The Sheepdog Coalition

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
863865762
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Phone
9493383339
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$79,222
Expenses
$85,997
Assets
$1,788,300
Liabilities
$157,808

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL TYRREL (PRESIDENT)
  • GLEN CEDERHOLM (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MICHAEL TYRREL (PRESIDENT)
  • GLEN CEDERHOLM (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • TED HANDLER (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The sheepdog coalition is dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, and social well-being of combat veteran through three core pillars: wellness, advocacy, and recreation (w.a.r.). Our wellness program provides access to individualized functional medicine services. Our advocacy program delivers expert assistance navigating complex benefit systems. Our recreation program organizes nature-based events designed to restore camaraderie, confidence, and purpose. All at no cost to veterans.

What it reported doing in 2024

Wellness: provided 5 combat veterans with functional medicine lab testing, consults, nutritional assistance, and individualized care plans addressing physical and mental health challenges related to combat service and lifestyle.advocacy: assisted combat veterans in navigating complex va systems, including submitting disability claims, obtaining combat-related special compensation (crsc), and accessing earned benefits. Over 80 veterans received one-on-one support, resulting in improved benefit outcomes and reduced barriers to care, and greater financial stability.recreation: facilitated 8 nature-based therapeutic retreats across the country, including hunting, fishing, and hiking events. These activities fostered community, promoted emotional healing, and reduced isolation among combat veterans. Participation exceeded 90 individual combat veteran engagements, who reported significant improvements in connection and morale.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 6
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.4%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 86.9%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.39 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: Limited
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.6%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 20.79; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -134.6% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.4% of revenue deployed · 86.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $75K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 44/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.