Valor Initiative
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 612232395
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Midlothian, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8172330873
- Rating
- 48
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Recreation& Sports N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $43,533
- Expenses
- $18,143
- Assets
- $43,533
- Liabilities
- $18,143
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KYLE NELSON (PRESIDENT)
- GERSON GONZALES (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KYLE NELSON (PRESIDENT)
- GERSON GONZALES (VICE PRESIDENT)
- JESSE CAMPBELL (BOARD MEMBER)
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
Valor Initiative is a volunteer-powered nonprofit dedicated to supporting veterans and first responders through year-round outdoor events and activities. We provide meaningful experiences that foster healing, build connection, and promote overall well-being.
What it reported doing in 2024
Valor held their first event in the fall of 2025 to help 10 veterans participate in water sports activities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 39
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 12
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 29.3%; rating input score 29
- Program expense ratio: 70.3%; rating input score 70
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 58.3%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.4; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.42; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 29.3% of revenue deployed · 70.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 29/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.