Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
OPERATION WARD 57
OPERATION WARD 57 (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $105,607 to it, the largest being BIELLA FOUNDATION ($67,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $121
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $106k
- Net assets
- $0
What Operation Ward 57 does
Mission
Support wounded, injured and ill service members, veterans, their caregivers and those who aid in their recovery by providing assistance and outreach in their recovery, comfort and morale, and through advocacy, education and promotion of their circumstances.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Honor & courage - wounded hero mentors and case management, wounded hero motivational speakers, youth motivational speakers and advocacy/education. A one-time cash grant made to individuals for extenuating circumstances to improve quality of life or save life.
$18,410 spentof which $18,207 as grants100% of program spendingConcerts & events - Operation Ward 57 arranges excursions to events and concerts at the hospital, in the local area as well as around the country. These events often feature a meet-n-greet with the artist and a special seating area. If a wounded warrior wants to attend a show anywhere in the country, we will arrange entrance for them (subject to availability).
Morale & comfort items - provided over 1000 items - adapted for amputees and non-adapted t-shirts, jerseys, blankets, and beanies for patients, family members, staff and vips delivered weekly to patient rooms by volunteers. Blankets and beanies were provided in fall and winter to keep patients warm. The shirts have the hospital name and ward name, and are worn proudly by patients during physical therapy and around the hospital.
Misc program services that include - holiday cheer / storage and supplies / deployment support / patient visits and service animals for veterans
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $18,410.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $24k to $0 (−100%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $7k → $18k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 WARD 57’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.
How concentrated its funding is
OPERATION WARD 57 leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 88% · 2021 57% · 2022 84% · 2023 68% — 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
43% of OPERATION WARD 57's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.
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 WARD 57 draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $14k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Organizations like OPERATION WARD 57
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.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
62%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OPERATION WARD 57: 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 WARD 57?
- OPERATION WARD 57 (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $105,607 to it, the largest being BIELLA FOUNDATION ($67,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OPERATION WARD 57 have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $105,607 in grants to OPERATION WARD 57, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OPERATION WARD 57?
- BIELLA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $67,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OPERATION WARD 57 find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 9 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