Darby's Warrior Support

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
465207131
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Searcy, AR, USA
Phone
9312202919
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,077,700
Expenses
$718,354
Assets
$7,190,192
Liabilities
$105,376

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHAWN DANIEL (PRESIDENT)
  • DENNIS SMITH CSM RET USA (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • SHAWN DANIEL (PRESIDENT): $125,000 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 provide physically and emotionally injured post-9/11 special operations combat veterans with all-inclusive Arkansas hunting, fishing, and outdoor opportunities in an environment that comforts, encourages and fosters rehabilitation, recovery and transition.

What it reported doing in 2024

In the 2024-25 Arkansas hunting and fishing season, darby's warrior support hosted 296 combat-injured special operations military personnel (including children on select events) to free, all-inclusive hunting, fishing and outdoor events. All the necessary equipment, meals and lodging for the four day event was supplied by dws including professional level guide services. The only cost to the soldiers was the price of travel and a hunting license or fishing license. A number of private hunting clubs and lodge owners assisted by hosting dws guests over the course of the year. Continued on schedule o.additionally, dws hosted two volunteer work weeks where local members of the community and former guests of the program came for a period of time to help with various projects on the properties.national outdoor industry corporations as well as state and local businesses provided all necessary clothing, shotguns, shotgun shells, waders, fishing rods and all other required equipment during the hunting and fishing excursions. The most significant event of the 2024-25 season was the completion of the patriot outpost and the associated capital campaign to build a facility capable of hosting more and in a more meaningful way. The patriot outpost includes a 10 bedroom/10 bathroom lodge, a large pavilion, a lake stocked with fish, a dock and two trolling motor powered boats, and a series of shooting ranges shotgun, pistol and rifle.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.1%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 78.7%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.29 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Fail
    • 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: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 33.3%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.01; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.4%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.4% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.1% of revenue deployed · 78.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $566K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $125K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.