Special Operations Warrior Foundation

What it reported doing in 2025

Educational advocacy, tutoring and private schooling: academic and career advocacy services are available to all eligible children beginning at a young age. By setting the expectation of apost-secondary education, our students begin setting their academic and professional goals from a young age. The foundation is there to ensure that each student is on track to reach those goals. The foundation provided educational advocacy to almost 1,200 children that have not yet reached college age or started their post-secondary education. 452 of these children were in middle and high school and received.(continued on schedule o).academic planning materials and started preparing to begin their post secondary education. In home tutoring was available to all children from kindergarten age through college graduation. The foundation also funded visits to colleges for high school seniors. The foundation conducts an annual college preparation conference/seminar for our high school juniors and seniors. The students are lodged on a college campus, coached in college finances, social responsibilities, taught how to write a college admissions essay, learn about expectations from college professors, and are mentored by sowf college graduates. Most recently, in 2025, the board of directors approved an increase in private school tuition assistance grants to up to $6,000 per k-12 student, per year. In its commitment to its number one priority, student success, sowf continues to enhance educational opportunities, from cradle to career.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 91.8%; rating input score 92
• Program expense ratio: 90.8%; rating input score 91
• Fundraising efficiency: $12.41 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 96%; rating input score 96; 25th 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: 27.1%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.3; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4.2%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings