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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
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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Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
David Gordon DIRECTOR2025 5 $0 reported 2
Don Haase DIRECTOR2025 5 $0 reported 2
Marcus Whitt SECRETARY2025 5 $0 reported 2
Philip Devon TREASURER2025 5 $0 reported 2
John Padgett EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR2025 20 $0 reported 1
Kenneth Bowra TRUSTEE2025 20 $0 reported 1
Mark Mitchell TRUSTEE2025 20 $0 reported 1
Doug Paul DIRECTOR2025 5 $0 reported 2
Jim Shorten DIRECTOR2025 5 $0 reported 1
Doug Godshall PRESIDENT2025 5 $0 reported 2
Brent Lindeman VICE PRESIDENT2025 5 $0 reported 2
Scott White DIRECTOR2025 5 $0 reported 2
Vicki-Chan Padgett SOAF AUXILIARY DIRECTOR2025 20 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 13 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 75 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JOHN PADGETT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR20 $0$0$0 $01
KENNETH BOWRA TRUSTEE20 $0$0$0 $01
MARK MITCHELL TRUSTEE20 $0$0$0 $01
DOUG PAUL DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $02
JIM SHORTEN DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $01
DOUG GODSHALL PRESIDENT5 $0$0$0 $02
BRENT LINDEMAN VICE PRESIDENT5 $0$0$0 $02
MARCUS WHITT SECRETARY5 $0$0$0 $02
PHILIP DEVON TREASURER5 $0$0$0 $02
DON HAASE DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $02
DAVID GORDON DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $02
SCOTT WHITE DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $02
VICKI-CHAN PADGETT SOAF AUXILIARY DIRECTOR20 $0$0$0 $01

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.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$169,525$105,858 $132,627$132,627 $168,186$0 $0075

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

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2022-2024 3$30,000 2024$10,000
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SPECIAL OPERATIONS ASSOCIATION INC Public charity Exact 2015 1$5,550 2015$5,550
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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
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
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$105,858100%

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