Operation Warm provides warmth, confidence, and hope through basic need programs that connect under-resourced children to community resources they need to thrive. Since inception, Operation Warm has provided approximately 8 million brand-new coats, shoes and sports bras to children in need. Operation Warm is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to helping human suffering through the provision of new clothing essentials.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
95¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 53,000 volunteers and 62 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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FY2026 · 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
FY2026
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2026, this tax year; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2.7M a year · 5% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
95%
of spending
Looks good: 95% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$2.4M
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $10.5M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.7 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
8
named funders · $132K
Looks good: 8 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3.3M
13% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 13% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 19 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 19 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$73.0M
+5% vs prior year
Spent
$70.0M
To programs
95%
Net assets
$21.3M
By yearFY2021–FY2026
Revenue
$73.0M
FY2026▲ +5%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$33.0M
FY2022$38.8M
FY2023$45.0M
FY2024$66.7M
FY2025$69.2M
FY2026$73.0M
Expenses
$70.0M
FY2026▲ +6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$31.2M
FY2022$36.5M
FY2023$42.6M
FY2024$63.2M
FY2025$65.9M
FY2026$70.0M
Net assets
$21.3M
FY2026▲ +16%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$6.9M
FY2022$9.2M
FY2023$11.6M
FY2024$15.1M
FY2025$18.4M
FY2026$21.3M

From the FY2026 Form 990 (year ending March 2026) · 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: FY2026. IRS ruling in Mar 2003.

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Where the money goes

95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 95% · $66.2M Management & general 2% · $1.3M Fundraising 4% · $2.5M

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

26 people listed on the 990; $2.4M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2025); the FY2026 filing did not itemize Part VII
CFO, Treasurer & Secretary
$976,300Pt VII · Sec A
Founder, CEO & Chairman
$374,464Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$224,293Pt VII · Sec A
Partnerships VP
$171,794Pt VII · Sec A
Marketing Director
$154,959Pt VII · Sec A
Acct Management Directo
$140,369Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Programs
$137,562Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Director of Operations
$133,321Pt VII · Sec A

Stephanie D Cohen’s $976K as CFO, Treasurer & Secretary is at the 100th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3122 $10–100M human services 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Stephanie D Cohen$976,300$249,037————
Richard D Sanford$374,464$364,662$340,427$322,405$326,899$281,694
Stephanie D Cohen CPA——$225,243$277,041$149,244$172,852
Grace a Sica$224,293$273,084$243,382$220,559$207,210$115,335
Heather M Connolly$171,794$173,100$154,001$140,896$126,020$111,968
Brendalis O Lee$154,959$149,747$135,622$126,421$117,158—
Lara Loveland——$123,407$150,630——
Stephanie Sieminski$140,369$131,627————

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides new winter coats and shoes to help underserved children thrive.

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1 program · $66.2M · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Our vision is to inspire and empower local communities to support under-resourced children by using the gift of a coat, a pair of shoes or a sports bra as a catalyst for connection. With this gift, our partners can build national impact programs or activate highly focused programs in their own communities.

$66.2Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
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By the numbers

The FY2026 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$73.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$72.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$710K
Money outPt IX
$70.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$66.2M
Managementcol C$1.3M
Fundraisingcol D$2.5M
Owns and owesPt X
$21.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$10.2M
Total assetsLn 16$24.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
26
listed · VII A
PaidVII A9
Voting boardVI 1a19
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$72.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.4M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$51.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$710K
Gains on assetsLn 7$5K
Total revenueLn 12$73.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$10.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$10.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$10.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$83K
Other assetsLn 15$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$24.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.3M
Net assetsLn 32$21.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 562
VolunteersI 653,000
Fiscal year endsHeaderMarch
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY26End FY26
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$9.8M$10.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$7.0M$10.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9K$83K
Total assetsLn 16$21.0M$24.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.6M$3.3M
Net assetsLn 32$18.4M$21.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.9M$1.1M$255K$555K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.3M$2.5M$587K$1.3M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$99K$56K$13K$29K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$133K$75K$18K$39K
Payroll taxesLn 10$398K$226K$54K$118K
Legal feesLn 11b$18K$18K
Accounting feesLn 11c$40K$40K
Investment management feesLn 11f$33K$33K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$229K$142K$83K$4K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$143K$143K
Office expensesLn 13$111K$63K$15K$33K
Information technologyLn 14$335K$190K$46K$99K
OccupancyLn 16$181K$103K$25K$54K
TravelLn 17$119K$39K$80K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$22K$13K$3K$7K
InsuranceLn 23$90K$53K$11K$25K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$61.7M$61.7M
All other expensesLn 24e$193K$109K$16K$68K
Total functional expensesLn 25$70.0M$66.2M$1.3M$2.5M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2026 Latest Viewing $73.0M$70.0M$3.0M$21.3M 990 PDF
FY2025 $69.2M$65.9M$3.3M$18.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $66.7M$63.2M$3.5M$15.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $45.0M$42.6M$2.4M$11.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $38.8M$36.5M$2.3M$9.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $33.0M$31.2M$1.8M$6.9M 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 J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $72,989,518 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $68,540,942$72,279,126
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $697,787$710,392
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $69,238,729$72,989,518
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $5,762,516$6,819,778
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $60,179,224$63,181,451
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $65,941,740$70,001,229
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $3,296,989$2,988,289
Part VI · Governance 16 of 19 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body19
VI-1b Independent voting members16
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $72,989,518 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$1,350,331
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$70,928,795
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$51,202,954
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$72,279,126
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $704,959$704,959
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $5,433$5,433
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $710,392$72,989,518
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $70,001,229 across 18 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $1,065,760 · Management $255,182 · Fundraising $555,396$1,876,338
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,450,217 · Management $586,672 · Fundraising $1,276,874$4,313,763
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $56,203 · Management $13,457 · Fundraising $29,289$98,949
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $75,484 · Management $18,073 · Fundraising $39,336$132,893
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $225,970 · Management $54,106 · Fundraising $117,759$397,835
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $18,487$18,487
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $40,275$40,275
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $33,287$33,287
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $142,099 · Management $83,219 · Fundraising $4,040$229,358
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $143,414$143,414
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $63,071 · Management $15,101 · Fundraising $32,868$111,040
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $190,459 · Management $45,603 · Fundraising $99,253$335,315
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $102,783 · Management $24,610 · Fundraising $53,563$180,956
IX-17 TravelManagement $39,272 · Fundraising $79,982$119,254
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $12,724 · Management $3,046 · Fundraising $6,631$22,401
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $53,269 · Management $11,479 · Fundraising $24,983$89,731
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $61,664,559$61,664,559
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $109,447 · Management $15,664 · Fundraising $68,263$193,374
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $66,212,045 · Management $1,257,533 · Fundraising $2,531,651$70,001,229
Part X · Balance sheet $24,604,949 assets, 16 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $9,758,033$10,177,504
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $734,370$298,683
X-4 Accounts receivable$62,334
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $2,097,747$2,189,791
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $136,126$144,610
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $9,429$83,088
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $6,988,394$10,513,510
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,308,777$1,135,429
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $21,032,876$24,604,949
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $363,456$660,804
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $895,807$1,408,520
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,383,539$1,215,491
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,642,802$3,284,815
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $18,390,074$21,320,134
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $18,390,074$21,320,134
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $21,032,876$24,604,949
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $21,320,134 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$72,989,518
XI-2 Total expenses$70,001,229
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,988,289
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$18,390,074
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$58,229
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$21,320,134

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