, MANY WHO SUFFER FROM AMPUTATIONS, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES (TBI), BURNS, AND POST TRAUMATIC STRESS. THESE 100% MORTGAGE-FREE HOMES EASE THE DAILY CHALLENGES FACED BY THESE HEROES AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO SACRIFICE ALONGSIDE THEM. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, THE GARY SINISE FOUNDATION COMPLETED 9 SPECIALLY ADAPTED SMART HOMES FOR WOUNDED HEROES. BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THE FOUNDATION HAD COMPLETED 90 HOMES FOR OUR INJURED HEROES AND THEIR FAMILIES SINCE INCEPTION. IN ADDITION, THROUGH THE GSF R.I.S.E. PROGRAM, THE FOUNDATION ASSISTED WITH 21 ADAPTED VEHICLES, 18 MOBILITY DEVICES, AND 37 HOME MODIFICATIONS FOR AMERICA'S INJURED, WOUNDED, ILL/AGING DEFENDERS.

  Expenses $18,365,609 · Grants $1,560,077

• COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION WORKED HARD TO BRING JOY & RELIEF TO SO MANY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING PROVIDING CRITICAL FINANCIAL AID TO THOSE IN CRISIS. THE PROGRAM ALSO DOCUMENTED ORAL HISTORY STORIES FROM WWII VETERANS AND THROUGH CONTINUED SPONSORSHIP OF A HISTORIAN FROM THE WORLD WAR II MUSEUM, GSF HAS HELPED TO DEVELOP AN AI PROFILE FOR INTERVIEWS SO THAT GUESTS CAN ALMOST ASK ANY QUESTION THEY'D LIKE TO ASK AND GET A RESPONSE. 136,957 ACTIVE DUTY, VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS WERE SERVED HEARTY, CLASSIC AMERICAN MEALS AS PART OF OUR SERVING HEROES PROGRAM, CLOSING IN ON 1,072,906 MEALS SINCE GSF BEGAN THIS TRADITION. THESE MEALS ARE A MESSAGE FROM GRATEFUL AMERICANS WHO APPRECIATE THEIR SERVICE AND ARE A REMINDER THAT THEIR SACRIFICES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN. THE FOUNDATION HAS 31 AMBASSADORS WHO REPRESENT ITS MISSION THROUGH SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. THE ROSTER OF SPEAKERS INCLUDES PHILANTHROPIC CELEBRITIES, SEVERELY INJURED VETERANS, AND CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS. THE AMBASSADOR COUNCIL INSPIRES, EDUCATES AND REMINDS COMMUNITIES TO NOT ONLY RECOGNIZE THEIR LOCAL VETERANS, BUT TO REMEMBER THE SACRIFICES MADE BY ALL OF AMERICA'S DEFENDERS.

  Expenses $12,969,936 · Grants $6,644,258

• WHETHER THE LT. DAN BAND IS BOOSTING MORALE ON MILITARY BASES AT HOME AND ABROAD OR RAISING AWARENESS AT BENEFIT CONCERTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE BAND ENTERTAINS, EDUCATES, INSPIRES AND BUILDS COMMUNITIES WITH ITS EXPLOSIVE LIVE SHOW EVERYWHERE IT GOES. THE MISSION OF EVERY CONCERT REMAINS THE SAME: HONOR. GRATITUDE. ROCK & ROLL. THE LT.DAN BAND ENDED THE FISCAL YEAR PERFORMING 20 CONCERTS FOR ATTENDEES WORLDWIDE WITH MORE THAN 40,000 PARTICIPANTS.

  Expenses $6,894,835 · Grants $5,719,069 · Revenue $287,420

• FIRST RESPONDERS OUTREACH RECOGNIZED AND SUPPORTS AMERICA 'S FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE AND EMTS NATIONWIDE. THESE MEN AND WOMEN ARE INDISPENSABLE TO MAINTAINING THE SAFETY AND SUPPORT OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. GRANTS ASSISTED FIRST RESPONDERS WITH URGENT NEEDS FROM PROTECTIVE GEAR TO SAFETY EQUIPMENT. IN 2023, THE PROGRAM ASSISTED FIRE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE U.S. WITH OVER 2,135 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, TOTALING $5.6 MILLION DOLLARS. FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE ALSO ASSISTED WITH FIRE CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE, AND TRAINING FOR VEHICLE EXTRICATION, ROPE RESCUE AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT.

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

• AVALON ACTION ALLIANCE

  $2,000,000

  VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS SUPPORT

• CU ANSCHUTZ ADVANCEMENT OFFICE

  $500,000

  EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT

• MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY SERVICES

  $499,256

  FIRST RESPONDER EQUIPMENT

• ANGELS OF AMERICA'S FALLEN

  $450,000

  SUPPORT CHILDRENS OF FALLEN SERVICE MEMBERS

• FRIENDS OF FIREFIGHTERS INC

  $400,000

  MENTAL WELLNESS INITIATIVES SUPPORT

• WARRIORS HEART

  $302,920

  SOBER LIVING SUPPORT

• TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION

  $200,000

  VETS FOR SERVICE ANIMALS SUPPORT

• WARRIORS REUNION FOUNDATION

  $170,000

  REUNIONS SUPPORT

• CREATIVETS

  $165,791

  ART + MUSIC PROGRAMMING FOR VETERANS

• SAFE INDUSTRIES

  $158,007

  FIRST RESPONDER EQUIPMENT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

13 January 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202530169349300143

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