Epic Vets Incorporated
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 991695360
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Rating
- 55
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,326
- Expenses
- $1,339
- Assets
- $3,987
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
People named in this filing
- Josh Ebert (Founder)
- Veronica Ordaz (Founder)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Epic Vets purpose is to empower and honor military veterans by providing transformative outdoor adventures and experiences. By providing training education curated trips and community building events we aim to create a support system where veterans can forge lasting connections share stories and build camaraderie in order to address the well-being and mental health of our nations heroes easing the transition to civilian life and ensuring that no veteran feels alone on their journey.
What it reported doing in 2024
During the year Epic Vets organized and executed a comprehensive program to support U.S. military veterans through therapeutic engagement in Western sports. Epic Vets recruited and trained a group of veterans in the fundamentals of bull riding emphasizing physical fitness mental resilience and peer-to-peer camaraderie. The program culminated in a multi-day trip to Wyoming where participants engaged in advanced training sessions and competed in a veteran-focused rodeo event. This initiative promoted personal growth emotional healing and community reintegration for participating veterans many of whom reported increased confidence reduced isolation and a renewed sense of purpose
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 37
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 74
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 24.2%; rating input score 24
- Program expense ratio: 58.7%; rating input score 59
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 74.9%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.98; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 24.2% of revenue deployed · 58.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $786 in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 24/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.