Public Charity

SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION

SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION is a Public Charity headquartered in FAYETTEVILLE, NC. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $2.1M revenue, $1.7M expenses, $3.5M total assets. 46 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $3.6M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 566148492 FAYETTEVILLE, NC Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$2.1M
Total Expenses$1.7M
Total Assets$3.5M
Grant Records46
Funding Total$3.6M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION SERVES AS THE VOICE FOR THE SPECIAL FORCES COMMUNITY; PERPETUATES SPECIAL FORCES TRADITIONS; ADVANCES THE PUBLIC IMAGE OF SPECIAL FORCES; HELPS TO PROMOTE THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITIES THEY ARE INVOLVED IN; AND HELPS OTHER VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS.

Where $100 goes at Special Forces Association

How Special Forces Association divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 5 years.

$91 Programs the work itself
$9 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $91 for programs

$55
Community projects, assisting in veteran programs, and advancing the voice of the special forces community
61% of program spending
$24
Direct assistance
26% of program spending
$12
Scholarship program
13% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

PRESIDENT Chris Wilkerson
COMMUNICATIONS Doug Livermore
SPECIAL PROJECTS Garon Strong
SECRETARY Jeff Olson
VICE PRESIDENT Louis Hoffman
TREASURER Michael Hurst

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Human & Social Services
$1,915,300 15 grants
General Support
$527,441 16 grants
Education
$125,000 4 grants
Fundraising & Sponsorship
$60,000 5 grants
Unspecified
$922,500 6 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $2.1M $1.7M $3.5M
2023 $1.6M $1.6M $2.6M
2022 $1.3M $1.1M $1.9M
2020 $1.1M $965K $2.9M
2019 $1.4M $1.5M $3.4M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $1.4M to $2.1M (+43%), with total assets most recently reported at $3.5M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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