Save a Warrior Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
455571507
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Columbus, OH, USA
Phone
6145987870
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Patient Services - Entertainment, Recreation

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,745,257
Expenses
$2,347,551
Assets
$12,042,220
Liabilities
$53,573

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RONALD CLARK (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • RONALD CLARK (PRESIDENT): $271,075 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Save a warrior saw is committed to ending the staggering suicide rate plaguing our veterans, active military and first responders. We conceive, originate and invent integrated intensive retreat iir experiences to transform the way our heroes live their lives.

What it reported doing in 2024

Save a warrior operated 30 cohorts serving 323 veterans, active duty military and first responders. Each cohort is an innovative, 72 hour long, residential experience for veterans, active duty military and first responders living with posttraumatic stress pts. Each week or project is conducted in cohorts of 10-15 participants and consists of resiliency training for countering the devastating effects of pts, anxiety and depression. This is accomplished through an experiential learning model, where we focus on the immediate and lasting benefits of alternative methods and discuss the keys to understanding selfmotivation. This return boot camp or war detox uses evidence based techniques to educate warriors and provide them with healing opportunities that initiate longterm behavioral changes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.8%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 86.4%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $19.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.5%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.13; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.5%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 29.6% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.8% of revenue deployed · 86.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 2 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $271K · 4 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $112K reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 59/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.