Georgia Veterans Service Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 863638628
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, USA
- Phone
- 4046562312
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Military, Veterans' Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $16,306
- Expenses
- $35,176
- Assets
- $50,289
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jarelle Thompson (CEO)
People named in this filing
- Joe Higgins (Board Chairman)
- Wyatt Bachelor (Board Vice Chairman)
- Charles Roberts Jr (Board Treasurer)
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
Actively seek supplemental funds and in-kind goods, services, and property to promote GA's state war veterans homes and cemeteries and for any other purpose of the GA Veterans Service Board; To provide funds to assist veterans of good moral character with a discharge other than dishonorable for the purpose of service, welfare and rehabilitation; To promote employment and transition opportunities for such persons; to engage in educating the public about veterans' affairs and issues of importance to veterans; and otherwise assist those who have sacrificed so much for our country; To engage in any and all operations necessary or incidental to carrying out these purposes, including the raising of funds for service, welfare and rehabilitation efforts in connection with GA's veterans of military service; To focus on assisting homeless veterans; It shall be at the sole discretion of the GA Veterans Service Foundation to have final say of how money is distributed.
What it reported doing in 2025
Mental and Behavioral Health/Education- Supported the 2025-SSG Fox Suicide Prevention Let's Connect Summit in Georgia. The focus of the summit was making connections, connections with others, resources, military affiliated groups and learning about suicide prevention. There were networking opportunities with Social on the 1st night. We opened the Summit with the purpose (Connections), with a speech from the GDVS Commissioner, and reflections from the Fox Family. Throughout the next 2 days there were classes for clinicians (CEUs), Lethal Means Safety, how to become a member of the Governor's Challenge, a panel of clinicians discussing the trends of Suicide Prevention, lived experiences, Suicide Prevention) identifying the Signs. The 2025 Let's Connect Summit was attended by 193 individuals.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 76.6%; rating input score 77
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: -115.7%; rating input score 7; 7th 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: -9.4% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 39.5% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 76.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $27K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.