GARY SINISE FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

T30

Classification

1200

Street

PO BOX 680819

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• RELIEF AND RESILIENCY OUTREACH SUPPORTS OUR NATION'S DEFENDERS, WOUNDED/ILL/INJURED VETERANS, THEIR LOVED ONES AND FAMILIES OF FALLEN HEROES AS THEY COPE WITH TRAUMA AND LOSS. THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED OVER 566 GRANTS TO THESE INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR TIME OF URGENT NEED. THE GARY SINISE FOUNDATION HOSTED 11,424 PARTICIPANTS IN MENTAL WELLNESS RETREATS ALLOWING VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS TO EXPERIENCE PATHH & STRUGGLE WELL PROGRAMMING THIS YEAR. IN 2024, THE FOUNDATION HOSTED 2,587 FAMILIES OF FALLEN HEROES AT TWO ANNUAL SNOWBALL EVENTS (ONE FOR MILITARY FALLEN AND ONE FOR FIRST RESPONDER FALLEN FAMILIES) AND 3,117 ATTENDEES AT OTHER YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMMING EVENTS TO ENGAGE THE FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN ALL YEAR LONG.

  Expenses $26,348,316 · Grants $8,210,604

• THROUGH OUR R.I.S.E (RESTORING INDEPENDENCE, SUPPORTING EMPOWERMENT) PROGRAM, WE'RE CONSTRUCTING ONE-OF-A-KIND SPECIALLY ADAPTED SMART HOMES FOR OUR NATION'S MOST SEVERELY WOUNDED VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS. THIS INITIATIVE SUPPORTS OUR NATION'S WOUNDED HEROES, MANY WHO SUFFER FROM AMPUTATIONS, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES (TBI), BURNS, AND POST TRAUMATIC STRESS. THESE 100% MORTGAGE-FREE HOMES EASE THE DAILY CHALLENGES FACED BY THESE HEROES AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO SACRIFICE ALONGSIDE THEM. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, THE GARY SINISE FOUNDATION COMPLETED 4 SPECIALLY ADAPTED SMART HOMES FOR WOUNDED HEROES. BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THE FOUNDATION HAD COMPLETED 94 HOMES FOR OUR INJURED HEROES AND THEIR FAMILIES SINCE INCEPTION. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)IN ADDITION, THROUGH THE GSF R.I.S.E. PROGRAM, THE FOUNDATION ASSISTED WITH 43 ADAPTED VEHICLES, 37 MOBILITY DEVICES, AND 41 HOME MODIFICATIONS FOR AMERICA'S INJURED, WOUNDED, ILL/AGING DEFENDERS.

  Expenses $21,365,001 · Grants $3,586,024

• COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION WORKED HARD TO BRING JOY & RELIEF TO SO MANY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING PROVIDING CRITICAL FINANCIAL AID TO THOSE IN CRISIS. THIS INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS IN RESPONSE TO WILDFIRES, HURRICANES, AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS. THE PROGRAM ALSO DOCUMENTED ORAL HISTORY STORIES FROM WW II VETERANS AND THROUGH CONTINUED SPONSORSHIP OF A HISTORIAN FROM THE WORLD WAR II MUSEUM, GSF HAS HELPED TO DEVELOP AN AI PROFILE FOR INTERVIEWS SO THAT GUESTS CAN ALMOST ASK ANY QUESTION THEY'D LIKE TO ASK AND GET A RESPONSE. 152,877 ACTIVE DUTY, VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS WERE SERVED HEARTY, CLASSIC AMERICAN MEALS AS PART OF OUR SERVING HEROES PROGRAM, CLOSING IN ON 1,225,780 MEALS SINCE GSF BEGAN THIS TRADITION. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)THESE MEALS ARE A MESSAGE FROM GRATEFUL AMERICANS WHO APPRECIATE THEIR SERVICE AND ARE A REMINDER THAT THEIR SACRIFICES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.

  Expenses $16,521,336 · Grants $10,407,914

• WHETHER THE LT. DAN BAND IS BOOSTING MORALE ON MILITARY BASES AT HOME AND ABROAD OR RAISING AWARENESS AT BENEFIT CONCERTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE BAND ENTERTAINS, EDUCATES, INSPIRES AND BUILDS COMMUNITIES WITH ITS EXPLOSIVE LIVE SHOW EVERYWHERE IT GOES. THE MISSION OF EVERY CONCERT REMAINS THE SAME: HONOR. GRATITUDE. ROCK & ROLL. THE LT. DAN BAND ENDED THE FISCAL YEAR PERFORMING 23 CONCERTS FOR ATTENDEES WORLDWIDE WITH MORE THAN 48,350 PARTICIPANTS.FIRST RESPONDERS OUTREACH RECOGNIZED AND SUPPORTS AMERICA'S FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE AND EMTS NATIONWIDE. THESE MEN AND WOMEN ARE INDISPENSABLE TO MAINTAINING THE SAFETY AND SUPPORT OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. GRANTS ASSISTED FIRST RESPONDERS WITH URGENT NEEDS FROM PROTECTIVE GEAR TO SAFETY EQUIPMENT. IN 2024, THE PROGRAM ASSISTED FIRST RESPONDER DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE U.S. WITH OVER 2,367 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, TOTALING $5,530,524. FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE ALSO ASSISTED WITH FIRE CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE, AND SPECIALIZED TRAINING FOR VEHICLE EXTRICATION, ROPE RESCUE AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT.

  Expenses $9,675,843 · Grants $5,308,746 · Revenue $279,706

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $85,518,656

  Expenses

  $82,713,579

  Contributions

  $77,259,350

  Grants paid

  $27,513,288

• 2023

  Revenue

  $10,672,674

  Expenses

  $15,917,661

  Contributions

  $10,460,737

  Grants paid

  $6,292,170

• 2023

  Revenue

  $81,363,373

  Expenses

  $75,061,687

  Contributions

  $77,775,642

  Grants paid

  $19,104,525

• 2022

  Revenue

  $61,342,171

  Expenses

  $59,160,035

  Contributions

  $60,365,269

  Grants paid

  $22,031,386

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $58,070,139

  Expenses

  $36,643,851

  Assets (EOY)

  $79,715,180

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $48,867,816

  Expenses

  $39,064,882

  Assets (EOY)

  $61,399,972

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $42,908,528

  Expenses

  $38,966,049

  Assets (EOY)

  $51,598,916

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $37,863,384

  Expenses

  $30,004,133

  Assets (EOY)

  $46,688,519

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $28,882,778

  Expenses

  $21,847,952

  Assets (EOY)

  $37,276,887

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $23,804,308

  Expenses

  $16,438,483

  Assets (EOY)

  $29,363,612

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $27,226,060

  Expenses

  $13,727,150

  Assets (EOY)

  $22,253,988

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $15,934,398

  Expenses

  $12,258,825

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,284,605

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,198,187

  Expenses

  $5,772,718

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,465,410

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,600,893

  Assets (EOY)

  $302,321

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• BOULDER CREST FOUNDATION

  $6,500,000

  2022 · MENTAL WELLNESS INITIATIVES SUPPORT

• BOULDER CREST FOUNDATION

  $4,500,000

  2024 · ALLIANCE - FUND STRUGGLE WELL/BC RETREATS

• HYPERFORMANCE FOUNDATION

  $2,000,000

  2024 · SPORTS/REC PROVIDER GRANT

• AVALON ACTION ALLIANCE

  $2,000,000

  2023 · VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS SUPPORT

• METANOIA FILMS LLC

  $1,841,750

  2024 · MENTAL HEALTH SEMINARS

• FRIENDS OF FIREFIGHTERS INC

  $570,000

  2024 · ALLIANCE SUPPORT-FDNY

• CU ANSCHUTZ ADVANCEMENT OFFICE

  $500,000

  2023 · EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT

• MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY SERVICES

  $499,256

  2023 · FIRST RESPONDER EQUIPMENT

• ANGELS OF AMERICA'S FALLEN

  $450,000

  2023 · SUPPORT CHILDRENS OF FALLEN SERVICE MEMBERS

• TRAINING TO PERFORM UNDER PRESSURE LLC

  $427,254

  2024 · TRAINING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $2,294,666

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• INDEPENDENT CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $2,076,732

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $1,846,047

  2023 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $1,836,190

  2024 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,621,762

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• INDEPENDENT CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,535,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,256,364

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $890,800

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• THDF II INC

  $775,000

  2024 · To assist local charities

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $736,188

  2022 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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