Dauntless Veteran Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
863537596
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Forest Grove, OR, USA
Phone
9715175004
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Military, Veterans' Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$61,195
Expenses
$65,589
Assets
$93,943
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ken Fritts (President)
  • Leanne Babcock (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Carrie Martin (Treasurer)
  • Ben Martin (Founder, Chairman, & Director)
  • Matt Blankenship (Secretary)

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

Our mission at the Dauntless Veteran Foundation is to train and equip Veterans to translate their talents from the field to the farm. We are proud to offer Agriculture Grants to Veterans and their dependents seeking financial support and are, or aspiring to be, farmers, value-added producers, or pupils in agriculture. The Agriculture Grant Program is designed to fulfill a financial gap for Veterans and their dependents after all other grants have been utilized and all means exhausted. Each Veteran is eligible to be awarded up to $15,000. We encourage applicants to stay within this amount for the project or curriculum they are requesting funds for. Applicants in need of small grants for expensable items are also encouraged to apply.

What it reported doing in 2025

Program Title: Agriculture Grant Program Description: During Spring 2025, the Dauntless Veteran Foundation awarded $42,466.61 in grants to 12 eligible veterans and veteran dependents. The program provided financial assistance for agricultural, homesteading, and small business sustainability projects intended to improve long-term self-sufficiency, food security, and family stability. Grant funding supported projects including livestock infrastructure, fencing, irrigation and water systems, greenhouse improvements, farm and processing equipment, agricultural expansion, operational support, and related business and homestead needs. The program benefited veterans and their families by helping recipients strengthen income opportunities, improve agricultural productivity, and build more sustainable living environments.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.5%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 64.7%; rating input score 65

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.2%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.43; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 150% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -30% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.5% of revenue deployed · 64.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $42K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.