2026-03-24T11:11:48-07:00 2025-12-31 990EZ 2025-01-01 208974480 ARMY GROUND FORCES ASSOCIATION ARMY 5803354257 711 W Ute AV Stillwater OK 74075 Shawn Welch Treasurer, Board Trustee 5402202774 2026-02-24 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X www.armygroundforces.org X X 5305 X 3756 0 1549 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5305 0 0 0 0 0 0 4688 4688 617 47545 -2062 46100 X 7548 8165 0 0 39997 37935 47545 46100 0 0 47545 46100 X See Schedule O. AGFA conducted three interpretive event at Fort Hancock (May, Oct, Dec) with about 500 public visitors who learned about the US Army's role in defending America's major ports, harbors and naval bases during WWII at the most fully restored US Army seacoast artillery battery in the USA. 0 2861 AGFA conducted over 69 public workdays at Fort Hancock NJ restoring, maintaining and training to operate historic Army seacoast fortifications and associated historic equipment. About 2,150 public visitors learned about and witnessed our work. 0 1495 AGFA supports public interpretive events outside of Fort Hancock at locations primarily in Pennsylvania. These large public events have many participating groups and thousands of visitors. Members are covered by AGFA's liability insurance and a portion of that cost (11%) is allocated to these activities. 0 332 4688 Andrew Bennett Trustee, Board of Directors 3.00 0 0 0 Joel Gonzalez-Blanco Elected Member, Board of Directors (Term Started 8 Oct 2022) 2 0 0 0 Michael Murray Trustee, Board of Directors 1 0 0 0 Jonathan Prostak Trustee, Board of Directors 0.1 0 0 0 Paul Taylor Elected Member, Board of Directors 0.1 0 0 0 John Uhler Elected Member, Board of Directors (Term Started 8 Oct 2022) 3.00 0 0 0 Shawn Welch Treasurer, Trustee, Board of Directors 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OK Shawn Welch 1059 Third Avenue Hellertown PA 18055 5402202774 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 6640 2682 3812 2093 5305 20532 0 0 0 0 0 958 94 3612 3750 2143 10557 7598 2776 7424 5843 7448 31089 1000 30089 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31089 0.96783 1 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 3 The Government service provided is overnight housing at Fort Hancock during multi-day work periods and interpretive event weekends. This is historic military housing that has been renovated by the National Park Service and is provided as part of the Philanthropic Agreement. A nightly per-person value of $17.28 per night per person has been our standard factor for the past four years. We calculate this value for each night and person provided housing and the value in Line 3 is the total value of the service provided by year. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 1 The Association receives funds from the public as donations. As part of the Philanthropic Agreement with the National Park Service, all funds received at Fort Hancock (Gateway National Recreation Area) are expended in direct support of operations at Fort Hancock to include liability insurance and direct operational costs. In 2025, the Association received $2,924 in direct donations at Fort Hancock with an additional $393 carried over from 2024 for a total of $2,418. All donations collected at Fort Hancock are expended upon direct costs for operations at Fort Hancock (insurance, security monitoring, materials for restoration of fortifications at Fort Hancock). Donations received at events unconnected to Fort Hancock and the National Park Service totaled $1,732. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Cost share 50% with National Park Service for Security Monitoring contract ($300); Liability and Directors and Officer's Insurance ($3,023); purchase of historic insignia for the 245th Coast Artillery Regiment which was the primary organization at Fort Hancock in 1943 ($600); purchase of a 1943 manufactured demilitarized M1 Garand Rifle ($450). This value represents all expenses for the organization and is appropriately spread between lines 28, 29 and 30 on Form 990-EZ, Part III. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 Net change in association property value by removing the value of non-historic items over five years old that have no resale value remaining due to degradation through use or age. Majority of items are reproduction "loaner closet" uniforms that are old, stained, damaged or otherwise of no significant cash value. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 22 This value represents the cash on hand at the end of the year. Unlike 2024, there is no carry-over of funds donated at Fort Hancock during operations in support of the National Park Service. Those funds were used to support direct costs of Fort Hancock NPS support operations (insurance and security monitoring at Battery Gunnison/New Battery Peck). Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Value of association owned historic and non-historic property at the end of the year. Major items of valuable historic property includes (and is not limited to) three M1910A1 Azimuth Instruments (value approximately $3,000 each); two M1904 3-inch telescopic sights (value approximately $600 each); forty-four EE-91 harbor defense telephones (value approximately $200 each); various telephone components such as handsets and head & chest sets valued at about $2,000; three telephone switch boards, fire control timing systems (value approximately $3,000); period electrical tools such as two Sawzall, three drills, one circular saw, two bench grinders (value approximately $2,000); seven vintage 1920s-40s electrical heaters (value approximately $1,500); six demilitarized M1903 Springfield Rifles dated between 1917 to 1942 (value approximately $500 each) and one 1943 manufactured demilitarized M1 Garand (value $500). These are the highlights of our valued property inventory. Reduction from previous year resulted from revaluation of property and removal of non-historic property values older than five years. Form 990-EZ, Part III, Line (28-31) The Association's primary purpose is historic restoration, preservation and interpretation of US Army harbor defense fortifications, equipment and operations in the 1930 to 1945 time period. The majority of the Association's work is performed at Fort Hancock (Sandy Hook Unit, Gateway National Recreation Area, National Park Service) under the authority of a philanthropic agreement with the NPS. Other aspects of Army operations such as communications, medical support and logistics services are also addressed in interpretive presentations. The expenditures reflected in lines 28 include purchase of historic property, public event entertainment services, 50% cost security monitoring; 50% of 89% of the cost of liability insurance. Expenditures for line 29 are 50% cost security monitoring; 50% of 89% of the cost of liability insurance. This year there were no supplies and materials purchases supporting work periods. Expenditures for Line 30 are 11% of insurance to account for the 11% of activities that are outside of the Fort Hancock location and unrelated to the NPS. The philanthropic agreement with the NPS requires a specific level of liability insurance in order to conduct operations.