Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$162,093

Total expenses

$72,642

Contributions and grants received

$132,507

Grants paid

$25,329

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$295

Other revenue

$29,291

Total assets, end of year

$115,694

Total liabilities, end of year

$149,545

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

-$33,851

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$56,996

Management and general expenses

$4,480

Fundraising expenses

$11,166

Program service expenses (Part III)

$56,996

Program services were 78.5% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT: SPECIAL OPS SURVIVORS (SOS) CHANNELS THE HEALING POWER OF BONDS SO THAT SURVIVORS DO NOT WEATHER THEIR TRAGEDIES ALONE. SPOUSES HAVE A SHARED EXPERIENCE AS MILITARY FAMILIES OPERATING IN SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMUNITIES - LIFESTYLES THAT CAN BE MARKEDLY DISTINCT FROM MORE TRADITIONAL MILITARY UNITS. AS SUCH, THE BONDS FORMED AMONG THEM ARE BOTH STRONG AND LASTING. SPECIAL OPS SURVIVORS PROVIDES COMMUNITIES SO THAT SURVIVORS MAY STAY STRONG TOGETHER. RESILIENCY RETREATS (GROUP): ANNUALLY, SOS HOLDS A NATIONAL SURVIVOR'S RESILIENCY RETREAT. THOUGH EACH YEAR THE RETREAT HAS A UNIQUE THEME, THE CONSISTENT OUTCOME IS TO OFFER PEER-BASED EMOTIONAL ASSISTANCE AND TO PROVIDE PRACTICAL LIFE-SKILLS TRAINING FOR SURVIVORS TO BETTER MANAGE THEIR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES. SOS COVERS COSTS, INCLUDING LOCAL TRANSPORTATION, MEALS, LODGING, SPEAKERS, WORKSHOPS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. "FORGET ME NOT" OUTREACHES (INDIVIDUAL): SOS MAINTAINS REGULAR CONTACT WITH OUR SURVIVORS THROUGH DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS AND QUARTERLY REMEMBRANCES OR OUTREACHES. THESE ENDURING OUTREACHES ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR SURVIVORS' WELL-BEING BECAUSE THEY DEMONSTRATE TO OUR SURVIVORS THAT THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN AND THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE. OVER 1,300 OUTREACHES WERE SENT THROUGHOUT FY2019 TO MORE THAN 250 SURVIVORS IN 38 DIFFERENT STATES. THE OUTREACHES WERE SENT AROUND VALENTINE'S DAY, MEMORIAL DAY, CHRISTMAS, THE SURVIVOR'S BIRTHDAYS AND SPECIAL REMEMBRANCE DAYS WITH THEIR FALLEN HERO.

  Expenses $49,851 · Grants $18,184

• SPECIAL OPS SURVIVORS EMPOWERS SURVIVING SPOUSES WITH (A) EDUCATION AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT AWARDS TO REWARD THEM FOR THEIR STRENGTH AND RESILIENCY AS THEY PURSUE ADDITIONAL EDUCATION TO FURTHER THEIR CAREERS, AND (B) LIMITED AMOUNTS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ASSIST THEM WITH UNEXPECTED EXPENSES: EDUCATION AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT AWARDS: WHEN THEIR PARTNERS ARE KILLED IN ACTION OR TRAINING, SURVIVING SPOUSES ARE THRUST INTO THE ROLE OF PROVIDER. THEY ARE OFTEN LEFT TO FIND NEW SOURCES OF INCOME FOR THE FAMILY. HOWEVER, MANY CAN BE ILL-EQUIPPED TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES. SOS' EDUCATION AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM HELPS SURVIVING SPOUSES IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIVES BY HELPING THEM INCREASE THEIR EDUCATION AND IMPROVE THEIR JOB SKILLS. EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: SOS AWARDS LIMITED AMOUNTS OF VITAL EMERGENCY FINANCIAL AID TO SURVIVING SPOUSES TO ASSIST THEM WITH UNEXPECTED EXPENSES (E.G., HOME MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS, WEATHER DAMAGE, MORTGAGE/RENT ASSISTANCE, PURCHASE OF HOME APPLIANCES, AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE, HEALTHCARE EXPENSES NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE, EMERGENCY CHILDCARE, ETC.)

  Expenses $7,145 · Grants $7,145

• OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES OR RESOURCES: SOS UNDERSTANDS THAT OUR SURVIVOR'S LIVES CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER THE LOSS OF THEIR FALLEN HERO AND THAT THEY FACE NEW AND DEMANDING CHALLENGES. WITH APPROPRIATE FUNDING, WE OFFER ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS THAT HELP SURVIVING SPOUSES ALLEVIATE STRESS, LEARN COPING SKILLS, AND TO STAY HEALTHY IN THEIR POST-LOSS JOURNEY. WE STAND READY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO AVAILABLE RESOURCES THAT ADDRESS OUR SURVIVOR'S PARTICULAR NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS. JOIN OUR CIRCLE - FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY SPECIAL OPS SURVIVORS AND WAYS TO HELP SUPPORT OUR MISSION, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SPECIALOPSSURVIVORS.ORG OR EMAIL OUR TEAM AT [email protected].

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

2022

Filed

8 September 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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