The Pipe Hitter Foundation

Legal name: Pipe Hitter Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842857286
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Santa Rosa Beach, FL, US
Phone
2606021608
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Legal Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$245,540
Expenses
$278,842
Assets
$443,678
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANDREA GALLAGHER (PRESIDENT/CEO/BOARD CHAIR)
  • DENA CRUDEN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • ANDREA GALLAGHER (PRESIDENT/CEO/BOARD CHAIR)
  • SEAN GALLAGHER (DEPUTY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER)
  • JONI MARQUEZ (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To support wrongly accused service members, first responders, and their families who are entrapped in legal proceedings.

What it reported doing in 2025

Pipe hitter foundation help support and defend the rights of service members, first responders, and their families. They strive to fulfill their mission through the following goals: financial support and legal defense - provide immediate and ongoing financial support to service members, first responders and their families, as well as legal defense funds and associated expenses to uniformed personnel who need it.advocacy - advocate generally for service members and first responders and for a military and civilian justice system that respects their rights, enhance communications among service members and first responders, and strengthen public support for service members and first responders. Public affairs - educate the public about the sacrifices made by service members and first responders and provide a voice for those who serve to generate public support and awareness. In 2025, pipe hitter foundation was able to assist in providing living expenses and legal cost for 6 individuals/families.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 68% for direct work, and 32% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 66
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.3%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 76.3%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.64 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 62.5%; rating input score 62; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -13.6%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.59; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -67.4% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.3% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.4% per year; rating input score 100; 84th 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: 87.3% of revenue deployed · 76.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $213K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 39/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.