SAN FRANCISCO EAST BAY BLUE STAR MO

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P20

Classification

1000

Street

PO BOX 2537

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 BLUE STAR MOTHERS OF AMERICA INC (EIN 34-1008973). 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

• Veterans Outreach/Stand Down/VA HospitalThese programs support our veterans by providing a warm homecoming, supplying items from their "wish lists" such as comforters, blankets, and pillows for those hospitalized. In addition the program reaches out to homeless veterans.From its inception in 1942, Veterans, their welfare, benefits and readjustment, have been a part of the mission of the Blue Star Mothers of America. When we formed our chapter in 2001, the Veterans of our communities were the first to embrace us and our efforts, taking our Moms under their protective wings, as we faced a war with this new generation of heroes. Today, we remain committed to our Veterans, as many of our own kids have now completed their service and have joined this community of pride in their service to America.

  Expenses $767

• Gold Star ParentsThis program provides direct support to those who have lost sons and daughters in combat. The Blue Star Moms are committed to remembering our fallen heroes and their sacrifices, the burden of which their families will forever carry. Since World War I, when the Blue Star banner that hung in the front window became an unofficial symbol of a military family member serving overseas, the blue star was covered with gold if a service member was lost in battle. Today, a banner that displays this gold star is given to families whose loved one is lost while on active duty serving our country. The Blue Star Moms present personalized Gold Star Banners to families who so request. California has lost more service members than any other state. To honor them and their families, the Blue Star Moms partner annually with the Marines Memorial Association in San Francisco to preserve the memory of these heroic men and women. A two-day Remembrance and Honor reception, memorial and dinner was held for California Gold Star parents to connect and share their stories of the bravery and lives of their sons and daughters.

  Expenses $22

• Care PackagesSince our inception and following in the footsteps of our grandmothers and mothers, we have mailed "a little bit of home" to our sons and daughters serving around the world. Due to the generosity of our communities, we have been able to include many more service persons who request a box. Often commanding officers in the field will contact us and let us know that they have a young man or woman who is not receiving any boxes or letters from home. These kids quickly come into our hearts and soon receive a care package, letting them know America supports them. We depend on the public's support and help to continue our mailings.Operation PostcardHave sent over 70,000 letters, notes, and postcards to our troops overseas. This program provides our troops notes of appreciation, support, and admiration. We ask families,friends, schools, clubs, churches or any group or individual to write a positive message of support. Children can create with a hand drawn picture on the front and a message on the back. We include them in our care packages and ecnourage writers to tell them about themselves, their city and their state.

  Expenses $85,339

• We are represented in various local parades and events.

• Scholarships were awarded.

  Expenses $1,000

• Amounts were given to the Marines Memorial and Wreaths Across America programs.

  Expenses $2,170 · Grants $2,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $84,936

  Expenses

  $99,299

  Contributions

  $84,004

  Grants paid

  $2,000

• 2023

  Revenue

  $72,029

  Expenses

  $86,277

  Contributions

  $71,228

  Grants paid

  $3,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $71,012

  Expenses

  $74,552

  Contributions

  $67,952

  Grants paid

  $5,000

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-EZ

  Revenue

  $59,957

  Expenses

  $75,993

  Assets (EOY)

  $123,629

• 2020 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $65,338

  Expenses

  $79,678

  Assets (EOY)

  $139,665

• 2019 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $105,521

  Expenses

  $107,430

  Assets (EOY)

  $154,005

• 2018 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $159,668

  Expenses

  $133,198

  Assets (EOY)

  $155,914

• 2017 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $143,423

  Expenses

  $160,423

  Assets (EOY)

  $53,406

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $229,738

  Expenses

  $225,016

  Assets (EOY)

  $71,551

• 2015 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $119,256

  Expenses

  $113,205

  Assets (EOY)

  $69,271

• 2014 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $84,384

  Expenses

  $128,480

  Assets (EOY)

  $59,633

• 2010 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $159,719

  Expenses

  $147,108

  Assets (EOY)

  $60,649

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

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Other IRS files