Supporting America's Troops in Combat
Welcome
to
US Troop Support Foundation
To make a donation please click Please visit our up coming events page ( click on the link on the left of this page on the page links) to see where we will be and things we will be doing, as well as things others are doing for us ! We update this often , adding new events, and deleting old events. Please visit often !
Last updated March 7th, 2010
We keep our web site updated. Please visit often for new pictures, letters, information on how to help, and information on what we are doing and not doing AND WHY!
We are thrilled to announce a new Major Change and Event!!!!
US Troop Support Foundation has recently
started a new Chapter in Texas.
We will be doing some revamping of our web site.
We will be announcing events and showing what our wonderful group in TX is doing.
Please be patient with us as we get this done.
USTSF has not changed, just grown !
US TROOP SUPPORT FOUNDATION
is a non profit NON POLITICAL Grass Roots 501 (c) (3) foundation started in Jan 2003 by the Parents of a young Marine deploying . Initially a small group of friends and family, then to a foundation parented by NHF, then in 2006, to a Foundation of it's own.
Starting with 187 US MARINES in 2003.
US Troop Support Foundation continues to grow. Supporting all branches, USTSF has sent out over 200,000 care packages.
US Troop Support Foundation has supported more than 200,000 troops care packages since it began in 2003. Sending care packages, letters, phone cards and emails.
US Troop Support Foundation not only assists combat troops, but also assists families of combat troops in emergency situations when funds are available.
in the way of direct pay to the debt. We do not
give cash financial assistance to families.
We do not have grants available for education assistance.
We do not have funds for luxury items such as swimming pools in troops private yards.
We will forward appropriate letters and cards of support from Churches , schools and general public. We DO NOT allow anyone to use USTS as a dating service or "HOOK UP" for our troops. We will not forward anything that may be used in any way to seduce or alarm our troops or their families!
Please understand families and troops have enough stress to endure. They do not need any added to it.
US Troop Support Foundation is made up of all volunteers! Most of our volunteers are parents & grandparents of troops & former military. We do accept other volunteers. We want all caring folks that really want to help to be volunteers. We do not give all volunteers troops info. Troops info is kept private and secured within the hands of founders and a few KEY volunteers.
NO ONE GETS PAID!
We are all volunteers !!!!!!!
We keep more than 99% going
to the cause!
It is impossible to keep 100% going to the
cause. We must pay Secretary of State fees . We also spend a very small amount on booth fees and other fees for fund raisers to benefit our troops, and a very minimal amount on office expense.
Our IRS Form 990 's for 2006 and
2007 is available for public viewing . Please scroll down this page to
see both of them.
In 2008 we still kept over 99% going to the cause!
on any one of the donation or
Pay pal on the bottom of our pages.
All links are secure sites.
You can make a donation
by credit card or electronic
check on all of these links! If you encounter a problem, please check
your security settings or fire walls.
If you need help please call Linda at
816-224-4729.
To add a spouse, friend, or loved one serving in a combat area, please
click on the ustsassistance link
below and send an email to Linda.
Please include their name, rank,
branch, address, and expected due
date to return home.
We use mostly Large flat rate boxes
to mail to our troops.
As of Jan 4th, 2010 the cost to mail a large flat rate to APO and FPO addresses increased to $12.50.
Some items do not fit in flat
rate boxes. In these cases
we are forced to pay per pound
and size. Postage gets very
expensive.
We know there are alot of scams
out in the world and we gladly
accept stamps to help mail instead of cash. We also hold adopt a box fund raiser's. Please see our up coming
events page for info on those.
USTSASSISTANCE@AOL.com
We will no longer be listed with America Supports You, a DOD site.
America Supports You was under investigation and found to have misaprropriated more than 9 million dollars in funds. WE DO NOT WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH ANYONE that would do that to our Troops! Please copy and paste the following link and read the news article on this.
We tried for 6 months to contact someone, anyone , at ASY to see what was going on and could get no contact. More than 6 months later they reorganized and contacted us. This is not satisfactory ! WE CHOSE TO DROP OFF THEIR LIST !
If you would like a hard copy of our IRS 990 Please contactLinda at 816-224-4729.
We will be more than happy to supply it .
We are listed on KC BBB web site. We meet all but one standard of the BBB. Our Accounting is done by a CPA ( outside of our volunteers) who donates his time. The BBB also requires an independent audit. These cost about $4000 and up. We choose to use that money on our troops.
We are a public foundation and our 990 is open to the public and posted online below! We keep the last 3 years posted here. We will also gladly provide a hard copy to anyone who asks , free of charge !
Note : 990 forms are normally completed and posted by May of the following year. Our goal is to keep over 99% always going to the cause!
Our 2006 Form 990
Our 2007 Form 990
(Still keeping more than 99% going to the cause!)
2008 IRS Form 990
You may donate on line by going to the bottom of any of our web pages and clicking on the donation link!
No personally identifiable information is collected from USTSF's website.
You may contact US TROOP SUPPORT FOUNDATION by email at
ustsassistance@aol.com
or by phone at 816-224-4729
Thank you for supporting our Troops !
