Texas · Nonprofit
OPERATION MEATBALL
OPERATION MEATBALL (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $32 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($32). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $78k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $32
- Net assets
- $0
What Operation Meatball does
Mission
A. The Organization, known herein as Operation Meatball, is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code, and shall operate exclusively for said purposes. B. Its exempt purposes include: (1) Educating descendants of World War Two, Korea, and Vietnam Veterans and the general public on the history of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. (2) Honoring and preserving the history of said veterans through Oral History recordings and USO style events that bring veterans together, involve them in the local community, and bring recognition to their service. (3) Funding, supporting, and sponsoring activities of said USO style events, educational programs, and gatherings of veterans, to foster patriotism and promote a better understanding of the history and the individual veterans who participated in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Program
For the last decade, Operation Meatball (OM) has recognized and honored our veterans through educational programs, community USO style shows, veterans reunions, oral history collection, home visits, collaborations with other veterans organizations like Honor Flight, mail call, and overseas battlefield programs including Iwo Jima, Guam, Normandy, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Central to our mission statement has been demonstrating the continued relevance of our veterans to our communities and our country. October 2022, Bridge to History launched its pilot program, taking 7 children (ages 9-12) to London and Normandy on a 9-day whirlwind trip. November/December 2022: The B2H Ambassadors wrote essays and spoke with schools and news stations about their trip and participated in local Veterans Day activities. 2023: Stateside activities for B2H Ambassadors continued with All American Week at Fort Bragg as guests of veterans of 2/504 82nd Airborne and Wreaths Across America at Arlington National Cemetery in D.C. with the 508th PIR Assoc. and the D.C. Airborne Chapter. October: brought our 2nd international program taking 6 children to London and Normandy on the DDay experience. Continued…
$68,382 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $68,382.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5 → $16.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of OPERATION MEATBALL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of OPERATION MEATBALL's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $32 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
OPERATION MEATBALL receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $32 to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,317 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
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In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OPERATION MEATBALL: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds OPERATION MEATBALL?
- OPERATION MEATBALL (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $32 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($32). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does OPERATION MEATBALL have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $32 in grants to OPERATION MEATBALL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OPERATION MEATBALL?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $32 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OPERATION MEATBALL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing