The organization provides assistance to more than 1,000 Special Forces members and their families through year-round programs that are crafted to heal, rebuild, and empower, providing them with mission, purpose and focus.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 157 volunteers and 4 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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 $165K a year · 13% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$105K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 10.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $20K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$74K
5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 5% 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
$1.6M
+29% vs prior year
Spent
$1.5M
To programs
86%
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.6M
FY2025▲ +29%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$582K
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$1.6M
Expenses
$1.5M
FY2025▲ +14%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$756K
FY2021$608K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$1.5M
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2025▲ +16%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$564K
FY2021$539K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.3M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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 Sep 2014.

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

Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $1.3M Management & general 8% · $121K Fundraising 6% · $89K

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; $105K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$105,000Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chairman of the Board
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman of the Board
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Matt Parish’s $105K as Executive Director is at the 34th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1690 $1–10M philanthropy & grantmaking 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Matt Parish$105,000$80,834———
Alan Williams——$24,000$97,292$90,000
Shane Stuhlmiller——$40,734——
Shane Sthhmiller—$23,750———

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

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3 programs · $1.3M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Rehabilitative Therapy Events

This program takes wounded, ill, or injured service members and their family members and helps them discover new limits and possibilities. The goal of this program is to enable the service member and their family to extend their activities o something they thought was not possible and to do it together, as a family.

$604Kprogram expense
02

Special Operations Forces Health Initiatives Progam

This program is a Mind, Body, Spirit and Purpose-driven progam focused on finding the root causes of illness and treating them with Functional Medicine. This program offers a full system, patient-centric approach to medicine and creates an enviornment conducive to healing and recovery.

$500Kprogram expense
03

Immediate Needs

The Foundation assists Special Operations service members and their families with needs that are not covered by the Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, or their insurance. The needs are diverse and may include every type of assistance, both medical and other immediate needs, as identified from either the Special Operations members…

$148Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$20K
Grants paid · 4 grants · $17K · 2022–2022

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$313K
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Money outPt IX
$1.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.3M
Managementcol C$121K
Fundraisingcol D$89K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$74K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$186K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$313K
Investment incomeLn 3$149
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Total revenueLn 12$1.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.2M
SavingsLn 2$112K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$74K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 6157
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M$1.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K$3K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$46K$74K
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$105K$72K$28K$4K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$195K$135K$53K$8K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$11K$8K$3K$431
Other employee benefitsLn 9$6K$4K$2K$222
Payroll taxesLn 10$23K$16K$6K$917
Accounting feesLn 11c$48K$31K$15K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1K$692$268$40
Advertising and promotionLn 12$60K$4K$1K$54K
Office expensesLn 13$26K$20K$3K$3K
TravelLn 17$22K$9K$5K$8K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$2K$980$159
InterestLn 20$3K$2K$643$250
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$787$674$66$47
InsuranceLn 23$5K$4K$1K$176
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$514K$514K$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$441K$431K$2K$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.5M$1.3M$121K$89K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.6M$1.5M$179K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.3M$1.3M−$5K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.3M$1.3M$45K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.6M$1.1M$499K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $582K$608K−$25K$539K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.1M$756K$298K$564K 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 $1,641,080 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,122,470$1,324,778
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $141,055$312,953
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $187$149
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $9,344$3,200
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,273,056$1,641,080
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $278,874$339,919
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $998,761$1,122,655
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,277,635$1,462,574
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$4,579$178,506
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 $1,641,080 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,324,778
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$186,286
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,324,778
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$312,953
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$149
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $3,200 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$3,200
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $316,302 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,641,080
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,462,574 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $72,435 · Management $28,432 · Fundraising $4,133$105,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $134,543 · Management $52,810 · Fundraising $7,676$195,029
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $7,556 · Management $2,966 · Fundraising $431$10,953
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $3,889 · Management $1,527 · Fundraising $222$5,638
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $16,073 · Management $6,309 · Fundraising $917$23,299
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $31,212 · Management $14,746 · Fundraising $1,664$47,622
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $692 · Management $268 · Fundraising $40$1,000
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,368 · Management $1,050 · Fundraising $54,301$59,719
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $19,832 · Management $3,443 · Fundraising $2,693$25,968
IX-17 TravelPrograms $8,909 · Management $4,704 · Fundraising $7,920$21,533
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,571 · Management $980 · Fundraising $159$2,710
IX-20 InterestPrograms $2,055 · Management $643 · Fundraising $250$2,948
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $674 · Management $66 · Fundraising $47$787
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,812 · Management $1,207 · Fundraising $176$5,195
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $513,804 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$513,804
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $431,301 · Management $2,029 · Fundraising $8,039$441,369
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,252,726 · Management $121,180 · Fundraising $88,668$1,462,574
Part X · Balance sheet $1,360,266 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $912,407$1,157,799
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $211,638$112,108
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $24,573$80,000
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,572$4,220
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,035$2,806
X-11 Publicly traded securities$3,333
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,154,225$1,360,266
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $46,500$74,035
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $46,500$74,035
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,107,725$1,286,231
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,107,725$1,286,231
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,154,225$1,360,266
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,286,231 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,641,080
XI-2 Total expenses$1,462,574
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$178,506
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,107,725
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,286,231

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