Forgotten Not Gone

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463999863
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2020
Location
North Las Vegas, NV, USA
Phone
7024006506
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Hot Line, Crisis Intervention Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$656,055
Expenses
$663,055
Assets
$153,000
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kelisiha Guidry (CEO Co-Founder)

Highest reported compensation

  • Kelisiha Guidry (CEO Co-Founder): $65,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Stomping Out Veteran Suicide! Suicide Prevention Through Veteran Peer Support and Outdoor Recreation.

What it reported doing in 2024

Forgotten Not Gone Inc. continued expanding its Women Warriors Wellness Program to provide trauma-informed peer support wellness education and community healing opportunities specifically designed for women veterans. The program focused on reducing isolation strengthening mental wellness promoting emotional healing and creating safe spaces where women veterans could connect through shared experiences and peer support. In March 2025 Forgotten Not Gone hosted its first annual Women Warriors Veteran Wellness Retreat a three-day immersive healing retreat held in Las Vegas Nevada under the theme Combating Adversity. The retreat was developed to support women veterans navigating PTSD trauma recovery depression anxiety military sexual trauma and other service-connected challenges through holistic wellness and peer connection. The retreat included guided meditation grounding exercises journaling art therapy adaptive wellness workshops gardening therapy sound bowl healing aromatherapy movement practices trauma-informed discussions and group reflection activities designed to promote emotional resilience and long-term healing. Specialized wellness sessions focused on mindfulness self-care emotional regulation empowerment and rebuilding community among women veterans. The event featured multiple guest speakers and wellness practitioners with expertise in trauma recovery womens wellness advocacy holistic health and veteran care. Educational and empowerment sessions included Thriving Beyond Trauma discussions on empowerment and advocacy in veteran care adaptive wellness practices for PTSD recovery and holistic healing sessions led by community wellness professionals. The retreat concluded with a symbolic healing and release ceremony focused on personal growth emotional healing and continued peer support. Participants also completed commitments to continued healing self-care and ongoing community connection following the retreat experience. During Womens History Month in March 2025 Forgotten Not Gone Founder and CEO Kelley Guidry was recognized by the Nevada Department of Veterans Services as Nevadas first-ever Woman Veteran of the Year for her leadership and advocacy supporting veterans and women veterans throughout Nevada.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 87% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 65
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.4%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 88.4%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $41.11 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 74; 74th 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: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.1%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.8%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 33.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 51.4% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 37% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 89.4% of revenue deployed · 88.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $586K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $65K · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.