Operation Kindness

Carrollton, Texas
EIN 75-1553350

Firms paid: 2
Fees reported, 2018–2024: $1.5M
Fees reported in 2024: $225K
Most Recent Reported Revenue: $11.9M

Fundraising fees by year

Per Form 990 Schedule G

Firms paid in 2024

$225,186 to 1 fundraiser

Fundraisers Operation Kindness paid in 2024, from Form 990 Schedule G
Fundraiser	Filed as	Fee
Newport One, Inc.Direct responseDirect mail	Direct mail	$225,186

Also among its largest contractors in 2024

From Part VII-B of the return, which lists its five best-paid contractors of any kind paid over $100,000. These can repeat the lines above.

Newport One, Inc.Direct responseDirect mail$226,204

All firms paid

Fundraisers Operation Kindness reported paying, all years
Fundraiser	Years	Total fees
Brad Cecil & AssociatesDirect response	2018–2022 · 5 years	$1,257,926
Newport One, Inc.Direct response	2024	$225,186

Form 990 Snapshot

Operation Kindness's Form 990 figures by year
Tax year	Revenue	Contributions	Fundraising expenses	Professional fundraising fees
2022	$11.9M	$10.5M	$1.3M	$283K
2021	$10.3M	$9.2M	$1.3M	$246K
2020	$8.6M	$8.0M	$1.1M	$252K
2019	$7.7M	$7.0M	$1.1M	—
2018	$10.9M	$9.8M	$1.0M	$213K

Fees are what Operation Kindness reported on IRS Form 990. Nonprofits list only fundraisers paid $5,000 or more, and many book consultants under other expenses, so a nonprofit can have worked with firms that don't appear here. Last checked 2026-11-14.