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← SHIELDS AND STRIPES INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SHIELDS AND STRIPES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$642,491
Total expenses
$475,843
Contributions and grants received
$418,120
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$995
Other revenue
$223,376
Total assets, end of year
$229,321
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,215
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$220,106
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$297,430
Management and general expenses
$6,978
Fundraising expenses
$171,435
Program service expenses (Part III)
$297,430

Program services were 62.5% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $321,272

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $96,848

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $40,157

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $995 · related or exempt $995

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $222,599

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $321,272

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $222,599

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: CARD CARD POINTS

    total $777 · related or exempt $777

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $777

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 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 $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $34,995 · management and general $4,424 · fundraising $30,571

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,880 · program services $3,800 · management and general $53 · fundraising $3,027

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $77,168 · program services $6,110 · management and general $80 · fundraising $70,978

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $137,490 · program services $118,725 · management and general $1,879 · fundraising $16,886

  • 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 $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $120 · fundraising $120

  • 24a · Other expenses: TOTAL PROGRAM

    total $168,593 · program services $168,593

  • 24b · Other expenses: TOTAL FUNDRAISING

    total $44,038 · fundraising $44,038

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $4,902 · program services $202 · management and general $253 · fundraising $4,447

  • 24d · Other expenses: WEBSITE

    total $1,046 · fundraising $1,046

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $611 · management and general $289 · fundraising $322

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $212,471

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 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

    end of year $4,767

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 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

    end of year $12,083

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $6,453

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $2,762

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $220,106

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Organization focuses on Health and Well Being of Veterans andMembers of the Police Forces and First Responders that need specificattention including assistance with Post Traumatic Stress Disorders

Activities or mission (Part I)

To provide health and well being assistance to veterans, law enforcers and first responders

  • Provision of Services to Armed Forces Veterans and Police andFirefighters that have infliction of PTSD and other related stressoccurances due to being in action in their respective areas. Theseservices are including but not limited to counselling services,group and individual therapy sessions, which are done in locationsaround the country based on need as well as the provision of groupactivties such as sports to offer theraputic relief.

    Expenses $297,430 · Grants $8,255 · Revenue $409,865

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Steven Nisbet

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Jennifer Byrne

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Cody Cerny

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Barry Coulby

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Geoff Tokajer

    Vice Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Rory Berke

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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
20 August 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202522329349300037

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