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OPERATION SECOND CHANCE INC

EIN 20-2624345 CLARKSBURG, MD

Revenue 2025
$5,985,519
Expenses 2025
$2,461,064

Program services were 94.9% 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
22708 BIRCHCREST LN

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 · 2025

Mission

We are patriotic citizens committed to serving our wounded, injured and ill combat veterans. We support Veterans and their families by building relationships and supporting their immediate needs and interests. We promote public awareness of the many sacrifices of our Armed Forces

  • Providing emergency financial assistance to our nations Veterans, that are wounded, injured or ill, in the form of rent, utility and mortgage payments to prevent homelessness and evictions and flights and lodging so family members can be together during recovery. Assistance requests must come through verified caseworkers or V.A. representations. OSC is able to provide a rapid response to our Veterans needs within 24-48 hours, making payments directly to their creditors.

    Expenses $897,958

  • Heroes Ridge - Situated at the top of a mountain, Heroes Ridge offers rest and relaxation for wounded, injured and ill Veterans. The property consists of 275 acres, offering 4 cabins, a dining hall, recreation center, fitness center, pool, horses, ATVs and miles of trails for hiking, horseback riding and ATV rides. The property, located close to Gettysburg is rich with history of the Civil War, and offers Veterans a chance to thrive post war and get back to many of their roots.

    Expenses $696,028

  • Morale, welfare, and recreation expenses to improve the morale of wounded soldiers. Activities include providing meals, cookouts, trips to the movies and a multitude of healing retreats all aimed at engaging the veterans to get back to doing the things that they loved before their injuries. Emphasis is placed on outdoor sporting activites such as adaptive skiing, horseback riding, white water rafting and fishing.

    Expenses $550,494

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $115,180

  • 529 plan program - 529 plan funding is provided to applicants who are the direct dependents of wounded, injured or ill veterans.

    Expenses $45,000

  • Operation Giving Back Program - Interns are mentored through employment with the organization. Qualified individuals serving as interns must be wounded, injured or ill veterans or their spouses. The program includes allowing the interns to focus on improving the well-being of caregivers with dinners, safety and educational classes, and other appropriate events.

    Expenses $31,808

As filed on the 2025 return. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Cindy McGrew

    President

    Total calculated
    $121,033
    From this org
    $119,375
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,658
    Hours/week
    40

  • Benjamin Knisely

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Caragiulo

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tim Sanders

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Kilmartin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Larson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Clark Wagner

    Vice-President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Kenney

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Jarrett

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chuck Christianson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Rambo

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Luke Murphy

    Outgoing Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us · ignoring case and punctuation

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported

  • Diane Morales

    Outgoing Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us · ignoring case and punctuation

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $5,985,519
    Expenses
    $2,461,064
    Contributions
    $5,722,162
    Grants paid
    $160,180
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,004,160
    Expenses
    $2,171,943
    Contributions
    $2,816,554
    Grants paid
    $164,140
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,230,698
    Expenses
    $1,537,151
    Contributions
    $2,074,757
    Grants paid
    $10,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,107,891
    Expenses
    $1,627,034
    Contributions
    $2,031,866
    Grants paid
    $37,000

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
    $3,170,409
    Expenses
    $1,523,150
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,020,759

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,124,911
    Expenses
    $1,160,029
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,467,156

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,189,430
    Expenses
    $1,599,001
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,687,727

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,453,562
    Expenses
    $1,481,454
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,011,346

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,520,533
    Expenses
    $1,112,969
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,077,833

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,192,139
    Expenses
    $1,091,353
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,668,569

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,484,023
    Expenses
    $1,028,376
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,564,121

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,187,184
    Expenses
    $936,944
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,110,372

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,187,184
    Expenses
    $936,944
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,110,372

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,187,184
    Expenses
    $936,944
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,110,372

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

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

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.