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← OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$19,549,304
Total expenses
$17,722,798
Contributions and grants received
$15,054,293
Grants paid
$576,463
Program service revenue
$3,947,492
Investment income
$417,961
Other revenue
$129,558
Total assets, end of year
$45,237,203
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,202,179
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$37,035,024
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$14,986,695
Management and general expenses
$1,907,757
Fundraising expenses
$828,346
Program service expenses (Part III)
$14,986,695

Program services were 84.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • JAMEY BERTRAM

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.1 related
  • WENDY HILL

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.1 related
  • RICHARD WINSTON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.1 related
  • NATHAN BENJAMIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.1 related
  • LESLEY ELWELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • CHRIS GOODE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.1 related
  • SPENCER HARDWICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • KATHRYN HARVEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • SMITH HOLLAND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.1 related
  • DEBBIE HOUSH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • BRIDGETTE JONES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.1 related
  • JOLIE JUSTUS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.2 related
  • ERIC KELLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • KRISTA KLAUS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • SHERRI LATHROP

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • JON OTTO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.1 related
  • SABINA SAFDER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • BETH SOUKUP

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.2 related
  • TANNER WYCOFF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.1 related
  • MARY ESSELMAN

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $207,746
    From this org
    $198,995
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,751
    Hours/week
    60 + 3 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,995
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,751
    Filer's total
    $207,746
  • KEVIN BOYER

    CFO/COO/ TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $94,300
    From this org
    $61,994
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,306
    Hours/week
    12 + 4 related
  • BERTA SAILER

    FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $297,124
    From this org
    $280,856
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,268
    Hours/week
    4

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $280,856
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,268
    Filer's total
    $297,124
  • KIMMIKKA BROWN

    DIR OF HEALTH/QUALITY

    Total calculated
    $123,501
    From this org
    $114,518
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,983
    Hours/week
    40
  • JANIE BISHOP-DEEGAN

    SCHOOL AGE PROGRAMMING

    Total calculated
    $120,364
    From this org
    $101,053
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,311
    Hours/week
    50
  • MARY MULKEY

    DIR OF EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $124,878
    From this org
    $120,499
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,379
    Hours/week
    50
  • PATRICIA THOMPSON

    FACILITIES MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $119,904
    From this org
    $110,054
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,850
    Hours/week
    40

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 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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • OPERATION BRIGHTER FUTURE INC

    501(C)(2) · HOLDING TITLE TO REAL & PERSONAL PROPERTY · MO · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC

  • OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · ENDOWMENT ADMINISTRATION FBO OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC · MO

    Directly controlled by SEE PART VII

  • MINDDRIVE INCORPORATED

    501(C)(3) · EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON MENTORING AND PROJECT BASED LEARNING · MO · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
22 July 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202522069349300142

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