Guardian Community

Legal name: Guardian Outreach Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
931401707
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
St. Augustine, FL, United States
Phone
(877) 748-7833 / M-F / 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM EST
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,719,607
Expenses
$3,579,034
Assets
$198,872
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Hamilton Drozd (President)
  • Steve Springer (Vice President)
  • Cory Andrews (Vice President)
  • Michael Hendryx (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • David (Knaak): $122,648 total reported compensation
  • James Veigel (Treasurer): $106,037 total reported compensation
  • Cory Andrews (Vice President): $105,334 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

A free, world-class online PTSD support group built for veterans & first responders, rooted in Christ-centered faith and aimed at healing, purpose, and restoration. At Guardian Community, our mission is rooted in Christ—and built around healing, purpose, and brotherhood. We walk with veterans, first responders, and those impacted by trauma, offering a clear path forward: one of restoration, service, and unshakable hope. We believe true renewal comes through Jesus Christ. That’s why everything we do is Christ-centered—guided by faith, fueled by community, and focused on equipping the called. Whether someone is carrying PTSD, emotional wounds, or spiritual exhaustion, we’re here to remind them they are not alone—and never forgotten. At the center of our work is the **Guardian Renewal Project** —a **free, 12-week online trauma mentorship program** for vete.

What it reported doing in 2025

Guardian Renewal Project GRP is a Christian support ministry that serves veterans first responders and their families through faith-based mentorship peer support and community-based engagement. Rooted in Christian values the program emphasizes service accountability restoration and personal responsibility as communicated through the lens of the Bible as pathways to resilience and renewed purpose. GRP delivers support through a structured 12-session healing pathway one-on-one mentorship peer-based support groups and guided community group interactions. Graduation ceremonies are held every six weeks celebrating participants who complete the program and encouraging them to step into future roles as leaders. Program activities center on relationship-building shared experience and fellowship and faith-based encouragement for individuals navigating challenges associated with service including transition isolation and questions of identity and purpose after active duty. Through structured relationships community connection and faith-based leadership GRP seeks to help participants strengthen personal stability rebuild meaningful connections find new spiritual growth and rediscover a renewed sense of purpose. These efforts are expressed through regular gatherings trauma-informed outreach and partnerships with local agencies and organizations advancing the organizations charitable and faith-based mission.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 62
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.8%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 90.2%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.8%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.1%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 68.2% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 71.3% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 98.3% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 86.8% of revenue deployed · 90.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $123K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.