SOWW Corp
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 460731231
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Grinnell, IA, USA
- Phone
- 8432676312
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $840,240
- Expenses
- $848,209
- Assets
- $2,513,861
- Liabilities
- $76,266
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- James Cook (President)
- Aaron Daley (Vice-President)
People named in this filing
- Jess Aylward (Sargent at Arms)
- John Baker (Director)
- Pete Brownell (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
SOWW Corp was formed for the sole purpose of recognoizing both active and veteran members of our US Special Operations Forces with charitable outdoor events, family retreats, and therapeutic treatments addressing physical wounds and PTSD in order to reduce the daily number of veteran suicides. SOWW recognizes that as the war on terrorism continues, special operations forces will be facing new challenges all too frequently.
What it reported doing in 2025
K9 The SOWW Charity K9 Program, in conjunction with Baden K-9, offers an all-encompassing training initiative for dogs that encompasses various roles, including service dogs, family protection dogs, and animals suited for law enforcement or military duties. Specializing in individualized, one-on-one training, Baden K-9 ensures that each dog and owner pair receives customized training to meet their unique needs. this approach guarantees top-tier instruction delivered by seasoned experts who have accumulated years of hand-on experience. Rooted in values of integrity, fortitude, and dignity, Baden K-9 has cultivated a robust training philosophy over time. Notably, the program takes pride inits selection of German, Dutch, and Belgian Shepherds, with a meticulous matching process to each recipient with the dog best suited to their requirements.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% 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
STRONG - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.9%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 87.1%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: $9.77 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
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: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.9%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.96; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 96.9% of revenue deployed · 87.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $738K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 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 34/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.