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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by OPERATION USA.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,776,356
Total expenses
$2,932,062
Contributions and grants received
$2,754,484
Grants paid
$2,051,223
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$20,872
Other revenue
$1,000
Total assets, end of year
$2,766,543
Total liabilities, end of year
$126,973
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,639,570
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,601,739
Management and general expenses
$177,312
Fundraising expenses
$153,011
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,601,739

Program services were 88.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $91,270

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,663,214

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,369,190

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $20,872 · excluded $20,872

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $1,000 · excluded $1,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,752,983 · program services $1,752,983

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $298,240 · program services $298,240

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $198,892 · program services $119,335 · management and general $9,945 · fundraising $69,612

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $310,060 · program services $198,644 · management and general $88,255 · fundraising $23,161

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $7,683 · program services $4,840 · management and general $1,460 · fundraising $1,383

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $50,461 · program services $31,996 · management and general $10,543 · fundraising $7,922

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $37,626 · program services $23,705 · management and general $7,149 · fundraising $6,772

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $31,757 · program services $20,007 · management and general $6,034 · fundraising $5,716

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $9,259 · program services $2,078 · management and general $6,587 · fundraising $594

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $780 · program services $491 · management and general $148 · fundraising $141

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,872 · program services $6,849 · management and general $2,066 · fundraising $1,957

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $101,745 · program services $93,658 · management and general $4,044 · fundraising $4,043

  • 17 · Travel

    total $32,719 · program services $20,613 · management and general $6,217 · fundraising $5,889

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $607 · program services $382 · management and general $115 · fundraising $110

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $33,489 · program services $21,098 · management and general $6,363 · fundraising $6,028

  • 24a · Other expenses: WAREHOUSE EXPENSES

    total $44,588 · program services $44,588

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $42,457 · program services $26,749 · management and general $8,067 · fundraising $7,641

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $20,636 · program services $13,001 · management and general $3,921 · fundraising $3,714

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $17,941 · program services $11,303 · management and general $3,409 · fundraising $3,229

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total -$70,733 · program services -$88,821 · management and general $12,989 · fundraising $5,099

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,197,549 · end of year $2,218,380

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $624,371 · end of year $435,389

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

    $89,249

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

    $89,249

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $113,802 · end of year $112,774

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $32,285 · end of year $18,113

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $108,161 · end of year $108,860

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,488,425 · end of year $1,446,211

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,306,851 · end of year $1,193,359

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

IT HELPS COMMUNITIES TO ALLEVIATE THE EFFECTS OF DISASTERS, DISEASE AND ENDEMIC POVERTY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY PROVIDING PRIVATELY-FUNDED RELIEF, RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT AID. THE ORGANIZATION WORKS WITH PARTNER AGENCIES IN MANY COUNTRIES, INCLUDING LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL NGO'S, UN AND GOVERNMENT HEALTH AGENCIES AND OTHER CIVIL SOCIETY INSTITUTIONS. EACH PARTNER AGENCY RECEIVES A LIST OF AVAILABLE SUPPLIES AND EVALUATES THEM IN RELATION TO LOCAL NEEDS. THEN THE SUPPLIES ARE PACKED AND SHIPPED BY AIR, SEA AND LAND TO WHERE THE GREATEST NEED EXISTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

IT HELPS COMMUNITIES TO ALLEVIATE THE EFFECTS OF DISASTERS, DISEASE AND ENDEMIC POVERTY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY PROVIDING PRIVATELY-FUNDED RELIEF, RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT AID. THE ORGANIZATION WORKS WITH PARTNER AGENCIES IN MANY COUNTRIES, INCLUDING LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL NGO'S, UN AND GOVERNMENT HEALTH AGENCIES AND OTHER CIVIL SOCIETY INSTITUTIONS. EACH PARTNER AGENCY RECEIVES A LIST OF AVAILABLE SUPPLIES AND EVALUATES THEM IN RELATION TO LOCAL NEEDS. THEN THE SUPPLIES ARE PACKED AND SHIPPED BY AIR, SEA AND LAND TO WHERE THE GREATEST NEED EXISTS (INCLUDING IN AREAS OF NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE, CAMBODIA, EL SALVADOR, TURKEY AND SYRIA).

  • THE ORGANIZATION WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN PROVIDING EMERGENCY CASH GRANTS AND DISASTER RELIEF SUPPLIES INCLUDING MASKS, PPE, GLOVES AND HAND SANITIZERS; CLEANING AND DISINFECTING PRODUCTS; HYGIENE SUPPLIES; BLANKETS; AND CLOTHING, SHOES AND OTHER RELIEF ITEMS TO PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES DURING ONGOING COVID-19 PANDEMIC RECOVERY AND IN RESPONSE TO MAJOR DISASTERS INCLUDING HURRICANES, FLOODS AND WILDFIRES. OPERATION USA ALSO DISTRIBUTED EMERGENCY CASH GRANTS AND SHIPPED MATERIAL AID INCLUDING MEDICAL SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT, HYGIENE SUPPLIES, RELIEF ITEMS AND SHELTER KITS TO INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS IN UKRAINE TO AID IN ONGOING WAR RELIEF, AND DELIVERED CASH GRANTS TO SRI LANKA TO AID IN LONG-TERM WAR RECOVERY. ALL GOODS AND GRANTS DELIVERED BY OPERATION USA ARE RECEIVED BY PRE-VETTED COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS WHICH FACILITATE DISTRIBUTION IN LINE WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION.

    Expenses $1,043,567 · Grants $383,520

  • OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES PROVIDED SUPPORT ONGOING LONG-TERM RECOVERY, RESILIENCY BUILDING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS OF THE UNITED STATES. ONGOING DOMESTIC PROGRAMS INCLUDE DISTRIBUTION OF CLEANING AND SANITIZING MATERIALS TO PARTNERS ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT OF CONTINUED COVID-19 RECOVERY AND THE MANAGEMENT OF AN EMERGENCY DISASTER SUPPLY CACHE. BOTH INTERNATIONALLY AND DOMESTICALLY, OPERATION USA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES WHERE THE ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS FOLLOWING MAJOR DISASTERS.

    Expenses $1,558,172 · Grants $1,667,703

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Bob Johnson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Nieh

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Drew Hagan

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary Larsen

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Franklin

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Andrews Edwards

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Yannatta

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maria Mohiuddin Verjee

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Mahdesian

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nola Kambanda

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter Greenberg

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Walden

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $198,892
    From this org
    $192,063
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,829
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,063
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,829
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $198,892

  • Richard Allen

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403189349305810

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