Us for Warriors Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464167683
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Chula Vista, CA, USA
Phone
888-444-1415
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Military, Veterans' Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$84,114
Expenses
$86,698
Assets
$1,140
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Anthony Stewart (Executive Director)
  • Ken Greenawald (President)
  • William Reed (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Anthony Stewart (Executive Director): $2,175 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Us4Warriors™ is a 501c3 non-profit action team dedicated to help veterans, active duty military, & their families overcome hardships to improve their ability to contribute to society. Us4Warriors helps warriors, past & present, to live for a stronger life, prosper for a brighter future & reach a point of self-reliance that allows them to aspire for their dreams.

What it reported doing in 2024

Prosper Aim Group Program: The Prosper Program bundles several project training and support those in need of the elements that can lead to them becoming self-reliant. From job support through Work4Warriors services with assessments, educational and informational forums, seminars and workshops that lead veterans to prosperous outcomes, efforts bring together tools and resources covering topics, such as, budget and financial training, job and career assistance, military-to-civilian assistance, veteran owned business opportunities and sessions that help remove roadblocks to initiatives that help self-reliance transcend to prosperity in the lives of those who have given of themselves in service of our country and their families. These services were provided at in-person offerings and virtual sessions online. These services not only help veterans seeking career changes, but also active-duty military who are transitioning to civilian life and reintegrating into the communities where they choose to live. These services and the community collaborations surrounding them have shown to be critical for the prosperity of active-duty military and veterans living in an area with not only the highest concentration of military and veterans in the country, but also receiving strategic services from our organization which operates from headquarters within a designated area with high unemployment per California statistics.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 53% for direct work, and 47% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 31
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.6%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 78.2%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $54.06 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 83; 83rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.1%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.5%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -61.4% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 80.6% of revenue deployed · 78.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $68K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 44 of 44 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.