Captain Joseph House Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
900750720
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2012
Location
Port Angeles, WA, USA
Phone
3604607848
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Mental Health, Crisis Intervention N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$189,462
Expenses
$294,852
Assets
$1,971,974
Liabilities
$6,542

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENNIFER WETTSTEIN (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • BETSY REED SCHULTZ (Executive Dir.): $69,306 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The captain joseph house foundation provides a continuum of care for the families of the fallen (known as gold star families) in honor and memory of captain joseph william schultz, army special forces, who died in wardak province, afghanistan. The foundation provides an expense paid respite on the olympic peninsula for families from all branches of the military, from throughout the country and from a post 9/11 loss. Families qualify to participate if their fallen member was killed in action (kia), died as a direct result of unhealed injuries sustained while in combat, or died as a result of a combat ptsd self inflicted/suicide event. Eligibility is limited to immediate family members who have paid the ultimate sacrifice. If there is no immediate family, a non-family member may be permitted to attend and support the gold star family member. A scholarship fund will be created and administered to provide additional revenue for those sons and daughters of the fallen who wish to persue post

What it reported doing in 2025

The foundation provides an expense paid respite on the olympic peninsula for gold star families of the fallen from all branches of the military, from throughout the country, and from a post 9/11 loss. Families qualify to participate if their fallen member was killed in action (kia), died as a direct result of unhealed injuries sustained while in combat, or died as a result of a combat ptsd self inflicted/suicide event. Eligibility is limited to immediate family members who have paid the ultimate sacrifice. In a situation where a gold star family member has no immediate family, the executive director may permit the gold star family member to bring a non-family member for support. There is no cost for this non-family individual.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 79.8%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.81 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -55.6%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.69; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.5%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 79.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $235K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $69K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.