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US nonprofit · EIN 204275756 · Naperville, ILiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 204275756) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 June 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Operation Support Our Troops - America Inc

Donations deductible
Revenue
$1.7m
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$1.3m
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$1.9m
$71k liabilities
Net assets
$1.9m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
12
5.2y av
Staff
4
1,819 volunteers
Chair observed
≥2 yrs
Gordon Callison
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
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Operation Support Our Troops - America Inc's network

12 peoplei12 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (12). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

12 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 12 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Gordon Callison ChairBoard Chair2023
3 yrs
Bill KohnkeTreasurer2020
6 yrs
Bill RickertAdvisory Boa2021
5 yrs
Bill StreningCompany secretary2020
6 yrs
Carl PedersenAdvisory Boa2020
6 yrs
Chris MeekerAdvisory Boa2025
1 yr
DEB RickertEmeritus Boa2021
5 yrs
Eugenia CallisonAdvisory Boa2021
5 yrs
Joe Dalpino (also filed as Joe Dalpino)Board Member2019
7 yrs
Justin SmithermanVice-Chair2018
8 yrs
Linda TuislExecutive Di2023
3 yrs
Nicholas KurzBoard Member2024
2 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 12 →

Officers and senior leadership

4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Jamie Nelson Thru May 2018Executive Director2018
Scott MaxsonExecutive Director2020
William RickertExecutive Director2019
William Rickert Since May 2018Executive Director2018

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Linda TuislExecutive Di45$88k
Gordon CallisonBoard Chair10$0
Justin SmithermanVice-Chair10$0
Bill StreningSecretary10$0
Bill KohnkeTreasurer10$0
Joe DalpinoBoard Member10$0
Nicholas KurzBoard Member10$0
Eugenia CallisonAdvisory Boa10$0
Chris MeekerAdvisory Boa10$0
Bill RickertAdvisory Boa10$0
Carl PedersenAdvisory Boa10$0
Deb RickertEmeritus Boa10$0

About

Legal name
Operation Support Our Troops - America Inc
EIN
204275756
Address
1807 S Washington St Ste 110 359, Naperville, IL, 60565-2446
State
Illinois
Mission
To support the morale and well-being of american forces by providing comfort, resources, and education to them and their families while they are deployed and after their return. To provide grants to veterans who are in need of one-time financial assistance. Leap of faith seminar for gold star families. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
W30 Public and societal benefit
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Public & Societal Benefit
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2006
Principal officer
Linda Tuisl (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 June 2006
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
8, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsJustin Smitherman
≥7years on the filingsJoe Dalpino
≥6years on the filingsBill Kohnke
≥6years on the filingsBill Strening

Latest return

year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$1.9m
Total liabilities
$71k
Net assets or fund balances
$1.9m
Contributions and grants received
$1.7m
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$4k
Employees
4
Volunteers
1,819

Filed finances

2 yearsiTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$1.3m$1.3mDeficit $24k
2023$1.3m$1.3mDeficit $24k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.