Wounded Warriors Family Support Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
201407520
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Omaha, NE, USA
Phone
4025027557
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Emergency Assistance

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,508,668
Expenses
$4,817,194
Assets
$10,370,757
Liabilities
$194,749

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • COLONEL JOHN D FOLSOM II RET (PRESIDENT EMERITUS)
  • KATHRYN MCCAULEY (CEO & PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • KATHRYN MCCAULEY (CEO & PRESIDENT): $185,979 total reported compensation
  • MARTIN DUARTE (SECRETARY/TREASURER): $127,309 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to support the veterans and families of those who have been wounded, injured, or killed during combat operations.wounded warriors family support is committed to supporting and assisting military families affected by the sacrifices made during combat operations. Our organization recognizes that the families of our brave service members are often overlooked when it comes to receiving help and support.in addition to directly aiding military families, wounded warriors family support also plays a crucial role in providing funding to other veteran organizations with similar missions. We believe in the power of collaboration with other reputable organizations, uniting our efforts to serve better those who have served our country.

What it reported doing in 2025

United automobile workers ford (uaw-ford) is dedicated to showing appreciation and support to our country's military veterans and their families. Our nation's military veterans have fulfilled greatcommitments in protecting our country's freedom.uaw-ford and wounded warriors family support have partnered to provide a training program in welding for u.s. Military veterans. Uaw-ford is offering a six-week welding training program, where selected veterans will train and test for 6g through 4f welding certification. In 2025wounded warriors family support provided two classes with 18 veterans completing the course. Wwfs provides boots, lodging, transportation, and food stipends.soldier support is to provide veterans and their families unmet needs by direct support for emergency funding, travel grants, back to school grants, educational grants, and natural disaster assistance. Additional support was provided in 2024 to dunham house to provide housing for combat wounded veterans.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 78% of its reported program spending out as 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.5%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 87.9%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $19.24 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.3%; rating input score 99; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.6%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.15; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.5%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.5% of revenue deployed · 87.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $4.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $186K · 10 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 36 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 58/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 47/100.