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PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA

EIN 72-1030827 GULFPORT, MS

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Revenue 2024
$176,506
Expenses 2024
$162,525

Program services were 85.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
400 VETERANS AVE BLDG 1 RM 1B114

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).

Group exemption

A subordinate covered by the group exemption of PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA (EIN 13-1946868). matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The organizations purpose is to provide medical/vocational assistance to paraplegics, to support research for the treatment of spinal cord injuries, the development of rehabilitative methods/devices, and to educate the public in these areas and to be an advocate for the civil rights of disabled persons and for veterans benefits.

Activities or mission (Part I)

See Page 2, Part III, Line 1

  • SPORTS & RECREATION: This program service involves promoting and sponsoring a range of sporting activities for members and other people with disabilities in order to enhance lifetime health and fitness and also to provide these individuals opportunities to engage in various activities whereby they will be assisted in their efforts in living an independent lifestyle.

    Expenses $47,599

  • MEMBERSHIP & BENEFITS: This program service involves various membership services such as medical and vocational assistance as well as emotional support. In addition, a newsletter is provided to inform members of activities of the organization related to programs in addition to providing information relative to medical and legislative current events.

    Expenses $43,326 · Revenue $1,000

  • GOVERNMENT RELATIONS: This program service involves advocating civil rights and opportunities in order to maximize the independence of members and other people with disabilities. Issues addressed include housing, voting rights, employment, transportation, social security and medicare. In addition, the organization works to prevent erosion of laws including the Americans With Disabilites Act at the federal and local level.

    Expenses $29,104 · Grants $2,000

  • VETERANS SERVICE: This program service involves specific financial assistance to veterans based on need, support for volunteer programs at various VA medical centers benefiting veterans and providing entertainment and recreational opportunities for veterans.

    Expenses $18,672

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.

  • Jennie Conley

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $45,393
    From this org
    $45,393
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    37.5

  • Kurt Ladner

    DIRECTOR/VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Cheryl Lewis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Julius Lee

    DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • Arthur Lee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Wainwright

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • William Lafitte

    DIRECTOR/SEC/TREAS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cleveland Short

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chris Ware

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
    $176,506
    Expenses
    $162,525
    Contributions
    $169,747
    Grants paid
    $2,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $196,433
    Expenses
    $192,706
    Contributions
    $167,942
    Grants paid
    $2,841
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $233,905
    Expenses
    $187,014
    Contributions
    $231,221
    Grants paid
    $3,150

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $170,410
    Expenses
    $183,609
    Assets (EOY)
    $301,059

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $158,865
    Expenses
    $175,865
    Assets (EOY)
    $312,085

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $148,558
    Expenses
    $130,647
    Assets (EOY)
    $331,131

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.

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

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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.