To ensure full financial assistance for a post-secondary degree from an accredited two or four year college, university, technical, or trade school (public or private, in-state and out of state) as well as educational counseling and tutoring to the surviving children of army, navy, air force and marine corps Special Operations personnel who lose their lives in the line-of-duty and children of medal of honor recipients, and to provide immediate financial assistance to severely combat wounded, ill or severely injured, and hospitalized Special Operations personnel and their families.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$530K 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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FY2022 · Form 990-TIndependent: 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
FY2024
latest Form 990-T
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $12.1M a year · 44% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$530K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $202K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$68.0M
37% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 37% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
24
of 25 voting members
Looks good: 24 of 25 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$15.3M
-57% vs prior year
Spent
$14.8M
To programs
90%
Net assets
$115.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$15.3M
FY2022▼ -57%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$16.4M
FY2021$35.3M
FY2022$15.3M
FY2023$16.8M
FY2024$53.9M
Expenses
$14.8M
FY2022▲ +16%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$11.2M
FY2021$12.8M
FY2022$14.8M
FY2023$18.4M
FY2024$20.2M
Net assets
$115.8M
FY2022▼ -23%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$119.8M
FY2021$150.8M
FY2022$115.8M
FY2023$144.3M
FY2024$173.2M

From the FY2022 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Oct 1995.

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

Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $13.3M Management & general 4% · $533K Fundraising 7% · $969K

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

27 people listed on the 990-T; $530K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President/CEO
$247,856Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Vice President
$175,004Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Director of Program
$107,034Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Investment Officer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Clayton M Hutmacher’s $286K as President/CEO is at the 62nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3683 $10–100M education 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Clayton M Hutmacher$285,677$271,726$247,856$235,393$234,042
Sean Corrigan$195,975$191,404$175,004$170,480$170,480
Barbara Secor$136,845$120,935———
Kelly Becker$135,964————
Edith Rosenthal——$107,034$134,190$135,332
Greg Von Schottenstein—$126,000———
Angel Mason$121,910$116,105———
Lisa Henson$105,216————

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides college funding, tutoring, and family aid for children of fallen and wounded special operations personnel and Medal of Honor recipients.

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3 programs · $13.3M · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Scholarship Grants

222 children attended colleges or other post secondary educational institutions in 2022 and the foundation also coordinated grants with outside agencies that, additionally, provided approximatley $3.9 million to the children attending college, our grants include funding for tuition, room and board, books, tutoring, computers, fees…

$11.5Mprogram expense
02

Counseling and Tutoring

The foundation provided educational counseling to over 800 children that have not yet reached college age or started their post secondary education. 125 of these children were in middle and high school and received academic planning materials and started preparing to begin their post secondary education.

$1.5Mprogram expense
03

Support to Special Operations Wounded Personnel

The foundation provided direct financial support to 38 severely combat wounded or injured special operations people and their families while the wounded special operations service members recovered in a U.S.HOSPITAL.

$319Kprogram 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 · FY2025
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Grants paid · 15 grants · $28.9M · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$5,699,410
Unitemized GrantFY2024$2,804,951
Unitemized GrantFY2024$312,357
Unitemized GrantFY2023$4,901,324
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,812,528
Unitemized GrantFY2023$296,901
Unitemized GrantFY2022$3,932,835
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,159,693
Unitemized GrantFY2022$189,510
Unitemized GrantFY2021$3,397,911
Unitemized GrantFY2021$663,260
Unitemized GrantFY2021$138,482
Unitemized GrantFY2020$3,347,452
Unitemized GrantFY2020$156,275
Unitemized GrantFY2020$126,612

By the numbers

The FY2022 990-T, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$15.3M
Gifts and grants$14.8M
Investment income$819K
Money out
$14.8M
Programs$13.3M
Management$533K
Fundraising$969K
Owns and owes
$115.8M
net assets
Cash and savings$6.6M
Total assets$183.8M
Liabilities$68.0M
People
27
listed
Paid3
Voting board25
Independent24
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Gifts and grants$14.8M
Investment income$819K
Total revenue$15.3M
Assets in detailEnd of year
Cash and savings together$6.6M
Total assets$183.8M
Liabilities$68.0M
Net assets$115.8M
Operations
Employees18
Volunteers200
Fiscal year endsDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyYes
Whistleblower policyYes
Records policyYes

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $53.9M$20.2M$33.7M$173.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $16.8M$18.4M−$1.6M$144.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $15.3M$14.8M$426K$115.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $35.3M$12.8M$22.6M$150.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 $16.4M$11.2M$5.2M$119.8M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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