Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2007.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
72 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
22 people listed on the 990; $1.7M paid to officers and key staff.
Autumn Smoot’s $334K as Chief Financial Officer is at the 98th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1245 $1–10M employment 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn Smoot | $334,242 | $218,895 | $220,170 | $214,315 | $84,213 | — |
| La Costa Moore | $333,565 | $222,921 | $216,695 | $210,381 | — | — |
| Mary Beth Bruggeman | — | $270,988 | $247,779 | $236,037 | $229,675 | $221,673 |
| James Gillen | — | $179,716 | $217,581 | $105,000 | — | — |
| Susan Thaxton | — | $172,818 | $216,781 | $215,927 | $204,649 | $180,351 |
| Laura L'Esperance | — | — | — | — | $214,513 | $183,646 |
| Jennifer Kovacs | — | — | — | — | $213,369 | $154,683 |
| Jeremy Albritton | — | — | — | — | $30,114 | $200,512 |
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.
See The Mission Continues executive salaries →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 15aYes
Programs and updates
Connects veterans with chances to help underserved communities.
Questions for The Mission Continues
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Service Platoon Program
Connects veterans in a city to tackle a new mission in their community. Volunteers without previous military service are welcome, and platoons often form partnerships with other community groups. Each platoon is veteran-led, supported by a leadership team, and directed by a platoon leader.
Program Support and Thought Leadership
All of the mission continues' programs require three primary functions that are delivered in a scalable way: technology tools, program design and training, and external affairs support. This also includes TMC research into impact on both veterans and communities around our empowered veterans index and our community impact framework.
Women Veterans Leadership Program (wvlp)
This program changes the narrative on what it means to be a woman veteran by leveraging their leadership skills and authentic selves to become change-makers, all while enhancing their personal and professional networks.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2022 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY22 | End FY22 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $5.5M | $2.2M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $2.4M | $11.9M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $11K | $775 |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $10.4M | $17.8M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $690K | $859K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $9.7M | $17.0M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $249K | $249K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $1.0M | $529K | $359K | $160K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $4.1M | $2.9M | $670K | $561K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $64K | $41K | $14K | $9K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $410K | $270K | $98K | $42K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $387K | $262K | $72K | $53K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $4K | $4K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $181K | $181K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $809K | $540K | $203K | $67K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $182K | $177K | $4K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $188K | $111K | $38K | $40K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $590K | $426K | $136K | $28K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $274K | $203K | $71K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $118K | $34K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $553K | $496K | $44K | $13K |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $10K | $10K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $73K | $50K | $23K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $691K | $626K | $64K | $584 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $11.3M | $8.2M | $2.1M | $1.0M |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Aug 14, 2026 | $3.6M | $6.8M | −$3.2M | $0 | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Oct 25, 2025 | $4.2M | $10.3M | −$6.1M | $10.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Jul 11, 2024 | $10.8M | $11.5M | −$788K | $16.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 ViewingFiled with the IRS Jul 13, 2023 | $18.6M | $11.3M | $7.3M | $17.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Jun 14, 2022 | $11.1M | $9.5M | $1.6M | $9.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Jul 20, 2021 | $11.4M | $10.9M | $449K | $8.2M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $18,595,391 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 10 of 11 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $18,595,391 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $11,290,050 across 18 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $17,846,049 assets, 15 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $16,987,323 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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