1Lt Rob Seidel Wounded Soldiers Fund Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
863064267
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Gettysburg, PA, USA
Phone
2403937765
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Military, Veterans' Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$70,029
Expenses
$81,495
Assets
$26,920
Liabilities
$288

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Nathan Adelsberger (President and Treasurer)
  • Sandra Seidel (Vice President and Secretary)

People named in this filing

  • Nathan Adelsberger (President and Treasurer)
  • Sandra Seidel (Vice President and Secretary)
  • Steven Seidel (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

This fund is established in memoriam First Lieutenant Robert A. Seidel, III, who was killed in action outside of Baghdad, Iraq on May 18, 2006 when his Humvee was struck by an IED. In his honor, this fund supports charities that provide direct services to military veterans of the War on Terrorism, as well as veterans at large from any other United States military war or conflict. Such services include medical treatment, housing assistance, psychological, physical, occupational, recreational, music and art therapies, companionship, mentoring, employment training, and other services that help veterans lead full and productive lives.

What it reported doing in 2025

Held 19th annual Memorial Golf Tournament and 2nd annual Sportsman's Raffle as annual fundraising activities to generate monies in support of 7 veterans support charities. The Golf Tournament comprised 276 golfers and 84 donors/sponsors generating $47,962 in net revenue, and utilized 15 unpaid volunteers. The Sportsman's Raffle comprised 400 participants and 24 donors/sponsors generating $13,331 in net revenue, and utilized 24 unpaid volunteers. The beneficiaries of grants funded by this tournament and sportsman's raffle (as well as from prior year retained earnings) for this year were Platoon 22, Inc. ($16,000), which uses donations to end veteran suicide through the successful reintegration of service members and their families by assembling critical resources, providing peer support, and developing transitional programs; Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors Inc. ($15,000), which provides emergency financial assistance to veterans to help pay for housing, utilities, transportation, medical and other expenses; For the Love of a Veteran, Inc. ($15,000), which gives aid for Deployed Troops and homeless Veterans, and helps in the fight against PTSD by providing access to a life-changing and life-saving medical procedure known as SGB (Stellate Ganglion Block); Roots for Boots ($15,000), which used the funds towards the acquisition of an all-terrain Action track chair for a mobility-impaired Vietnam veteran; Operation Second Chance, Inc ($15,000) which provides rest, recreation, and tranquility for wounded, injured, and ill combat veterans and their families through the establishment of the Heroes Ridge at Raven Rock retreat program; Warrior Canine Connection ($500) which helps wounded Warriors reconnect with life, their families, their communities, and each other through the healing power of dogs; and the Lebanon VA Medical Center Homeless Veterans Fund #8154 ($1,000) which are used to support the needs and activities of the Homeless Veterans Program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 89% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 99% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96.4%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16.4%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 23.5% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.5% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.3% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $79K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.