Dog Tag Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Fellowship program: dog tag's fellowship program acts as a catalyst for building resilience, finding renewed purpose, and forging a community for veterans with service-connected disabilities, military spouses and caregivers. The fellowship program is based on a comprehensive professional and personal development curriculum designed to prepare military veterans with service-connected disabilities, military spouses, and caregivers, to find success as they transition into the civilian workforce. This five-month program translates participants' military experience into workplace skills through the following five programming components: (1) continuing education: fellows earn a certificate in business administration and business acumen respectively through georgetown university's school of continuing studies; (2) hands-on learning: leveraging our bakery as a living business school, fellows rotate through each of our business functions, completing case studies and projects that support dog tag's everyday operations; (3) entrepreneurial training: fellows complete a capstone course where they each develop a business idea, culminating in the creation of a business plan, two-year budget, and business pitch to a panel of professional partners; (4) network and community building: partners, experts, and alumni are invited in to deliver learning lab style content, helping fellows expand their knowledge and connections; (5) wellness: fellows complete weekly wellness activities to support self-discovery, learning, development, and overall wellbeing. Activities include weekly reflection, journaling, meditation, and movement, in addition to our finding your voice program, where fellows learn storytelling and public speaking, and present a personal story in front of an audience at the end of the program. Dog tag fellowship programming is delivered in a hybrid format, enabling military-connected individuals nationwide to participate. Fellows participate in a combination of online learning, and in-person learning in Washington, dc.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 62.2%; rating input score 62
• Program expense ratio: 73.4%; rating input score 73
• Fundraising efficiency: $15.26 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 15.8%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.07; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 10%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings