SPECIAL OPERATIONS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION
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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $170K · expenses $106K · assets $133K
- EIN
- 47-1679461
- Address
- 4313 NORTH COURSE LN, AVON PARK, FL 33825-8598
- Website
- SOAFOUNDATION.NET
- NTEE code
- W30
- Subsection
- 501(c)(3)
- Ruling year
- 2014
- Cross-check
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Mission
The Special Operations Association Foundation supports Special Operations veterans and active-duty members, along with their families and survivors. The goals are to support the educational awards program, provide emotional support to family members through the Auxiliary Committee, address critical needs of special operators and their family during financial hardship, and support outreach and educational opportunities through the Agent Orange Legacy project.
Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).
People paid by the organization
None of the 13 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.
Officers and directors, no compensation reported
13 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Hrs/wk (latest) | Compensation | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Gordon | DIRECTOR | 2025 | 5 | $0 reported | 2 |
| Don Haase | DIRECTOR | 2025 | 5 | $0 reported | 2 |
| Marcus Whitt | SECRETARY | 2025 | 5 | $0 reported | 2 |
| Philip Devon | TREASURER | 2025 | 5 | $0 reported | 2 |
| John Padgett | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 2025 | 20 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Kenneth Bowra | TRUSTEE | 2025 | 20 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Mark Mitchell | TRUSTEE | 2025 | 20 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Doug Paul | DIRECTOR | 2025 | 5 | $0 reported | 2 |
| Jim Shorten | DIRECTOR | 2025 | 5 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Doug Godshall | PRESIDENT | 2025 | 5 | $0 reported | 2 |
| Brent Lindeman | VICE PRESIDENT | 2025 | 5 | $0 reported | 2 |
| Scott White | DIRECTOR | 2025 | 5 | $0 reported | 2 |
| Vicki-Chan Padgett | SOAF AUXILIARY DIRECTOR | 2025 | 20 | $0 reported | 1 |
People by year
2025 · 13 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 75 volunteers
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN PADGETT | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 20 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| KENNETH BOWRA | TRUSTEE | 20 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| MARK MITCHELL | TRUSTEE | 20 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| DOUG PAUL | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 2 |
| JIM SHORTEN | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| DOUG GODSHALL | PRESIDENT | 5 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 2 |
| BRENT LINDEMAN | VICE PRESIDENT | 5 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 2 |
| MARCUS WHITT | SECRETARY | 5 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 2 |
| PHILIP DEVON | TREASURER | 5 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 2 |
| DON HAASE | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 2 |
| DAVID GORDON | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 2 |
| SCOTT WHITE | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 2 |
| VICKI-CHAN PADGETT | SOAF AUXILIARY DIRECTOR | 20 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
Highest-paid independent contractors
No independent contractors reported.
Who the money went to
Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.
2025 · 3 grants to organizations · $95K
Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.
Who gave
Contributor names are not public for this form type.
Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.
Finances
Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.
| Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Net assets | Contributions | Program revenue | Officer pay | Employees | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $169,525 | $105,858 | $132,627 | $132,627 | $168,186 | $0 | $0 | 0 | 75 |
Funders of this organization
2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $35,550 in all, tax years 2015 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV
| Grantor | Type | Match | Years given | Grants | Total | Latest year | Latest year's amount | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION | DAF sponsor | Exact | 2022-2024 | 3 | $30,000 | 2024 | $10,000 | show |
| SPECIAL OPERATIONS ASSOCIATION INC | Public charity | Exact | 2015 | 1 | $5,550 | 2015 | $5,550 | show |
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Where the money went
Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.
2025 · Form 990 · $105,858 spent · pay $0 · grants $96,000 · events $618
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to US organizations and governments | $95,000 | $95,000 | - | - | 89.7% | |
| Office expenses | $3,436 | $3,436 | - | - | 3.2% | |
| Travel | $2,864 | $2,864 | - | - | 2.7% | |
| Information technology | $1,915 | $1,915 | - | - | 1.8% | |
| Other (as described) | SOA FOUNDATION AUXILLIARY COMMITTEE EXPENSE | $1,025 | $1,025 | $0 | $0 | 1.0% |
| Grants to US individuals | $1,000 | $1,000 | - | - | 0.9% | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetings | $618 | $618 | - | - | 0.6% | |
| Total | $105,858 | 100% |