Illinois · Nonprofit
SPECIAL OPERATIONS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
SPECIAL OPERATIONS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $628 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($628). 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 FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $628
- Net assets
- $648k
What Special Operations Medical Association does
Mission
Soma's primary objective is to enhance the professional knowledge and skills of unconventional medicine providers through continuing medical education of special operations medical practitioners including civilian and military personnel. This is accomplished by enhancing professional standards through continuing medical education of special operations medical personnel in the service of the united states armed forces as well as civilian personnel.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Soma's main activity is the production of at least one medical conference to be held annually, which is typically the special operations medical scientific assembly (somsa). The somsa is for all military members and qualified civilian providers interested in special operations and tactical medicine and invited guests.
$865,925 spent$1,126,999 earned by the program81% of program spendingSoma periodically organizes soma symposium around the country to help educate and create awareness for our target audience.
Members of soma receive the quarterly journal of special operations medicine (jsom). The jsom is a peer-review journal dedicated to ensuring the professional growth and success of special operations medical personnel. Ongoing article series includes human performance optimization, injury prevention, the world of special operations medicine and tactical medicine perspective.
$103,623 spent10% of program spendingMembership dues collected for funding of program activities; other miscellaneous revenue; sales of soma gearscholarship payments made thru soma's set aside net assets for scholarship funding
$100,092 spentof which $8,000 as grants$189,561 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,069,640.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $760k to $472k (−38%).
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.
1% of SPECIAL OPERATIONS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $75 → $153.
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 SPECIAL OPERATIONS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION’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 SPECIAL OPERATIONS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION'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. $628 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
SPECIAL OPERATIONS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding SPECIAL OPERATIONS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6k on record.
- Department of Justice$6k
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 SPECIAL OPERATIONS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 SPECIAL OPERATIONS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: 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 SPECIAL OPERATIONS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION?
- SPECIAL OPERATIONS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $628 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($628). 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 SPECIAL OPERATIONS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $628 in grants to SPECIAL OPERATIONS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPECIAL OPERATIONS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $628 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPECIAL OPERATIONS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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