To assist and address the needs of members of the united states special operations command as they return home from combat.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$261K 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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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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 $649K a year · 24% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$261K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
12 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 11.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $298K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$92K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 6 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.2M
-23% vs prior year
Spent
$2.4M
To programs
84%
Net assets
$7.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.2M
FY2023▼ -23%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.7M
FY2021$3.1M
FY2022$2.9M
FY2023$2.2M
FY2024$2.5M
FY2025$2.6M
Expenses
$2.4M
FY2023▲ +9%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$2.2M
FY2023$2.4M
FY2024$2.6M
FY2025$2.5M
Net assets
$7.7M
FY2023▼ -2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$5.4M
FY2021$7.1M
FY2022$7.8M
FY2023$7.7M
FY2024$7.7M
FY2025$7.8M

From the FY2023 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 Dec 2011.

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Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $2.0M Management & general 6% · $148K Fundraising 10% · $228K

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

7 people listed on the 990; $261K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$150,000Pt VII · Sec A
Program Director
$111,083Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kevin Stacy’s $156K as Executive Dir. is at the 69th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1683 $1–10M mental health 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
Kevin Stacy$155,750$152,000$150,000$139,259$115,000$110,000
Shannon Stacy$113,700$111,000$111,083———
Troy Schnack———$100,000——

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Helps U.S. Special Operations Command members transition home after combat.

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1 program · $2.0M · in their own filed words · FY2023
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The station foundation exists to guide warriors home after combat, restoring family and community relationships. Our group works exclusively with the special operations community, helping warriors and their family experience a richer, deeper life beyond combat.

$2.0Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$30K
Money outPt IX
$2.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.0M
Managementcol C$148K
Fundraisingcol D$228K
Owns and owesPt X
$7.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.3M
Total assetsLn 16$7.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$92K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.4M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$159K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$790K
Investment incomeLn 3$30K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$2.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.3M
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.0M
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$7.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$92K
Net assetsLn 32$7.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 513
VolunteersI 629
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.3M$2.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$479K$2.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.0M$3.0M
Total assetsLn 16$7.9M$7.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$81K$92K
Net assetsLn 32$7.8M$7.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$150K$128K$8K$15K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.0M$832K$65K$114K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$25K$20K$2K$3K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$34K$28K$2K$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10$95K$78K$6K$11K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$32K$32K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$34K$21K$97$12K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$109K$109K
TravelLn 17$4K$17$600$4K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$168K$159K$5K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$77K$63K$10K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$623K$561K$15K$47K
All other expensesLn 24e$17K$2K$3K$12K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.4M$2.0M$148K$228K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $2.6M$2.5M$57K$7.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.5M$2.6M−$100K$7.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $2.2M$2.4M−$160K$7.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.9M$2.2M$707K$7.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.1M$1.3M$1.8M$7.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.7M$1.1M$1.6M$5.4M 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $2,217,171 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,087,507$2,426,990
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $10,330$30,060
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$209,767−$239,879
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,888,070$2,217,171
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,217,045$1,314,476
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $964,246$1,063,031
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,181,291$2,377,507
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $706,779−$160,336
Part VI · Governance 5 of 6 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,217,171 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$789,570
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,637,420
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$158,794
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,426,990
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $30,060$30,060
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$239,879−$239,879
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax −$209,819$2,217,171
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,377,507 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $127,500 · Management $7,500 · Fundraising $15,000$150,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $832,061 · Management $65,002 · Fundraising $113,839$1,010,902
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $20,310 · Management $1,535 · Fundraising $2,727$24,572
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $28,247 · Management $2,134 · Fundraising $3,793$34,174
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $78,382 · Management $5,922 · Fundraising $10,524$94,828
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $31,885$31,885
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $21,369 · Management $97 · Fundraising $12,148$33,614
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $108,635$108,635
IX-17 TravelPrograms $17 · Management $600 · Fundraising $3,750$4,367
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $158,794 · Management $5,459 · Fundraising $3,377$167,630
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $62,726 · Management $10,295 · Fundraising $3,818$76,839
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $560,901 · Management $15,100 · Fundraising $46,875$622,876
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $2,404 · Management $2,624 · Fundraising $12,157$17,185
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,001,346 · Management $148,153 · Fundraising $228,008$2,377,507
Part X · Balance sheet $7,744,466 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $4,327,255$2,283,570
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $60,000$337,912
X-4 Accounts receivable$2,669
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $17,929$21,328
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,982,167$2,964,968
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $478,848$2,134,019
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $7,866,199$7,744,466
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $81,314$91,849
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $81,314$91,849
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $6,035,131$6,192,315
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,749,754$1,460,302
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $7,784,885$7,652,617
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $7,866,199$7,744,466
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $7,652,617 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,217,171
XI-2 Total expenses$2,377,507
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$160,336
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$7,784,885
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$28,068
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$7,652,617

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