Special Operations Association INC: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 74-2619854)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$75K
FY2021	$389K
FY2022	$330K
FY2023	$349K
FY2024	$249K
FY2025	$382K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$93K
FY2021	$229K
FY2022	$231K
FY2023	$242K
FY2024	$248K
FY2025	$285K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$187K
FY2021	$346K
FY2022	$446K
FY2023	$553K
FY2024	$553K
FY2025	$651K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1993.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

10 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

David Gordon

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Alfonso Rt Rivero

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Don Haase

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Scott White

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

James Shorten

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Doug Paul

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Doug Godshal

President

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Brent Lindeman

Vice President

$0Pt VII · Sec A

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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 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Unites American and Allied special operations forces in combat environments.

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1 program · in their own filed words · FY2025

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- to unite fraternally all veterans who have or are now conducting or supporting classified "special operations" deep in hostile enemy territory or have been assigned to military units which conducted such operations; and, - to perpetuate the special operations "esprit de corps", - to commemorate fittingly the memory of those who have…

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

Special Operations Association FoundationFY2025$95K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$95K

Grants paid · 6 grants · $165K · 2020–2025

Unitemized GrantFY2025$39,000

Unitemized GrantFY2024$36,076

Unitemized GrantFY2023$16,000

Unitemized GrantFY2022$40,000

Unitemized GrantFY2021$18,500

Unitemized GrantFY2020$15,000

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$382K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$179K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$167K

Other incomeLn 4–11$22K

Money outPt IX

$285K

Ln 25

Owns and owesPt X

$651K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$653K

Total assetsLn 16$663K

LiabilitiesLn 26$12K

PeoplePt VI, VII

10

listed · VII A

PaidVII A0

Voting boardVI 1a10

IndependentVI 1b10

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$179K

Government grantsLn 1e$0

Noncash giftsLn 1g$0

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0

Fees for servicesLn 2g$167K

Investment incomeLn 3$14K

Other incomeLn 4–11$22K

Total revenueLn 12$382K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

SavingsLn 2$653K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$653K

Other assetsLn 15$10K

Total assetsLn 16$663K

LiabilitiesLn 26$12K

Net assetsLn 32$651K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 50

VolunteersI 650

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$570K	$653K
Total assetsLn 16	$570K	$663K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$16K	$12K
Net assetsLn 32	$553K	$651K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$39K
Legal feesLn 11b	$725
Accounting feesLn 11c	$4K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$20K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$6K
Office expensesLn 13	$2K
Information technologyLn 14	$4K
OccupancyLn 16	$5K
TravelLn 17	$4K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$183K
InsuranceLn 23	$5K
All other expensesLn 24e	$12K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$285K	$0	$0	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$382K	$285K	$97K	$651K	990 PDF
FY2024	$249K	$248K	$322	$553K	990 PDF
FY2023	$349K	$242K	$107K	$553K	990 PDF
FY2022	$330K	$231K	$99K	$446K	990 PDF
FY2021	$389K	$229K	$160K	$346K	990 PDF
FY2020	$75K	$93K	−$18K	$187K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

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Part I · Summary $382,291 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $82,322$178,679

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $135,440$166,802

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $16,622$14,415

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $14,292$22,395

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $248,676$382,291

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $30,076$39,181

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $218,278$245,769

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $248,354$284,950

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $322$97,341

Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 2 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10

VI-1b Independent voting members10

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $382,291 across 13 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $14,002 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0

VIII-1b Membership dues$24,435

VIII-1c Fundraising events$0

VIII-1d Related organizations$0

VIII-1e Government grants$0

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$154,244

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$178,679

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $166,802 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$166,802

VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $14,415 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$14,415

VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $7,755 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$7,755

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $638 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$638

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $203,612 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$382,291

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $284,950 across 12 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$39,181

IX-11b Legal fees$725

IX-11c Accounting fees$3,632

IX-11g Other fees for services$20,279

IX-12 Advertising and promotion$5,909

IX-13 Office expenses$2,033

IX-14 Information technology$4,081

IX-16 Occupancy$4,882

IX-17 Travel$4,329

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$182,645

IX-23 Insurance$5,127

IX-24e All other expenses$12,127

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$284,950

Part X · Balance sheet $663,276 assets, 8 lines filed

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $569,702$653,353

X-15 Other assets$9,923

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $569,702$663,276

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,267$500

X-18 Grants payableStart of year $15,000$12,000

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $16,267$12,500

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $553,435$650,776

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $569,702$663,276

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $650,776 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$382,291

XI-2 Total expenses$284,950

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$97,341

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$553,435

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0

XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0

XI-7 Investment expenses$0

XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$650,776

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV