Follow on Initiative

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
332309726
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Henderson, NV, USA
Phone
9285332880
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$0
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • James Otto (President)
  • Christian Lakars (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • James Otto (President)
  • Christian Lakars (Vice President)
  • Dale Bell (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

Follow On Initiative's mission is to empower United States Military Special Operations servicemembers as they transition to civilian careers by providing specialized and targeted career development support that is custom to individuals within 24 months from retiring or separating from active duty. We offer resume and interview coaching, facilitate connections with executive leaders, and curate networking opportunities within civilian industries. With strategic partnerships and tailored placement recommendations, Follow On Initiative will guide these exceptional individuals to achieve new career goals that will continue their legacy of excellence, leadership, and resilience in civilian life.

What it reported doing in 2025

Follow On Initiative's mission is to empower United States Military Special Operations servicemembers as they transition to civilian careers by providing specialized and targeted career development support that is custom to individuals within 24 months from retiring or separating from active duty. Organization did not perform any service accomplishments during the 2025 calendar year.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Sustainability: NotEnoughData
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Series filing activity did not reconcile in the filed values.