Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$397,547

Total expenses

$537,761

Contributions and grants received

$397,415

Grants paid

$3,300

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$79

Other revenue

$53

Total assets, end of year

$0

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$0

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$432,445

Management and general expenses

$52,956

Fundraising expenses

$52,360

Program service expenses (Part III)

$432,445

Program services were 80.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• BRAVE STANDS FOR BREATHWORK RECALIBRATION AND VETERAN EMPOWERMENT. THE RETREAT INVITES WOMEN VETERANS TO A 5-DAY INTENSIVE IN-PERSON GATHERING FOLLOWED BY A 12-WEEK PRACTICE PERIOD ONLINE (IN GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALLY WITH VETERAN'S PATH FACILITATORS) AND ENDING WITH A 3-DAY RECONVENING IN-PERSON. BRAVE SUPPORTS WOMEN VETERANS STRUGGLING WITH REINTEGRATION ISSUES THAT CAN INCLUDE POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS, MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND FAMILY/CAREGIVER MATTERS. WE INTEGRATE MEDITATION AND MINDFULNESS PRACTICES INTO A DISCIPLINED, DAILY ROUTINE THAT IS ALSO FULL OF FUN AND LAUGHTER SO THAT, TOGETHER, VETERANS CAN OPEN UP ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND HEAL INNER CONFLICTS THEY NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE. THE BRAVE RETREATS ARE LIFE CHANGING AND OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH OTHER FEMALE VETERANS IN A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT. LIFETIME FRIENDSHIPS ARE FORMED!

  Expenses $134,479

• AMP DOJO - NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE VETERANS ARE TAKING INITIATIVE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST SUICIDE BY IDENTIFYING, RESEARCHING, AND VALIDATING NEW MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENTS. ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING IS PSYCHEDELIC-ASSISTED THERAPY ("PAT"), WHICH CONTINUES TO HEADLINE ADVANCES IN MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENTS WITH ONGOING RESEARCH IN HUNDREDS OF UNIVERSITIES AND CLINICAL TRIALS. VETERAN'S PATH DOES NOT DIRECTLY ADMINISTER PAT, BUT OUR AMP DOJO MEDITATION PROGRAM SERVES AS A CRITICAL ELEMENT IN STABILIZING AND INTEGRATING THE THERAPEUTIC IMPACT OF AN INNOVATIVE TREATMENT LIKE PAT. AMP DOJO HELPS VETERANS UNDERGOING PAT TO INTEGRATE PSYCHEDELIC-INDUCED INSIGHTS, INCLUDING DECONSTRUCTING FAULTY BELIEFS, RESTRUCTURING ATTITUDES, CHALLENGING ASSUMPTIONS, AND HEALING TRAUMAS STORED IN THE BODY/MIND. LEARNING MEDITATION PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN SUCCESSFUL PAT, AND AMP DOJO HELPS SUSTAIN LASTING POSITIVE CHANGE.

  Expenses $130,527

• EVIDENCE BASED MINDFULNESS TRAINING - ACCELERATED MIND PERFORMANCE (AMPTM) TRAINING TEACHES SKILLS FOR DEVELOPING MENTAL RESILIENCE AND AGILITY. THE ONLINE COURSE MEETS 1 HOUR WEEKLY FOR 6 WEEKS OF INSTRUCTION. VETERANS LEARN THE SCIENCE OF MIND-BODY DYNAMICS, EFFECTS OF STRESS ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, AND HOW TO RE-ENGAGE SYSTEM REGULATION AND ATTENTION AFTER A DISRUPTION. PTSD IS A DISORDER OF NON-RECOVERY FROM TRAUMA. THE COMBINATION OF MINDFULNESS TRAINING AND PEER SUPPORT HELPS VETERANS MONITOR INTERNAL STRESS AND MAINTAIN SELF-REGULATION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND EMOTIONS, SKILLS CRITICAL TO SELF-AWARENESS AND SELF-COMPASSION. RESEARCH SHOWS A MINDFULNESS PROGRAM SUPPORTED BY AMP INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS FOUND A 50% REDUCTION IN AROUSAL REGULATION, A 30% IMPROVEMENT IN CONCENTRATION, SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN CORTISOL LEVELS, AND 100% SELF-REPORTED IMPROVEMENT IN COGNITIVE, PHYSIOLOGICAL, AND RELATIONAL FUNCTION. OUR INSTRUCTORS ARE VETERANS WHO TEACH STRATEGIES TO THEIR PEERS THAT LEAD TO A HEALTHIER QUALITY OF LIFE.

  Expenses $55,091

• OTHER RELATED PROGRAMS INCLUDING: GENERAL PROGRAMS, TRAINING, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, AMP WOMEN, CP PLATFORM, NATI GUARD,

  Expenses $112,348

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Assets distributed on this return

Schedule N, as filed: what the organization did with its assets when it liquidated or dissolved, or disposed of more than a quarter of them, and who received them. A recipient with an EIN is usually a successor organization; filers also list expenses such as legal fees here.

• DRALA MOUNTAIN CENTER

  $23,563

  Liquidation · PROGRAM EXPENSE WWP · Jul 19, 2023

• ASCEND COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGIES LLC

  $15,000

  Liquidation · VIDEO PRODUCTION · Mar 10, 2023

3 distributions to recipients named as people, $34,747 in total. Counted where the filer named the recipient as a person, as filed. Who received them, and what, are not published.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

30 August 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

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