Camp Shield is a divisional dba of After Military Service (AMS), a 501(c)3 organization that was founded in 2017. AMS strives to support the personal and professional success of Veterans and their families by increasing resiliency, life satisfaction and empowering our nation's military families. Camp Shield's mission is to empower Women Veterans - emotionally, socially, and physically, to ensure she thrives after military service. Camp Shield's vision is to reduce the risk of Women Veteran's homelessness, depression, and suicide by providing a secure and comfortable environment for Veterans and their children to heal and grow. To achieve this vision, Camp Shield provides a series of SHE Thrives workshops, mastermind book clubs, peer-to-peer support groups, retreats, financial assistance, and resource referral services. We also collaborate with many other Veteran Service Organizations to partner with and refer our veterans to as needed.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 40 volunteers and 5 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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FY2024 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $68K a year · 29% of revenue · last 4 filings
Fine: a surplus in 3 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$78K
to officers and key staff · 26% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 26% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.7 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $21K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$20K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 3 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 3 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$254K
+14% vs prior year
Spent
$302K
To programs
80%
Net assets
$253K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$254K
FY2024▲ +14%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$27K
FY2021$219K
FY2022$233K
FY2023$224K
FY2024$254K
Expenses
$302K
FY2024▲ +77%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$85K
FY2022$103K
FY2023$170K
FY2024$302K
Net assets
$253K
FY2024▲ +324%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$10K
FY2021$157K
FY2022$107K
FY2023$60K
FY2024$253K

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 2018.

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Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $242K Management & general 20% · $59K Fundraising 0% · $922

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; $78K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Founder, President and CEO
$55,820Pt VII · Sec A
Operations Manager
$22,000Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman of the Board
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Maggie Peterson’s $56K as Founder, President and CEO is at the 45th 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Maggie Peterson$55,820$48,000$48,000$12,000—
Zoe Watkins—$26,190$4,717$5,456—
Rose Escorcia$22,000————
Cassandra Ortega————$312

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
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Empowers women veterans emotionally, socially, and physically to thrive after service.

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3 programs · $138K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Camp Shield's SHE THRIVES Workshops, Mastermind Book Clubs and Peer Support Groups: The SHE THRIVES Workshops provide Women Veterans with the knowledge, tools, and experiences to achieve and maintain emotional strength, social unity, and physical perseverance.

$53Kprogram expense
02

Camp Shield's SHE THRIVES Retreats provide Women Veterans and their children with 4-day retreats, held at off-site facilities. The retreats focus on our mission of empowering Women Veterans through emotional strength, social unity, and physical perseverance.

$51Kprogram expense
03

Camp Shield's Financial Assistance Program

Through a grant from the Texas Veterans Commission, Camp Shield provides direct financial assistance to Veterans, their dependents, and surviving spouses facing financial hardship. This support helps meet essential needs such as rent, mortgage, utilities, and transportation, ensuring stability during times of transition or crisis.

$35Kprogram 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$21K
Grants paid · 9 grants · $82K · 2023–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$17,673
Unitemized GrantFY2024$4,265
Unitemized GrantFY2024$3,128
Unitemized GrantFY2024$2,833
Unitemized GrantFY2024$2,230
Unitemized GrantFY2024$993
Unitemized GrantFY2024$515
Unitemized GrantFY2023$25,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$25,000

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$254K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$254K
Investment incomeLn 3$14
Money outPt IX
$302K
Ln 25
Programscol B$242K
Managementcol C$59K
Fundraisingcol D$922
Owns and owesPt X
$253K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$69K
Total assetsLn 16$273K
LiabilitiesLn 26$20K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$254K
Government grantsLn 1e$93K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$66K
Investment incomeLn 3$14
Total revenueLn 12$254K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$69K
SavingsLn 2$9
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$69K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$273K
LiabilitiesLn 26$20K
Net assetsLn 32$253K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 640
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$39K$69K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$64K$273K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$20K
Net assetsLn 32$64K$253K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$32K$32K
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$80K$52K$28K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$11K$8K$4K$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$914$824$90$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$4K$3K$751$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$22$0$22$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$91K$91K$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$3K$3K$109$0
Information technologyLn 14$10K$10K$18$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$2K$2K$0$0
TravelLn 17$2K$2K$107$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1K$1K$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$246$0$0$246
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$2K$0$916$676
All other expensesLn 24e$62K$36K$26K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$302K$242K$59K$922

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $254K$302K−$48K$253K 990 PDF
FY2023 $224K$170K$53K$60K 990 PDF
FY2022 $233K$103K$131K$107K 990 PDF
FY2021 $219K$85K$134K$157K 990 PDF
FY2020 $27K$10K 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
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Part I · Summary $254,216 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $223,677$254,202
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$14
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $223,677$254,216
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $25,000$31,636
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $74,190$96,101
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $71,254$174,185
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $170,444$301,922
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $53,233−$47,706
Part VI · Governance 3 of 3 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members3
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $254,216 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$66,316
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$93,256
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$93,630
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$254,202
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $14 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$14
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $14 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$254,216
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $301,922 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $31,636$31,636
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 $51,908 · Management $28,075 · Fundraising $0$79,983
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $7,954 · Management $3,529 · Fundraising $0$11,483
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $824 · Management $90 · Fundraising $0$914
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,970 · Management $751 · Fundraising $0$3,721
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $22 · Fundraising $0$22
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 $91,342 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$91,342
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,384 · Management $109 · Fundraising $0$3,493
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $9,635 · Management $18 · Fundraising $0$9,653
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,392 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,392
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,155 · Management $107 · Fundraising $0$2,262
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,321 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,321
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $246$246
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $916 · Fundraising $676$1,592
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $36,221 · Management $25,641 · Fundraising $0$61,862
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $241,742 · Management $59,258 · Fundraising $922$301,922
Part X · Balance sheet $273,341 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $38,991$69,172
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $9$9
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $25,000$200,044
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$4,116
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 $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $64,000$273,341
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-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$20,000
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $64,000$91,598
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$161,743
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $64,000$253,341
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $64,000$273,341
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $253,341 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$254,216
XI-2 Total expenses$301,922
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$47,706
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$64,000
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$37,004
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$200,043
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$253,341

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