VETS INC operates The Landing Zone a Family Recreation Center. Our MISSION is to make The Landing Zone a special and unique Recreation & Rehabilitation Facility for Veterans and the Community. Our vision of a Veteran recovery center paired with a community recreation center is one of a kind. The tools we use to accomplish our objectives include activities such as individual and group counselling open and league bowling an arcade restaurant and special event venue. Other organizations focus either on Veterans and Veterans Support or Community Recreation activities our mission is to fully integrate those programs for the good of the Community and to bring those with Special Needs into a closer relationship with the Community. In the military a safe place for extracting wounding and inserting reinforcements is The Landing Zone. Our mission is to create a Recreational Facility with a Purpose for Veterans and others within the Community in need of help.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$60K 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 $24K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$60K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $8K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$365K
73% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 73% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 5 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$754K
+4% vs prior year
Spent
$754K
To programs
85%
Net assets
$132K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$754K
FY2022▲ +4%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$360K
FY2021$726K
FY2022$754K
FY2023$795K
FY2024$907K
FY2025$933K
Expenses
$754K
FY2022▲ +46%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$342K
FY2021$517K
FY2022$754K
FY2023$810K
FY2024$1.0M
FY2025$878K
Net assets
$132K
FY2022▼ -5%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$70K
FY2021$139K
FY2022$132K
FY2023$135K
FY2024−$34K
FY2025−$14K

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Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $641K Management & general 14% · $109K Fundraising 1% · $4K

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

5 people listed on the 990; $60K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
VP Executive Director
$60,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Legal Counsel Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Tony Sharkey’s $66K as VP - General Manager is at the 56th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M human services 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Tony Sharkey$66,000$61,500$60,000$60,000$28,024$22,500

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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  • 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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Helps veterans find jobs, adjust to civilian life, and overcome substance abuse.

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2 programs · $641K · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

USE OF THE LANDING ZONE FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING THE LANDING ZONE RECREATION FACILITY INCLUDES A 24 LANE BOWLING CENTER A RESTAURANT AN ARCADE AND OUTDOOR RECREATION INCLUDING A PAVILION HORSESHOE PITS 2 SAND VOLLEYBALL COURTS AND CORN HOLE.

$494Kprogram expense
02

USE OF THE LAND ZONE FACILITIES FOR VETERANS SUPPORT 6% of the Facility space is MAINTAINED EXCLUSIVELY for a VFW managed meeting room for Veterans and Veterans Organizations. In addition VETS INC provides Veteran MENTORSHIP and support services which include functions such as: Veteran Peer to Peer mentoring Christmas Eve dinner free…

$148Kprogram expense

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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$8K
Grants paid · 6 grants · $314K · 2020–2025
Unitemized GrantFY2025$128,323
Unitemized GrantFY2022$63,134
Unitemized GrantFY2022$57,879
Unitemized GrantFY2021$48,995
Unitemized GrantFY2020$10,108
Gaylord VFW Post 1518MI · FY2020$5,380

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$754K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$663K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$76K
Other incomeLn 4–11$10K
Money outPt IX
$754K
Ln 25
Programscol B$641K
Managementcol C$109K
Fundraisingcol D$4K
Owns and owesPt X
$132K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$303K
Total assetsLn 16$498K
LiabilitiesLn 26$365K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$76K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$663K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Other incomeLn 4–11$10K
Gains on assetsLn 7$5K
Total revenueLn 12$754K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$0
SavingsLn 2$303K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$303K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$144K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$498K
LiabilitiesLn 26$365K
Net assetsLn 32$132K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 511
VolunteersI 620
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 FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$289K$303K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$162K$144K
Total assetsLn 16$504K$498K
LiabilitiesLn 26$373K$365K
Net assetsLn 32$131K$132K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$2K$2K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$121K$121K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$60K$60K$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$72K$72K$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$29K$0$29K$0
Management feesLn 11a$11K$0$11K$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$662$662$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$18K$5K$8K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$4K$4K$500$0
Information technologyLn 14$3K$2K$500$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$149$0$149$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$707$0$707$0
InterestLn 20$12K$0$12K$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$19K$0$19K$0
InsuranceLn 23$11K$0$11K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$390K$374K$16K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$754K$641K$109K$4K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $933K$878K$55K−$14K 990 PDF
FY2024 $907K$1.0M−$123K−$34K 990 PDF
FY2023 $795K$810K−$15K$135K 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $754K$754K$299$132K 990 PDF
FY2021 $726K$517K$209K$139K 990 PDF
FY2020 $360K$342K$18K−$70K 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
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $754,492 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $165,339$76,283
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $555,357$663,300
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $169$4,788
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $5,573$10,121
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $726,438$754,492
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $51,386$123,467
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $80,306$161,366
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $401,087$469,360
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $532,779$754,193
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $193,659$299
Part VI · Governance 4 of 5 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members4
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 $754,492 across 16 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $4,108 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$76,283
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$76,283
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $663,300 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$663,300
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $158 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$158
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $411 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$411
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $1 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $4,630 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$4,630
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 $5,601 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$5,601
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $678,209 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$754,492
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $754,193 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $2,454$2,454
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $121,013$121,013
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $60,000 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$60,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $72,069 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$72,069
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $29,297 · Fundraising $0$29,297
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $11,359 · Fundraising $0$11,359
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $662 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$662
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,942 · Management $8,290 · Fundraising $4,342$17,574
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,683 · Management $500 · Fundraising $0$4,183
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,002 · Management $500 · Fundraising $0$2,502
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $149 · Fundraising $0$149
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $707 · Fundraising $0$707
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $12,414 · Fundraising $0$12,414
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $18,600 · Fundraising $0$18,600
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $11,194 · Fundraising $0$11,194
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $374,421 · Management $15,595 · Fundraising $0$390,016
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $641,246 · Management $108,605 · Fundraising $4,342$754,193
Part X · Balance sheet $497,535 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $34,295$0
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $254,616$303,446
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,245$237
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $162,453$143,852
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $50,000$50,000
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $503,609$497,535
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $372,636$365,324
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $130,973$68,711
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$63,500
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $130,973$132,211
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $503,609$497,535
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $132,211 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$754,492
XI-2 Total expenses$754,193
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$299
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$130,973
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$939
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$132,211

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