Cj3 Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852658132
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Leesburg, VA, USA
Phone
7068143244
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$140,936
Expenses
$150,403
Assets
$302,998
Liabilities
$43,532

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ERIC D THOMAS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ERIC D THOMAS (PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTOPHER M ANDERSON (DEPUTY DIREC)
  • GEORGE A COKER (ASSOCIATE DI)

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

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

Overview

Mission

Cj3 foundation provides services, support, and advocacy to united states military service members, veterans/disabled veterans, law enforcement, and emergency responders who need/require assistance, and then connecting them with resources and programs designed to meet their unique set of needs. Cj3 foundation assists united states military service members, veterans/disabled veterans, law enforcement, and emergency responders, in finding both the means and opportunities to holistically improve their life outlook and reconnect with the communities they selflessly chose to serve. Cj3 foundation achieves this goal through a combination of advocacy for supported individuals and those specialty organizations best suited to assist these individuals, and lobbying efforts that advocate for the creation of legislation to better assist these individuals.

What it reported doing in 2025

The cj3 foundation provides certified, trained, service dogs of the highest quality at no cost to disabled american heroes in order to help restore their physical and emotional independence, thereby empowering these wounded men/women to return to life with dignity and independence. The cj3 foundation works with jessiffany canine services, llc, a phenomenal partner that specializes in the sourcing and training of social, imported, highly trained service dogs from europe, importing the world's best german shepherds, dutch shepherds, and malinois that are selected and trained to meet the specific needs of each of our recipients. The service dogs directly enable our recipients to overcome physical and/or mental impairments that substantially limits one or more major life activities. Our service dog recipients are ultimately able to return to their communities with a new leash on life as productive citizens who make a positive difference. The cj3 foundation provides mental health and wellness services at no cost to the disabled american heroes we support through intensive therapy sessions with a licensed clinical psychologist. The cj3 foundation works with dr. Rebecca a. Thomas, psyd, a compassionate, professional, and wonderful partner who has been working towards a holistic and integrative approach for many years. The only way to achieve optimal health is to address the whole system; mind, body, and spirit. We are not making claims that we will fix him/her or heal him/her. What we are offering are some essential tools that will get the recipients on the road toward wholeness and recovery. We are providing the recipients with additional tools for their toolbox; additional gear for their rucksacks the cj3 foundation provides advocacy services at no cost to the disabled american heroes we support. This activity consists of cj3 foundation's efforts to influence changes in policy and legislation that adversely effects our united states military service member, veteran/disabled veteran, law enforcement, and emergency/first responder brothers and sisters. The cj3 foundation provides a forum to formalize our advocacy efforts for these groups on issues of concern; whether it is a policy change or legislative change required. The cj3 foundation builds upon this by engaging legislators and their staff to advocate for changes in policy and legislation that adversely effects our constituents. On a smaller level, but no less important, the cj3 foundation advocates on behalf of our recipients to receive assistance they need/require. This advocacy centers on providing recipients with referrals for services or support to other organizations/agencies established to adequately address/help with specific recipient issues.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 43.9%; rating input score 44
  • Program expense ratio: 41.1%; rating input score 41
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.7%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.01; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 34.4% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 43.9% of revenue deployed · 41.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $62K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 41/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.