The Army of Survivors

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831608542
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Lansing, MI, USA
Phone
2708757458
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Sexual Abuse, Prevention

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,187,567
Expenses
$612,123
Assets
$1,023,865
Liabilities
$34,415

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GRACE FRENCH (PRESIDENT, FOUNDER, INTERIM TREASURER)
  • JULIE ANN RIVERS-COCHRAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JULIE ANN RIVERS-COCHRAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $104,853 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To bring awareness, accountability, and transparency to sexual violence against athletes at all levels.

What it reported doing in 2024

See schedule oeducation: throughout the year, taos participated in numerous educational events, conferences, and summits as keynote speakers, panelists, trainers. And moderators, advocating for the prevention of abuse and sexual harassment in sports. Through these events, members of taos encouraged the adoption of trauma-informed practices within sports organizations and institutions and championed a sporting culture that prioritizes athlete well-being over financial gains and medals. These events also served as a crucial space for taos to continue its collaborations and partnerships with allied organizations, furthering its mission to enhance safety in sports through its core pillars of education and advocacy. For example, taos' executive director, julie ann rivers-cochran, attended the first-ever fifa inaugural safeguarding summit in zurich, switzerland. The summit was organized as fifa continues its ongoing work through its fifa guardians program, which seeks to promote children's well-being in football and develop a comprehensive approach to safeguarding best practices throughout the game. Ms. Rivers-cochran served as a moderator for a panel with athlete-survivors of abuse in sport where the discussion focused on exploring the importance of sports organizations creating a culture of safeguarding where all levels of the organization center athletes and their well-being. Panelists shared their personal perspectives on what safeguarding looks like from the lens of athletes with lived experiences of the abuse.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% 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.

The verdict

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 43
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 33.2%; rating input score 33
  • Program expense ratio: 64.5%; rating input score 64
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th 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; 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: 48.5%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.67; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.1%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 33.8% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 27.8% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27.3% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 33.2% of revenue deployed · 64.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $395K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $105K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 33/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 26/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.