Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$169,525

Total expenses

$105,858

Contributions and grants received

$168,186

Grants paid

$96,000

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$9

Other revenue

$1,330

Total assets, end of year

$132,627

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$132,627

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$105,858

Management and general expenses

$0

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$105,858

Program services were 100.0% 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 · 2025

• - $50,000 DONATION TO THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS ASSOCIATION, A 501 ( c ) 19 ORGANIZATI0N (EIN 74-2619854) IN SUPPORT OF THE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS PROGRAM. THIS DONATION IS TO HELP THE DEPENDENTS OF CURRENT AND FORMER SPECIAL OPERATORS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH IN THE DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY. THE DONATION IS DESIGNED TO AID THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO ATTEND A TRADE OR VOCATIONAL PROGRAM INSTEAD OF A TRADITIONAL COLLEGE PATHWAY, WITH AWARDS DETERMINED BY THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE. THOUGH NOT RESTRICTED, THE MONEY WILL AUGMENT THE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS PROGRAM THAT WAS BEGUN IN 1983 AND HAS SINCE AWARDED $453,000 TO OVER 141 DESERVED YOUNG SCHOLARS.

  Expenses $50,000 · Grants $50,000 · Revenue $50,000

• $20,000 DONATION TO THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS ASSOCIATION, A 501 ( c ) 19 ORGANIzaTI0N (EIN 74-2619854 in support of the Len and Nancy Fein STEM scholarship award to aid the dependents of Special Operators as they pursue a degree in a STEM discipline. Over the past previous two years a total of $24,000 in awards were given, having a financial impact on those attending college.

  Expenses $20,000 · Grants $20,000

• $20,000 DONATION TO THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS ASSOCIATION (SOA), A 501 ( c ) 19 ORGANIZATI0N (EIN 74-2619854) TO SUPPORT THE SOA VIDEO HISTORY PROJECT, PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF THE SOA MEMBERS. THROUGH VIDEO INTERVIEWS, THE LONG HISTORY OF SPECIAL OPERATORS WILL BE PRESERVED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THIS PROGRAM HAS NOT ONLY CREATED A REPOSIT OF EXPERIENCES, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND SACRIFICES, BUT HAS ALSO HELPED THOSE OPERATORS WHO WERE AFFORDED A CHANCE TO TELL THEIR STORIES, THUS FULFILLING ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION IN ADDRESSING THE WELL BEING OF THE SPECIAL OPERATORS.

  Expenses $20,000 · Grants $20,000 · Revenue $20,000

• Other Service Expenses

  Expenses $15,858 · Revenue $15,858

As filed on the 2025 return.

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.

Grants on this return

• SPECIAL OPERTIONS ASSOCIATION

  $50,000

  SUPPORT OF THE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS PROGRAM. THIS DONATION IS TO HELP THE DEPENDENTS OF CURRENT AND FORMER SPECIAL OPERATORS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH IN THE DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY. THE DONATION IS DESIGNED TO AID THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO ATTEND A TRADE OR VOCATIONAL PROGRAM INSTEAD OF A TRADITIONAL COLLEGE PATHWAY, WITH AWARDS DETERMINED BY THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE. THOUGH NOT RESTRICTED, THE MONEY WILL AUGMENT THE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS PROGRAM THAT WAS BEGUN IN 1983 AND HAS SINCE AWARDED $453,000 TO OVER 141 DESERVED YOUNG SCHOLARS

• SPECIAL OPERATIONS ASSOCIATION

  $25,000

  TO SUPPORT THE SOA VIDEO HISTORY PROJECT, PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF THE SOA MEMBERS. THROUGH VIDEO INTERVIEWS, THE LONG HISTORY OF SPECIAL OPERATORS WILL BE PRESERVED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THIS PROGRAM HAS NOT ONLY CREATED A REPOSIT OF EXPERIENCES, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND SACRIFICES, BUT HAS ALSO HELPED THOSE OPERATORS WHO WERE AFFORDED A CHANCE TO TELL THEIR STORIES, THUS FULFILLING ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION IN ADDRESSING THE WELL BEING OF THE SPECIAL OPERATORS.

• SPECIAL OPERATIONS ASSOCIATION

  $20,000

  SUPPORT OF THE LEN AND NANCY FEIN STEM SCHOLARSHIP AWARD TO AID THE DEPENDENTS OF SPECIAL OPERATORS AS THEY PURSUE A DEGREE IN A STEM DISCIPLINE. OVER THE PAST PREVIOUS TWO YEARS A TOTAL OF $24,000 IN AWARDS WERE GIVEN, HAVING A FINANCIAL IMPACT ON THOSE ATTENDING COLLEGE.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

22 April 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.0

Source object

202601129349300705

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