PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA

EIN 46-0359947 SIOUX FALLS, SD

Revenue 2024: $251,015
Expenses 2024: $314,731

Program services were 74.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: W30
Classification: 1000
Street: 209 N GARFIELD AVE

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

Mission

PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA, A CONGRESSIONALLY CHARTERED VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1946, HAS DEVELOPED A UNIQUE EXPERTISE ON A WIDE VARIETY OF ISSUES INVOLVING THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF OUR MEMBERS - VETERANS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SPINAL CORD INJURY OR DYSFUNCTION.PVA WILL USE THAT EXPERTISE TO BE THE LEADING ADVOCATE FOR: - QUALITY HEALTHCARE FOR OUR MEMBERS, - RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ADDRESSING SPINAL CORD INJURY AND DYSFUNCTION, - BENEFITS AVAILABLE BECAUSE OF OUR MEMBERS' MILITARY SERVICE, - CIVIL RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAXIMIZE THE INDEPENDENCE OF OUR MEMBERS. TO ENABLE PARALYZED VETERANS TO CONTINUE TO HONOR THIS COMMITMENT, WE MUST RECRUIT AND RETAIN MEMBERS WHO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE, ENERGY, DEDICATION, AND PASSION NECESSARY TO MANAGE THE ORGANIZATION AND ENSURE ADEQUATE RESOURCES TO SUSTAIN THE PROGRAMS ESSENTIAL FOR PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA TO ACHIEVE ITS MISSION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SERVE VETERANS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED A SPINAL CORD INJURY OR DYSFUNCTION.

THE PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA NORTH CENTRAL CHAPTER CONTINUALLY WORKS TO BE A LEADING ADVOCATE FOR HEALTH CARE, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION, BENEFITS, AND CIVIL RIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES. THREE OF THE BENEFITS INCLUDE A FISHING EVENT, TRAPSHOOT EVENT, AND PHEASANT HUNT. ALL OF THE EVENTS ARE PUT ON WITH THE HELP OF VOLUNTEERS TO HELP PARALYZED VETERANS EXPERIENCE THESE ACTIVITIES DESPITE THEIR INJURY LEAVING THEM IN A WHEELCHAIR.

Expenses $233,648 · Grants $16,748 · Revenue $1,230

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.

Chuck DoomCHUCK DOOM

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

10
Harlan SchmidtHARLAN SCHMIDT

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Greg BrandnerGREG BRANDNER

SECRETARY & NATIONAL DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Gene MurphyGENE MURPHY

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Duane BiesboerDUANE BIESBOER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Rodney MelcherRODNEY MELCHER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Bonnie SchmidtBONNIE SCHMIDT

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Kristine ShafferKRISTINE SHAFFER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Michael OlsonMICHAEL OLSON

NAT'L DIR/BOARD MEMBER (OCT-NOV)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Terry Paulsen - ExecutiveTERRY PAULSEN - EXECUTIVE

DIRECTOR/GOV'T RELATIONS DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$77,951

From this org

$76,751

From related orgs

$0

Other

$1,200

Hours/week

40
Tracey Salameh - DirectorTRACEY SALAMEH - DIRECTOR

OF OPERATIONS (OCT-JUN, AUG-SEPT)

Total calculated

$23,216

From this org

$23,216

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40
Amy BurnsAMY BURNS

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS (APR-AUG)

Total calculated

$0

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$251,015

Expenses

$314,731

Contributions

$219,744

Grants paid

$16,748
2023

Revenue

$268,925

Expenses

$366,561

Contributions

$214,817

Grants paid

$10,049
2022

Revenue

$243,961

Expenses

$363,549

Contributions

$239,551

Grants paid

$10,368

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$251,015	$314,731	$219,744	$16,748
2023	$268,925	$366,561	$214,817	$10,049
2022	$243,961	$363,549	$239,551	$10,368

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

2024 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2023 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2022 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2021 · 990

Revenue

$290,930

Expenses

$327,472

Assets (EOY)

$949,679
2021 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2020 · 990

Revenue

$356,322

Expenses

$304,005

Assets (EOY)

$1,109,093
2019 · 990

Revenue

$266,348

Expenses

$257,800

Assets (EOY)

$1,051,849
2018 · 990

Revenue

$240,041

Expenses

$308,149

Assets (EOY)

$1,013,512
2017 · 990

Revenue

$333,197

Expenses

$319,015

Assets (EOY)

$1,074,508
2016 · 990

Revenue

$307,834

Expenses

$340,464

Assets (EOY)

$1,093,515

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2024	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2023	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2022	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2021	990	$290,930	$327,472	$949,679
2021	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2020	990	$356,322	$304,005	$1,109,093
2019	990	$266,348	$257,800	$1,051,849
2018	990	$240,041	$308,149	$1,013,512
2017	990	$333,197	$319,015	$1,074,508
2016	990	$307,834	$340,464	$1,093,515

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA

$156,655

2022 CHAPTER GRANT AND SPORTS GRANT
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA

$156,655

2023 CHAPTER & SPORTS GRANT
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA

$156,655

2024 CHAPTER & SPORTS GRANT
SIOUX FALLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

$5,600

2022 GENERAL SUPPORT

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.