Operation Vet Fit Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
460672516
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Mount Pleasant, SC, USA
Phone
2039442987
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Military, Veterans' Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$83,174
Expenses
$78,120
Assets
$51,695
Liabilities
$71,897

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DANIEL R GAITA (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DANIEL R GAITA (PRESIDENT): $16,682 total reported compensation
  • ERIN O GAITA (SECRETARY): $6,720 total reported compensation
  • JANET L HOLT (TREASURER): $1,200 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Operation vet-fits mission is to assist our nations combat veterans, active duty members and affected family members through advocacy, mental health services, research, fitness, camaraderie based motivational activities and events.

What it reported doing in 2025

Mental health services. Veteran service research, publications and presentations on veteran suicide. We have been able to maintain a low cost for this category as the services are being provided by volunteers. Our research is based around the observational data on how camaraderie and exercise work as key elements to stopping not only veteran suicide, but suicide as a whole. The primary goal being the reduction anxiety, depression, pain and ptsd symptoms. The founder, director and ceo is a licensed mental health counselor, compensated at no greater than $1,650/month for his clinical mental health services to the veterans. This is reported via 1099 nec. This amount is offset by the amount operation vet fit was reimbursed by veterans insurance. In-kind counseling, where no funds were reimbursed by insurance was $119,000.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 61
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 62
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.3%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 65%; rating input score 65
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.09 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 22nd 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: 50%; rating input score 50; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: 6.1%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.66; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.39; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31.5%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.3% of revenue deployed · 65% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 6 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $51K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $17K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • 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: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.