Fundraising organization providing scholarship funds for the families of service men and women killed, wounded, and injured while serving our nation.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$15K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $454K a year · 12% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
Looks good: 92% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$15K
to officers and key staff · 1% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 1% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.1M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 5.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $116K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$360K
21% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 21% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.4M
Spent
$1.2M
To programs
92%
Net assets
$1.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.4M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$862K
FY2022$3.2M
FY2023$10.4M
FY2024$4.9M
FY2025$2.0M
Expenses
$1.2M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$753K
FY2022$2.7M
FY2023$3.8M
FY2024$6.4M
FY2025$5.3M
Net assets
$1.4M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$8.6M
FY2024$7.3M
FY2025$4.2M

From the FY2020 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 2004.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $1.1M Management & general 8% · $90K Fundraising 0% · $3K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

19 people listed on the 990; $15K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$15,000Pt VII · Sec A
VP Administration
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Founder & Bod
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
NC State Funding Dir
$0Pt VII · Sec A
VP Washington Capital Region
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Bod-Founding
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kim Gilley’s $38K as President/CEO, Effective March 2025 is at the 7th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1842 $1–10M recreation & sports nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kim Gilley$38,138$52,631$62,231$18,662$60,000$15,000
Barrett Walker———$39,231——
Heather Dodgins$33,231—————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides scholarships for families of fallen, wounded, or injured service members.

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2 programs · $1.1M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Scholarship grants to partner 501(c)(3) entities. These entities received the committed funds. They will conduct their own application acceptance, review, and approval process and obligate award scholarships in the calendar year.

$1.1Mprogram expense
02

Soldiers appreciation weekend is an annual gala event for maintaining and enhancing "goodwill" equity producing income, services, and support. It connects supporters to the foundation's mission and military community the foundation supports; and, boosts public and community awareness of the foundation's relevance and contributions…

$11Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 190 grants · $15.5M · 2020–2025
East Carolina UniversityFY2025$695,519
University of NC at WilmingtonFY2025$295,800
University of North Carolina at CharlotteFY2025$292,500
University of NC at GreensboroFY2025$272,689
North Carolina State UniversityFY2025$256,782
Coastal Carolina Community CollegeFY2025$203,600
Campbell UniversityNC · FY2025$179,400
University of North Carolina at PembrokeFY2025$174,580
Appalachian State UniversityFY2025$167,977
Western Carolina UniversityFY2025$126,157
Wingate UniversityNC · FY2025$121,200
Montgomery Community CollegeFY2025$111,200
North Carolina A&t State UniversityFY2025$108,896
Fayetteville Technical Community CollegeFY2025$108,518
Methodist University INCNC · FY2025$108,302
Fayetteville State UniversityFY2025$96,868
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$145K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Money outPt IX
$1.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$90K
Fundraisingcol D$3K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$486K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$360K
PeoplePt VI, VII
19
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$145K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Gains on assetsLn 7$58K
Total revenueLn 12$1.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$271K
SavingsLn 2$215K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$486K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$41
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$360K
Net assetsLn 32$1.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 643
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$190K$486K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$908K$1.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$122$41
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K$360K
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M$1.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$1.1M$1.1M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$15K$0$15K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$16K$0$16K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$7K$0$7K$0
Office expensesLn 13$296$0$296$0
TravelLn 17$5K$0$5K$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$81$0$81$0
InsuranceLn 23$1K$0$1K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$29K$0$29K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$31K$11K$16K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.2M$1.1M$90K$3K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $2.0M$5.3M−$3.2M$4.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $4.9M$6.4M−$1.5M$7.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $10.4M$3.8M$6.6M$8.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.2M$2.7M$482K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $862K$753K$110K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $1.4M$1.2M$258K$1.4M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,412,803 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $873,924$1,266,961
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $188,241$144,842
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $6,025$1,000
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,068,190$1,412,803
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $702,500$1,050,000
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefits$15,000
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $265,793$89,549
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $968,293$1,154,549
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $99,897$258,254
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,412,803 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,266,961
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,266,961
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$86,747
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $58,095 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$58,095
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $1,000 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,000
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $145,842 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,412,803
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,154,549 across 10 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $1,050,000$1,050,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $15,000 · Fundraising $0$15,000
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $16,183 · Fundraising $0$16,183
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $7,320 · Fundraising $0$7,320
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $296 · Fundraising $0$296
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $4,891 · Fundraising $0$4,891
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $81 · Fundraising $0$81
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $1,470 · Fundraising $0$1,470
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $0 · Management $28,569 · Fundraising $0$28,569
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $11,269 · Management $16,323 · Fundraising $3,147$30,739
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,061,269 · Management $90,133 · Fundraising $3,147$1,154,549
Part X · Balance sheet $1,722,225 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $26,700$270,833
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $163,243$215,096
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $7,319$174,003
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $122$41
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $190,784$229,766
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $717,389$832,486
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,105,557$1,722,225
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,195$359,609
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,195$359,609
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,071,351$1,306,677
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $33,011$55,939
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,104,362$1,362,616
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,105,557$1,722,225
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,362,616 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,412,803
XI-2 Total expenses$1,154,549
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$258,254
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,104,362
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,362,616

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