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Operation Second Chance Inc

Operation Second Chance Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 121 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,419,042 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC ($532,665). 72 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$6.0M
Funders on record
121
Grants received
$4.4M
Net assets
$12M
72/121 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 32%
01What it does

What Operation Second Chance Inc does

Mission

We are patriotic citizens committed to serving our wounded, injured and ill combat veterans. We support Veterans and their families by building relationships and supporting their immediate needs and interests. We promote public awareness of the many sacrifices of our Armed Forces

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Providing emergency financial assistance to our nations Veterans, that are wounded, injured or ill, in the form of rent, utility and mortgage payments to prevent homelessness and evictions and flights and lodging so family members can be together during recovery. Assistance requests must come through verified caseworkers or V.A. representations. OSC is able to provide a rapid response to our Veterans needs within 24-48 hours, making payments directly to their creditors.

    $897,958 spent
    38% of program spending
  2. Heroes Ridge - Situated at the top of a mountain, Heroes Ridge offers rest and relaxation for wounded, injured and ill Veterans. The property consists of 275 acres, offering 4 cabins, a dining hall, recreation center, fitness center, pool, horses, ATVs and miles of trails for hiking, horseback riding and ATV rides. The property, located close to Gettysburg is rich with history of the Civil War, and offers Veterans a chance to thrive post war and get back to many of their roots.

    $696,028 spent
    30% of program spending
  3. Morale, welfare, and recreation expenses to improve the morale of wounded soldiers. Activities include providing meals, cookouts, trips to the movies and a multitude of healing retreats all aimed at engaging the veterans to get back to doing the things that they loved before their injuries. Emphasis is placed on outdoor sporting activites such as adaptive skiing, horseback riding, white water rafting and fishing.

    $550,494 spent
    24% of program spending
  4. Scholarship program - Scholarships are awarded to applicants that are wounded, injured or ill veterans or their direct dependents using an application process that attempts to select and award the most deserving individuals.

    $115,180 spent
    5% of program spending
  5. 529 plan program - 529 plan funding is provided to applicants who are the direct dependents of wounded, injured or ill veterans.

    $45,000 spent
    2% of program spending
  6. Operation Giving Back Program - Interns are mentored through employment with the organization. Qualified individuals serving as interns must be wounded, injured or ill veterans or their spouses. The program includes allowing the interns to focus on improving the well-being of caregivers with dinners, safety and educational classes, and other appropriate events.

    $31,808 spent
    1% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,336,468.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.5M) Expenses 100 ($1.1M) Net assets 100 ($2.1M)2018 Revenue 96 ($1.5M) Expenses 133 ($1.5M) Net assets 97 ($2.0M)2019 Revenue 210 ($3.2M) Expenses 144 ($1.6M) Net assets 177 ($3.7M)2020 Revenue 140 ($2.1M) Expenses 104 ($1.2M) Net assets 225 ($4.7M)2021 Revenue 209 ($3.2M) Expenses 137 ($1.5M) Net assets 307 ($6.4M)2022 Revenue 139 ($2.1M) Expenses 146 ($1.6M) Net assets 320 ($6.6M)2023 Revenue 147 ($2.2M) Expenses 138 ($1.5M) Net assets 358 ($7.4M)2024 Revenue 198 ($3.0M) Expenses 195 ($2.2M) Net assets 400 ($8.3M)2025 Revenue 394 ($6.0M) Expenses 221 ($2.5M) Net assets 574 ($12M)
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Revenue (394)Expenses (221)Net assets (574)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $8.5M to $12M (+41%).

$2.1M
$2.0M
$3.7M
$5.5M
$7.0M
$7.1M
$7.8M
$8.5M
$12M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

96% of Operation Second Chance Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,093 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$408k
’17
−$28k
’18
$1.6M
’19
$965k
’20
$1.6M
’21
$481k
’22
$694k
’23
$832k
’24
$3.5M
’25
14
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

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Listed121111111010121313
Joined·+1+1+0+0+0+2+3+2
No longer listed·21010022
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 37 funders, grant income rose $252k → $570k.

18 of 121 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 Second Chance Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 121 funders by total. 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.

How concentrated its funding is

Operation Second Chance Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left

49% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Operation Second Chance Inc.

12%
largest funder
27%
top three
~22
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 45% · 2019 19% · 2020 24% · 2021 18% · 2022 21% · 2023 13% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.

How long its funders stay

37% of Operation Second Chance Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

Operation Second Chance Inc draws 71% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 28 states in all.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 states 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Operation Second Chance Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 543 public benefit nonprofits its size.

Operating margin59% · top quartile
Months of reserve13.8mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)19% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 543 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding Operation Second Chance Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $42 on record.

State$42
Top programs
  • REFUNDS - GENERAL $42

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like Operation Second Chance Inc

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 5%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
91%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

95%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Operation Second Chance Inc?
Operation Second Chance Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 121 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,419,042 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC ($532,665). 72 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Operation Second Chance Inc have?
IRS filings report 121 organizations giving $4,419,042 in grants to Operation Second Chance Inc, 72 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Operation Second Chance Inc?
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC is the largest funder on record, with $532,665 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Operation Second Chance Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 121 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing