Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,521,427
- Total expenses
- $1,538,578
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,158,858
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $145,359
- Investment income
- $116,302
- Other revenue
- $100,908
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,850,342
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $146,572
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,703,770
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,430,784
- Management and general expenses
- $82,657
- Fundraising expenses
- $25,137
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,430,784
Program services were 93.0% 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.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,158,858
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$91,902
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2a · Program service revenue: Guardian reimbursements
total $145,359 · related or exempt $145,359
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3 · Investment income
total $116,302 · excluded $116,302
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$123,886
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$30,576
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $93,310
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$25,323
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$17,725
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $7,598 · excluded $7,598
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $268,318 · program services $207,336 · management and general $47,004 · fundraising $13,978
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $13,415 · program services $11,939 · management and general $671 · fundraising $805
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $13,009 · program services $11,578 · management and general $650 · fundraising $781
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $21,966 · program services $19,550 · management and general $1,098 · fundraising $1,318
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $20,879 · management and general $20,879
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $4,480 · management and general $4,480
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $62,670 · program services $56,844 · management and general $1,994 · fundraising $3,832
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14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $34,554 · program services $30,753 · management and general $1,728 · fundraising $2,073
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17 · Travel
total $11,786 · program services $11,252 · management and general $243 · fundraising $291
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $11,171 · program services $9,942 · management and general $559 · fundraising $670
-
23 · Insurance
total $2,194 · management and general $2,194
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24a · Other expenses: Flight day direct costs
total $979,716 · program services $979,716
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24b · Other expenses: Operation locate a hero
total $61,119 · program services $61,119
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24c · Other expenses: Miscellaneous
total $11,554 · program services $10,283 · management and general $578 · fundraising $693
-
24d · Other expenses: Bank and credit card fees
total $10,160 · program services $10,160
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24e · All other expenses
total $11,587 · program services $10,312 · management and general $579 · fundraising $696
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $206,675 · end of year $262,631
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $500,000 · end of year $510,000
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $42,366 · end of year $24,714
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $58,831 · end of year $35,793
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $133,727 · end of year $136,763
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$147,370
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$136,236
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $10,812 · end of year $11,134
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $1,907,923 · end of year $1,869,307
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $24,714 · end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $114,560 · end of year $117,497
-
19 · Deferred revenue
end of year $26,952
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $10,291 · end of year $2,123
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,693,117 · end of year $2,679,056
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $67,080 · end of year $24,714
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
To recognize the bravery, determination and patriotism of America's Seniorveterans with an all-expense paid, one-of-a-kind journey to Washington DCfor a day of honor, thanks and inspiration. Since formation, throughSeptember 30, 2025, the Organization has flown 12,104 veterans.
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To recognize the bravery, determination and patriotism of America's Seniorveterans with an all-expense paid, one-of-a-kind journey to Washington DCfor a day of honor, thanks and inspiration. Since formation, throughSeptember 30, 2025, the Organization has flown 12,104 veterans.
Expenses $1,369,665 · Revenue $145,359
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Complimentary to the Honor Flight, Operation Locate a Hero (OLAH) findssenior veterans in their communities to honor their service. Orginallyconceived to recruit veterans to fly on the Honor Flight, OLAH has evolvedduring the COVID-19 pandemic into community-based public displays ofgratitude in addition to recruiting veterans to fly.
Expenses $61,119
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Edna Ho
Dir of Operations
- Total calculated
- $101,031
- From this org
- $101,031
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Alan Garfield
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75
-
Cyndi Greenglass
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75
-
Paul Meineke
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75
-
Mark Meskimen
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75
-
Bonni Pear
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75
-
Mary Pettinato
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75
-
John Ptak
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Peter Richey
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75
-
Vince Wilson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 29 May 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202611499349300016
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