2026-07-22T15:13:03-04:00 2025-09-30 872882019 EWR CPA PLLC 2402 HICKSWOOD RD STE 100 HIGH POINT NC 27265 990EZ 2024-10-01 274873506 ENDURING GRATITUDE INC ENDU 3366211100 3546 ANDERSON VALLEY ROAD MCLEANSVILLE NC 27301 JOHN R TEAGUE TREASURER 3366211100 2026-07-20 true true ALYSON KENNEDY P02385949 3368410710 2026-07-20 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X HTTPS://ENDURINGGRATITUDE.ORG/ X X 78855 X 78855 78855 300 340 84938 85578 -6723 36191 29468 36191 29468 36191 29468 36191 29468 X WE WANT EVERY SOLDIER, SAILOR, AND AIRMAN TO FEEL APPRECIATED FOR THEIR SACRIFICE TO THIS GRATEFUL NATION. THE MISSION IS TO DEMONSTRATE OUR GRATITUDE TO OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN BY OFFERING MEANINGFUL OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES, FREE TO THE PARTICIPANTS. WE ORGANIZE A PHEASANT HUNTING AND SPORTING CLAYS EVENT EVERY YEAR IN THE HEARTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA. IN 2010 A GROUP FROM THE HIGH POINT AREA DISCUSSED THE DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED BY YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN RETURNING FROM OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, OUR THEN CURRENT OPERATIONS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. OUR SOLDIERS, MARINES, SAILORS AND AIRMEN ARE ENGAGED IN THE LONGEST WAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE SIZE OF OUR FIGHTING FORCE IS THE SMALLEST IT HAS BEEN IN RECENT HISTORY. AS A RESULT, OUR SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN WERE EXPERIENCING MULTIPLE DEPLOYMENTS; SOME AS MANY AS TEN WITH THREE OR FOUR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD BEING COMMON. MANY OF THESE WHO'VE SERVED MULTIPLE DEPLOYMENTS ARE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE, AND NOT EVEN FULL TIME SOLDIERS. THOUSANDS OF FIRST LITTLE LEAGUE GAMES, DANCE RECITALS, BIRTHS, AND OTHER MILESTONE OCCASIONS IN THEIR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF THEIR FAMILIES HAVE BEEN MISSED. AS CITIZENS WHO APPRECIATE THE SACRIFICES AND EFFORTS OF THESE BRAVE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, THE GROUP FORMED ENDURING GRATITUDE WWW.ENDURINGGRATITUDE.ORG, A 501C3 CHARITABLE NON-PROFIT FEDERAL TAX ID 27-4873506 WITH THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF PROVIDING THESE, WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED, SERVED, AND SACRIFICED WITH A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE IN THE OUTDOORS AS AN EXPRESSION OF OUR GRATITUDE. WE HAVE RECENTLY CHANGED OUR ELIGIBILITY TO INCLUDE ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN CONFLICTS AND PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR OUR FREEDOM. UNLIKE MANY SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS, THERE ARE NO PAID EMPLOYEES OF ENDURING GRATITUDE. SINCE OUR INCEPTION, WE'VE HOSTED MULTIPLE EVENTS INCLUDING BIRD HUNTS, DEER HUNTS, TURKEY HUNTS, AND WATERFOWL HUNTS FOR SOLDIERS ACROSS OUR STATE. OUR 2025 ENDURING GRATITUDE EVENT FOR VETERANS WAS HELD ON FEBRUARY 8 WITH A PHEASANT TOWER SHOOT AND SPORTING CLAY SHOOT AT BEAVER POND SPORTING CLUB. THIS WAS A DAY THAT TRULY HONORED OUR VETERANS. OVER 150 VETERANS ATTENDED. MORE THAN 140 VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATED DONATING COUNTLESS HOURS OF TIME TO MAKE THIS A MEMORABLE EVENT. WE PREPARED MEALS, PROVIDED OUR PARTICIPANTS WITH EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT, ALL OF THIS AT NO COST TO OUR VETERANS. EACH VETERAN WAS GIVEN A BAG WITH SOCKS, TSHIRTS, HATS, EAR AND EYE PROTECTION, AND VARIOUS OTHER SWAG BAG ITEMS. AT LUNCH THERE WAS A GUEST SPEAKER WHO WAS ALSO A VETERAN. MANY GAVE VERY INSPIRATIONAL SPEECHES. THERE WAS ALSO A RAFFLE OF VERY GENEROUS DONATIONS GIVEN BY OUR SPONSORS. OUR WEBSITE, WWW.ENDURINGGRATTUDE.ORG, HAS PICTURES OF THE EVENTS OF THAT DAY. 82675 82675 FELIX MILLER PRESIDENT 6.00 0 GLENN PERSON VICE PRESIDE 6.00 0 CASEY MICAN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0 STEPHEN WILLIAMS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0 TODD KENNEDY BOARD MEMBER 6.00 0 JOHN R TEAGUE TREASURER 16.00 0 CHARLES H DAVIS BOARD MEMBER 6.00 0 CHARLES EDWARD WARD JR BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0 JERRY WILLIAMS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0 false false false false false false false false false JOHN R TEAGUE 3546 ANDERSON VALLEY ROAD MCLEANSVILLE NC 27301 3366211100 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 84628 85065 85544 81828 78855 415920 84628 85065 85544 81828 78855 415920 415920 415920 1.00000 1.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES KOOZIES 448 1,811 WEBSITE 46 WORKDAY LUNCH 279 1,328 BANK CHARGES 55 EAR PROTECTION 127 DONUTS AND BISCUITS 1,299 EVENT GIVAWAYS 23,038 EYE PROTECTION 305 PORTALETS 769 COOLERS FOR PHEASANTS 1,296 TAXES AND LICENSES 177 TOTES 608 BEAVER POND EVENT COSTS 47,000 SAFETY SHIRTS/VEST 5,016 EVENT FEES 531 GLOVES 99 BIRD SHEARS 288 HATS 418 TOTAL 84,938 FORM 990-EZ, PART III WE WANT EVERY SOLDIER, SAILOR, AND AIRMAN TO FEEL APPRECIATED FOR THEIR SACRIFICE TO THIS GRATEFUL NATION. THE MISSION IS TO DEMONSTRATE OUR GRATITUDE TO OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN BY OFFERING MEANINGFUL OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES, FREE TO THE PARTICIPANTS. WE ORGANIZE A PHEASANT HUNTING AND SPORTING CLAYS EVENT EVERY YEAR IN THE HEARTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 IN 2010 A GROUP FROM THE HIGH POINT AREA DISCUSSED THE DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED BY YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN RETURNING FROM OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, OUR THEN CURRENT OPERATIONS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. OUR SOLDIERS, MARINES, SAILORS AND AIRMEN ARE ENGAGED IN THE LONGEST WAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE SIZE OF OUR FIGHTING FORCE IS THE SMALLEST IT HAS BEEN IN RECENT HISTORY. AS A RESULT, OUR SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN WERE EXPERIENCING MULTIPLE DEPLOYMENTS; SOME AS MANY AS TEN WITH THREE OR FOUR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD BEING COMMON. MANY OF THESE WHO'VE SERVED MULTIPLE DEPLOYMENTS ARE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE, AND NOT EVEN FULL TIME SOLDIERS. THOUSANDS OF FIRST LITTLE LEAGUE GAMES, DANCE RECITALS, BIRTHS, AND OTHER MILESTONE OCCASIONS IN THEIR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF THEIR FAMILIES HAVE BEEN MISSED. AS CITIZENS WHO APPRECIATE THE SACRIFICES AND EFFORTS OF THESE BRAVE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, THE GROUP FORMED ENDURING GRATITUDE WWW.ENDURINGGRATITUDE.ORG, A 501C3 CHARITABLE NON-PROFIT FEDERAL TAX ID 27-4873506 WITH THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF PROVIDING THESE, WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED, SERVED, AND SACRIFICED WITH A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE IN THE OUTDOORS AS AN EXPRESSION OF OUR GRATITUDE. WE HAVE RECENTLY CHANGED OUR ELIGIBILITY TO INCLUDE ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN CONFLICTS AND PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR OUR FREEDOM. UNLIKE MANY SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS, THERE ARE NO PAID EMPLOYEES OF ENDURING GRATITUDE. SINCE OUR INCEPTION, WE'VE HOSTED MULTIPLE EVENTS INCLUDING BIRD HUNTS, DEER HUNTS, TURKEY HUNTS, AND WATERFOWL HUNTS FOR SOLDIERS ACROSS OUR STATE. OUR 2025 ENDURING GRATITUDE EVENT FOR VETERANS WAS HELD ON FEBRUARY 8 WITH A PHEASANT TOWER SHOOT AND SPORTING CLAY SHOOT AT BEAVER POND SPORTING CLUB. THIS WAS A DAY THAT TRULY HONORED OUR VETERANS. OVER 150 VETERANS ATTENDED. MORE THAN 140 VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATED DONATING COUNTLESS HOURS OF TIME TO MAKE THIS A MEMORABLE EVENT. WE PREPARED MEALS, PROVIDED OUR PARTICIPANTS WITH EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT, ALL OF THIS AT NO COST TO OUR VETERANS. EACH VETERAN WAS GIVEN A BAG WITH SOCKS, TSHIRTS, HATS, EAR AND EYE PROTECTION, AND VARIOUS OTHER SWAG BAG ITEMS. AT LUNCH THERE WAS A GUEST SPEAKER WHO WAS ALSO A VETERAN. MANY GAVE VERY INSPIRATIONAL SPEECHES. THERE WAS ALSO A RAFFLE OF VERY GENEROUS DONATIONS GIVEN BY OUR SPONSORS. OUR WEBSITE, WWW.ENDURINGGRATTUDE.ORG, HAS PICTURES OF THE EVENTS OF THAT DAY.