Companions for Heroes
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 270648741
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Brunswick, GA, USA
- Phone
- 7605197774
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $455,784
- Expenses
- $360,886
- Assets
- $1,435,536
- Liabilities
- $11,614
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- David Sharpe (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- David Sharpe (CEO): $95,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To champion public awareness of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and challenges confronting our countrys heroes and rally support for shelter animal adoption by connecting heroes and companions.
What it reported doing in 2024
Mission: Companions for Heroes (C4H) provides Companion Dogs and Service Dogs obtained from shelters and/or rescues, who might otherwise be euthanized, free of charge to active duty military personnel and their children with special needs, ages 2-18, military veterans, and first-responders recovering from the psychological challenges they suffered during service to our country. C4H increases public awareness of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI) and other challenges confronting our countrys heroes; and rallys support for animal welfare and the adoption of shelter and/or rescue dogs.Program Service: Dogs are trained and certified to obtain the American Kennel Club Canine Good Citizen Certification; or the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Service Dogs Only). A care package that includes a t-shirt, toys, etc. All recipients receive six (6) scheduled follow-up meetings over the first year of the dog's adoption and entry in the program. Coordinated additional follow-on training, including payment for additional training, and arranging services as required. Processing of the recipient's request for a Service Dog, to include identification of the recipient's needs and the determination of the appropriateness of the request. Evaluating suitability of the Companion Dog based on the temperament and age to become a Service Dog, and assistance whenever the recipient makes a request.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 73% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 64
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.9%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 86.2%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $51.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th 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: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: 20.8%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.98; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 26.3%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 76.9% of revenue deployed · 86.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $311K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $95K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.