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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by 1ST RANGER BATTALION SUA SPONTE FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$585,050
Total expenses
$371,864
Contributions and grants received
$480,355
Grants paid
$117,924
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$52,113
Other revenue
$52,582
Total assets, end of year
$1,937,419
Total liabilities, end of year
$15,974
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,921,445
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$316,030
Management and general expenses
$27,837
Fundraising expenses
$27,997
Program service expenses (Part III)
$316,030

Program services were 85.0% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $480,355

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $52,113 · excluded $52,113

  • 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

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $52,582

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $52,582 · related or exempt $52,582

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $117,924 · program services $117,924

  • 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 $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,250 · management and general $12,250

  • 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 $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,336 · management and general $2,336

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 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 $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: SERVICE MEMBER APPRECIATION

    total $153,213 · program services $153,213

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISC(BATTALION BLDG, SCHOL)

    total $32,702 · management and general $5,489 · fundraising $27,213

  • 24c · Other expenses: COST OF GOODS SOLD

    total $22,203 · program services $22,203

  • 24d · Other expenses: RANGER MEMORIAL MAINTENANCE

    total $13,796 · program services $13,796

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $17,440 · program services $8,894 · management and general $7,762 · fundraising $784

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,711,574 · end of year $1,832,983

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $104,436

  • 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 $0

  • 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 $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,315 · end of year $15,974

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,708,259 · end of year $1,921,445

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Sua Sponte Foundation (SSF) is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization comprised of a small group of veteran 1/75 Rangers and patriotic civilians. It was created in 2010 to provide assistance to the men and families of the 1st Ranger Battalion, part of the U.S. Armys elite 75th Ranger Regiment based at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, GA. Our name, Sua SponteLatin for of their own accordis the regimental motto of the 75th Ranger Regiment.

  • MORALE BUILDING EVENTS, CELEBRATION AND APPRECIATION FOR SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES

    Expenses $153,213

  • FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO RANGERS AND FAMILIES IN NEED

    Expenses $117,924

  • PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING WEBSITE SALE ITEMS AND ANNIVERSARY EXPENSES

    Expenses $31,097

  • RANGER MEMORIAL MAINTENANCE

    Expenses $13,796

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • RICHARD SCHOOLEY

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SHELIA DUDLEY

    Controller

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • KALONA BARKER

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DAVID ERMER

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TODD VICTOR

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BRUCE ROCK

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • DAVID RAAD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • YVONNE JORDAN

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JIM BRUNTON

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JIMMY BELL

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DAVID WEINBERG

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RICHARD MERRITT

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARSHALL REISER

    Treasurer

    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
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543169349303604

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