Operation Troop Appreciation
Donations deductibleRevenue
$479k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$303k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$1.4m
$212k liabilities
Net assets
$1.2m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
8
4.5y av
Staff
0
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Chair observed
≥4 yrs
Col John Dowling
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Operation Troop Appreciation's network
8 peoplei8 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
8 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 6 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| COL John Dowling Chair | Board Chair | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| David Buckiso | Board Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Ethan Moody | Board Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Kevin Zaffino | Board Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Lesley Mann | Board Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Ruth Brannigan | Board Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Sharon Liotus | Board Member | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Trudy Friend | Board Member | 2020 | 6 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Monica Orluk | CEO/Executive Director | since 2020 |
| Sherry Einhaus | COO | since 2021 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Col John Dowling | Board Chair | 5 | $0 | ||
| Sharon Liotus | Board Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| Trudy Friend | Board Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| David Buckiso | Board Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| Ethan Moody | Board Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| Lesley Mann | Board Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| Ruth Brannigan | Board Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| Kevin Zaffino | Board Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| Lt Col Clifford Evans | Board Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| David Skomo | Board Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| Monica Orluk | CEO/Executive Director | 30 | $0 | ||
| Sherry Einhaus | COO | 30 | $0 |
No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.
About
- Legal name
- Operation Troop Appreciation
- EIN
- 810651982
- Address
- 2017 Pennsylvania Ave, West Mifflin, PA, 15122-3672
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Mission
- Ease the burden of deployment of troops by providing items that contribute to their safety, mission effectiveness, morale, and well-being. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- W112 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
- 2004
- Principal officer
- Monica Orluk (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 October 2004
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 5, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥6years on the filingsCOL John Dowling
≥6years on the filingsSharon Liotus
≥6years on the filingsTrudy Friend
≥3years on the filingsDavid Buckiso
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $1.4m
- Total liabilities
- $212k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $1.2m
- Contributions and grants received
- $417k
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $198k
- Employees
- 0
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $660k | $395k | $266k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Operation Troop Appreciation likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Pennsylvania Department of State, business entities (data.pa.gov xvd7-5r2c). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Entity type
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 1 July 2004
- Registered agent
- Not stated
Officers (3)
- Monica A Orluk CEO/Executive Director
- Monica A Orluk Governor
- Sherry Einhaus COO/Program Director
City and state of officers are not held in this extract.