Totals
- Total revenue
- $957,877
- Total expenses
- $754,684
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,001,895
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- -$44,018
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,280,606
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $4,103
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,276,503
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $720,800
- Management and general expenses
- $20,804
- Fundraising expenses
- $13,080
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $720,800
Program services were 95.5% 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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1c · Fundraising events
$579,087
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$422,808
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$49,468
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$579,087
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$44,018
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$44,018 · excluded -$44,018
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $133,500 · program services $118,650 · management and general $6,675 · fundraising $8,175
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $9,458 · program services $7,656 · management and general $473 · fundraising $1,329
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $9,083 · management and general $9,083
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11g · Fees: other
total $9,708 · program services $9,708
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $16,453 · program services $16,453
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13 · Office expenses
total $5,963 · program services $5,963
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17 · Travel
total $209,552 · program services $209,552
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $26,543 · program services $26,543
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23 · Insurance
total $27,987 · program services $25,715 · management and general $2,272
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24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL
total $135,337 · program services $135,337
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24b · Other expenses: MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES
total $61,819 · program services $61,819
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24c · Other expenses: MEALS AND GROCERIES
total $47,887 · program services $47,887
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24d · Other expenses: ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES
total $28,725 · program services $28,725
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24e · All other expenses
total $32,669 · program services $26,792 · management and general $2,301 · fundraising $3,576
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $518,657 · end of year $201,607
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $29,403 · end of year $420,781
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,704,932
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$80,224
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,494,564 · end of year $1,624,708
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $34,797 · end of year $33,510
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $4,111 · end of year $4,103
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,073,310 · end of year $2,276,503
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
GOLD STAR TEEN ADVENTURES PROVIDES YEAR ROUND ADVENTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CHILDREN OF FALLEN MILITARY MEMBERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND FROM OUR NATION'S INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO INSTILL A SENSE OF PATRIOTISM, PROVIDE HEALING, MENTORSHIP, CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND OPPORTUNITY.
Activities or mission (Part I)
OUTDOOR ADVENTURE PROGRAMS FOR THE SURVIVING YOUTH OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
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GOLD STAR TEEN ADVENTURES PROVIDES UNIQUE YEAR ROUND OUTDOOR ADVENTURE PROGRAMS FOR THE SURVIVING YOUTH OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE HEALING, MENTORSHIP, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND UNIQUE AND CHALLENGING ADVENTURE OPPORTUNITIES. THE PROGRAM SERVES YOUTH OF ALL BRANCHES OF MILITARY SERVICE, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER DESIGNATED FIRST RESPONDERS, AND DESIGNATED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
Expenses $720,800
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Trina SolheimTRINA SOLHEIM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $61,000
- From this org
- $61,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 50
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Jessica McCloskeyJESSICA MCCLOSKEY
DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION AND TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $30,000
- From this org
- $30,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Kent SolheimKENT SOLHEIM
FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
- Total calculated
- $42,500
- From this org
- $42,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Michael LoveMICHAEL LOVE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Eleanor HalffELEANOR HALFF
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Tom SchmidtTOM SCHMIDT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Frank SchollFRANK SCHOLL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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
- 2025
- Filed
- 4 July 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202602389349300010
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