Operation Support Our Troops - America INC

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Naperville, IL501(c)(3)Public & Societal Benefit EIN 20-4275756Revenue $1.7M in FY2025Latest return filed Feb 2, 2026

On file with the IRSosotamerica.org1807 S Washington St Ste 110 359, 60565-2446 · Naperville, ILTax-exempt since Jun 2006Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Support needs of members of the active duty military, veterans, and their families.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 1,000 volunteers and 4 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $37K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$88K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $454K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.5 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $13K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$71K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.7M
+30% vs prior year
Spent
$1.3M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$1.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.7M
FY2025▲ +30%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$753K
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$1.7M
Expenses
$1.3M
FY2025▼ -1%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$763K
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$1.3M
Net assets
$1.9M
FY2025▲ +28%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$783K
FY2021$990K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2024$1.5M
FY2025$1.9M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 2006.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $1.1M Management & general 8% · $101K Fundraising 3% · $40K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

12 people listed on the 990; $88K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Di
$87,509Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Advisory Boa
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Linda Tuisl’s $88K as Executive Di is at the 17th percentile of top reported officer pay among 731 $1–10M public & societal benefit nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2022FY2021FY2020
Linda Tuisl$87,509$83,317$74,468——
Linda Kondraschow Tuisl——$72,800$30,333—
Scott Maxson————$63,750
Joe Dalpino———$669—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Helps active duty military, veterans, and their families with their needs.

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3 programs · $1.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Sent care packages of items that are not readily available to our troops in deployed locations, includes letters, cards, notes of support from the community at large. Osot-america provided one-time grants to veterans who are in need of financial assistance.

$1.1Mprogram expense
02

Support other organizations with their similar purpose of supporting our troops in harms way and supporting returning veterans.

Pt IX · col B
03

Compensation of current officers, directors, trustees, and key employees

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$13K
Grants paid · 12 grants · $76K · 2020–2023
Unitemized GrantFY2023$16,450
Unitemized GrantFY2023$16,450
Unitemized GrantFY2022$8,286
Unitemized GrantFY2021$5,514
Unitemized GrantFY2021$3,751
Unitemized GrantFY2021$2,800
Unitemized GrantFY2021$893
Unitemized GrantFY2020$6,454
Island Dolphin Care INCFL · FY2020$5,385
Unitemized GrantFY2020$4,650
Unitemized GrantFY2020$3,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$2,328

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$171
Money outPt IX
$1.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$101K
Fundraisingcol D$40K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$162K
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$71K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$1.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$171
Total revenueLn 12$1.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$156K
SavingsLn 2$6K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$162K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$454K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$23K
Other assetsLn 15$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$71K
Net assetsLn 32$1.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 61,000
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
Abroad and in kindSch F, M
Noncash gifts receivedSch M Pt I$1.2M
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$97K$162K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$443K$454K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$58K$23K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$72K$71K
Net assetsLn 32$1.5M$1.9M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$4K$4K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$166K$100K$42K$25K
Payroll taxesLn 10$15K$9K$4K$2K
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$39K$39K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$911$546$228$137
Advertising and promotionLn 12$603$151$452
Office expensesLn 13$6K$4K$2K$914
Information technologyLn 14$13K$8K$3K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$35K$30K$4K$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$5K$3K$1K$741
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$6K$6K
InsuranceLn 23$12K$7K$3K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$970K$970K$439
All other expensesLn 24e$6K$700$325$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.3M$1.1M$101K$40K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Feb 2, 2026 $1.7M$1.3M$373K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Jan 27, 2025 $1.3M$1.3M−$24K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 Not on file
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 12, 2023 $1.8M$1.7M$176K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Jan 18, 2023 $1.0M$1.3M−$329K$990K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2021 $753K$763K−$10K$783K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,656,304 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,270,512$1,656,133
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $4,536$171
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,275,048$1,656,304
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $16,450$4,346
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $181,414$181,587
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,100,845$1,097,188
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,298,709$1,283,121
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$23,661$373,183
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,656,304 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,656,133
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,243,153
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,656,133
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $171$171
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $171$1,656,304
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,283,121 across 15 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $4,346$4,346
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $99,771 · Management $41,571 · Fundraising $24,943$166,285
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $9,181 · Management $3,826 · Fundraising $2,295$15,302
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $2,750$2,750
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $38,927$38,927
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $546 · Management $228 · Fundraising $137$911
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $151 · Fundraising $452$603
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,656 · Management $1,523 · Fundraising $914$6,093
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $8,099 · Management $3,375 · Fundraising $2,025$13,499
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $29,725 · Management $3,538 · Fundraising $2,123$35,386
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,966 · Management $1,236 · Fundraising $741$4,943
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $5,785$5,785
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $7,213 · Management $3,005 · Fundraising $1,803$12,021
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $969,873 · Management $439$970,312
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $700 · Management $325 · Fundraising $4,933$5,958
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,142,012 · Management $100,743 · Fundraising $40,366$1,283,121
Part X · Balance sheet $1,937,450 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $71,440$156,167
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $25,821$5,905
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $65,832$39,319
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $57,974$22,767
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $443,055$453,994
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $870,253$1,259,298
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,534,375$1,937,450
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $9,012$16,916
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $28,264$48,985
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $34,513$5,093
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $71,789$70,994
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,433,177$1,837,047
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $29,409$29,409
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,462,586$1,866,456
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,534,375$1,937,450
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,866,456 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,656,304
XI-2 Total expenses$1,283,121
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$373,183
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,462,586
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$22,671
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$8,016
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,866,456

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