2025-02-06T16:33:34-05:00 2024-06-30 822925901 J Gleason Associates LLC 928 E High Street Pottstown PA 19464 990 2023-07-01 320413200 Operation143 OPER 238 High Street STE 103 Pottstown PA 19464 Lisa Heverly President 4843004937 2025-01-27 false true Jacqueline M Gleason CPA P01285843 6103475004 2025-02-06 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Lisa Heverly 230811 false X www.operationbp.org X 2013 PA SEE SCHEDULE O 7 6 4 80 0 0 257574 230805 0 16 6 0 257590 230811 185781 138976 0 84639 84491 0 0 25784 19983 296204 243450 -38614 -12639 98111 85374 668 570 97443 84804 SEE SCHEDULE O false false 186535 138976 230804 Operation143 provides food to students living in various school districts in and around the Pottstown, Pennyslvania area who would go without food over the weekend. We work to help homeless and hungry students succeed by addressing the issue of childhood hunger. Operation143 serves alongside individuals and organizations to collect food and materials. Volunteers pack these items into backpacks, which are sent out to qualifying students who discretely pick up the backpacks each Friday at a designated place inside the school and return them on Monday. The process then begins again for the next week. The program has served 85,218 meals that were sent home to 542 students over the year. 186535 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false true 3 0 4 true false false false false false false false false X 7 6 true false false false false false false true true false false true false false false false false false PA X Lisa Heverly 4843748754 238 High Street Pottstown PA 19464 X Matthew Moyer Vice Chair 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Wendy Lucas Board Member 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dinell Smith Secretary 0.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Lisa Heverly FounderExecutive Director 40.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Drew Carlson Treasurer 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Paul Heverly Vice President 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 false false false 230805 60905 230805 6 6 230811 6 0 0 2123 2123 136853 136853 39288 39288 38390 38390 6813 3244 3569 80 80 2011 2011 185 185 5868 5868 4625 4625 253 253 298 298 5356 5356 Registration Fees 175 175 Merchant Fees 35 35 Bank Fees 670 670 Dues & Subscriptions 200 200 227 227 243450 186535 56915 0 96852 84413 6062 5601 759 461 500 500 98111 85374 668 570 668 570 X 97443 84804 97443 84804 98111 85374 -12639 0 X false false false X 229801 178114 203316 257574 230804 1099609 229801 178114 203316 257574 230804 1099609 1099609 65 22 16 16 6 125 65 22 16 16 6 125 229866 178136 203332 257590 230810 1099734 0.99990 0.97900 0.00000 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 6062 5601 461 461 Security Deposit 500 500 Payroll Tax Liabilities 570 570 false Backpacks full of food Cost Backpacks full of food for the weekend X 2250 60905 Cost false false false Officer directors etc family relationship Part VI line 2 The President and Founder is married to the Vice President of the organization. Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 Board of Directors reviews Form 990 and votes to approve for e-filing. Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 Board of Directors implements and approves the governing documents, policies, and the financial statements of Operation Backpack Inc. The Board of Directors decides what information is available for public disclosure. The Form 990 is available for review upon the Internal Revenue Service website IRS.gov. General explanation attachment Form 990, Part I, Line 1 - Organization Mission or Significant ActivitiesOperation Backpack provides food to students living in various school districts in and around the Pottstown, Pennsylvania area who would go without food over the weekend. We work to help homeless and hungry students succeed by addressing the issue of childhood hunger. Operation Backpack serves alongside individuals and organizations to collect food and materials. Volunteers pack these items into backpacks, which are sent out to qualifying students who discretely pick up the backpacks each Friday at a designated place inside the school and return them on Monday. The process begins again for the next week.