Nonprofit · EIN 95-3504080
OPERATION USA
Tax-exempt · LOS ANGELES, CA 90036
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $3,488,555 | $4,032,586 | -$544,031 | $2,179,815 | $84,276 | $2,095,539 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $2,776,356 | $2,932,062 | -$155,706 | $2,766,543 | $126,973 | $2,639,570 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $6,751,511 | $10,349,669 | -$3,598,158 | $2,935,722 | $140,446 | $2,795,276 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $3,484,107
- of which government grants
- $37,679
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $4,448
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $3,031,410
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $198,892
- Other salaries and wages
- $358,883
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $667,483
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $29,527
- Occupancy
- $130,349
- Travel
- $43,354
- Program services (functional)
- $3,656,619
- Management and general (functional)
- $205,505
- Fundraising (functional)
- $170,462
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,766,543
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,179,815
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $84,276
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,095,539
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $678,808
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $1,416,731
- Gross receipts
- $3,488,555
- Employees
- 6
- Volunteers
- 22
- Year formed
- 1979
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RICHARD WALDEN | PRESIDENT & CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 60 | $192,063 | $6,829 |
| BOB JOHNSON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID NIEH | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DREW HAGAN | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GARY LARSEN | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JEFF FRANKLIN | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JULIE ANDREWS EDWARDS | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JULIE YANNATTA | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARIA MOHIUDDIN VERJEE | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL MAHDESIAN | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NOLA KAMBANDA | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PETER GREENBERG | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RICHARD ALLEN | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RICHARD WALDEN | PRESIDENT & CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 60 | $192,063 | $6,829 |
| BOB JOHNSON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID NIEH | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DREW HAGAN | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GARY LARSEN | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JEFF FRANKLIN | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JULIE ANDREWS EDWARDS | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JULIE YANNATTA | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARIA MOHIUDDIN VERJEE | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL MAHDESIAN | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NOLA KAMBANDA | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PETER GREENBERG | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RICHARD ALLEN | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RICHARD WALDEN | PRESIDENT & CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 60 | $192,063 | $6,548 |
| MIKE MAHDESIAN | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARIA MOHIUDDIN VERJEE | MANAGING MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RICK ALLEN | MANAGING MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DREW HAGEN | MANAGING MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BOB JOHNSON | MANAGING MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHNATHAN ESTRIN | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GARY LARSEN | MANAGING MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JULIE ANDREWS | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROSARIO DAWSON | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JEFF FRANKLIN | MANAGING MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NOLA KAMBANDA | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID NIEH | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SKIP WHITNEY | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JULIE YANNATTA | MANAGING MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PETER GREENBERG | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PENTHOUSE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90036-0000
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- RICHARD WALDEN, 7421 BEVERLY BLVD PH, LOS ANGELES, CA 90036
- Signed the 990
- RICHARD WALDEN, PRESIDENT & CEO
- Phone
- (323) 413-2353
- Website
- HTTP://WWW.OPUSA.ORG/
- Return prepared by
- MACIAS GINI & O'CONNELL LLP
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 95-3504080 or by the name OPERATION USA.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
IT HELPS COMMUNITIES TO ALLEVIATE THE EFFECTS OF DISASTERS, DISEASE AND ENDEMIC POVERTY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY PROVIDING PRIVATELY-FUNDED RELIEF, RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT AID. THE ORGANIZATION WORKS WITH PARTNER AGENCIES IN MANY COUNTRIES, INCLUDING LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL NGO'S, UN AND GOVERNMENT HEALTH AGENCIES AND OTHER CIVIL SOCIETY INSTITUTIONS. EACH PARTNER AGENCY RECEIVES A LIST OF AVAILABLE SUPPLIES AND EVALUATES THEM IN RELATION TO LOCAL NEEDS. THEN THE SUPPLIES ARE PACKED AND SHIPPED BY AIR, SEA AND LAND TO WHERE THE GREATEST NEED EXISTS.
Program accomplishments
- THE ORGANIZATION WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN PROVIDING EMERGENCY CASH GRANTS AND DISASTER RELIEF SUPPLIES INCLUDING MASKS, PPE, GLOVES AND HAND SANITIZERS; CLEANING AND DISINFECTING PRODUCTS; HYGIENE SUPPLIES; BLANKETS; AND CLOTHING, SHOES AND OTHER RELIEF ITEMS TO PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES DURING ONGOING COVID-19 PANDEMIC RECOVERY AND IN RESPONSE TO MAJOR DISASTERS INCLUDING HURRICANES, FLOODS AND WILDFIRES. OPERATION USA ALSO DISTRIBUTED EMERGENCY CASH GRANTS AND SHIPPED MATERIAL AID INCLUDING MEDICAL SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT, HYGIENE SUPPLIES, RELIEF ITEMS AND SHELTER KITS TO INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS IN UKRAINE TO AID IN ONGOING WAR RELIEF, AND DELIVERED CASH GRANTS TO SRI LANKA TO AID IN LONG-TERM WAR RECOVERY. ALL GOODS AND GRANTS DELIVERED BY OPERATION USA ARE RECEIVED BY PRE-VETTED COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS WHICH FACILITATE DISTRIBUTION IN LINE WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION.Expenses $1,232,722 · grants $560,000
- OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES PROVIDED SUPPORT ONGOING LONG-TERM RECOVERY, RESILIENCY BUILDING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS OF THE UNITED STATES. ONGOING DOMESTIC PROGRAMS INCLUDE DISTRIBUTION OF CLEANING AND SANITIZING MATERIALS TO PARTNERS ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT OF CONTINUED COVID-19 RECOVERY AND THE MANAGEMENT OF AN EMERGENCY DISASTER SUPPLY CACHE. BOTH INTERNATIONALLY AND DOMESTICALLY, OPERATION USA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES WHERE THE ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS FOLLOWING MAJOR DISASTERS.Expenses $2,423,897 · grants $2,471,410
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 95-3504080
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1980
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- International, foreign affairs and national security (Q330)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,179,815
- Income (IRS master file)
- $3,488,555
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $3,488,555 | $4,032,586 | $2,179,815 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $2,776,356 | $2,932,062 | $2,766,543 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $6,751,511 | $10,349,669 | $2,935,722 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $11,905,286 | $12,256,117 | $6,406,954 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 95-3504080).
Questions about OPERATION USA
- What is the EIN of OPERATION USA?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of OPERATION USA is 95-3504080.
- Is OPERATION USA tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1980.
- Are donations to OPERATION USA tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does OPERATION USA file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of OPERATION USA due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did OPERATION USA last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of OPERATION USA?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names RICHARD WALDEN.
- Who are the officers and directors of OPERATION USA?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 13 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $192,063 (RICHARD WALDEN, PRESIDENT & CEO).
- How much revenue does OPERATION USA have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $3,488,555, expenses of $4,032,586 and total assets of $2,179,815 at year end.
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