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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,324,780
Total expenses
$2,784,202
Contributions and grants received
$2,430,586
Grants paid
$1,880,236
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$75,005
Other revenue
-$180,811
Total assets, end of year
$1,335,128
Total liabilities, end of year
$171,430
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,163,698
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,402,283
Management and general expenses
$211,689
Fundraising expenses
$170,230
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,402,283

Program services were 86.3% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $50,000

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $212,757

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,167,829

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $332,332

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $21,487 · excluded $21,487

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $396,252

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $342,734

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $53,518

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $53,518 · excluded $53,518

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $101,800

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $212,757

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $291,519

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$189,719

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $8,908 · related or exempt $8,908

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $8,908

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,880,236 · program services $1,880,236

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $123,750 · program services $100,717 · management and general $10,787 · fundraising $12,246

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $415,110 · program services $337,846 · management and general $36,186 · fundraising $41,078

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $41,376 · program services $33,675 · management and general $3,607 · fundraising $4,094

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $9,315 · management and general $9,315

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $24,370 · management and general $24,370

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $22,011 · fundraising $22,011

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $54,728 · management and general $48,842 · fundraising $5,886

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $15,018 · management and general $15,018

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $34,968 · program services $23,067 · management and general $5,311 · fundraising $6,590

  • 17 · Travel

    total $22,141 · program services $657 · management and general $19,061 · fundraising $2,423

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,638 · management and general $2,980 · fundraising $658

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $39 · management and general $39

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,041 · management and general $4,041

  • 24a · Other expenses: GRANT WRITER

    total $125,406 · program services $25,081 · management and general $25,081 · fundraising $75,244

  • 24b · Other expenses: CHARITABLE DONATIONS

    total $8,055 · program services $1,004 · management and general $7,051

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $567,251 · end of year $550,055

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $26,215 · end of year $3,218

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $220

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $12,675

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $11,326

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $1,349

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,081,357 · end of year $618,838

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $35,805 · end of year $161,448

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $84,597 · end of year $12,782

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $33,005 · end of year $158,648

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,593,026 · end of year $1,163,698

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND (WVRF), FOUNDED IN 2009, IS A VETERAN-LED 501 (C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE URGENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND CRITICAL DENTAL CARE TO FLORIDA'S ELIGIBLE WOUNDED AND DISABLED VETERANS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO PUTTING VETERANS FIRST BY DELIVERING LIFE-CHANGING AND OFTEN LIFE-SAVING SUPPORT TO THOSE WHO SERVED OUR NATION.

  • WVRF DELIVERS DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO VETERANS THROUGH TWO CORE PROGRAMS: URGENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (UFAP): THIS PROGRAM HELPS VETERANS FACING CRISIS SITUATIONS SUCH AS EVICTION, FORECLOSURE, LOSS OF UTILITIES, UNEMPLOYMENT, NATURAL DISASTERS, OR OTHER EMERGENCIES. IN 2024, WE PROVIDED 786,806 IN URGENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO 1,090 VETERANS AND FAMILY MEMBERS, HELPING THEM STABILIZE THEIR LIVES, AVOID HOMELESSNESS, AND REGAIN INDEPENDENCE. CRITICAL DENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (CDAP): THIS UNIQUE STATEWIDE PROGRAM PROVIDES 100% FREE DENTAL CARE TO VETERANS WHO DO NOT QUALIFY FOR VA DENTAL BENEFITS. DENTAL CARE IMPROVES OVERALL HEALTH, RELIEVES PAIN, RESTORES CONFIDENCE, AND INCREASES EMPLOYABILITY. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2021, WVRF HAS DELIVERED OVER 3.3 MILLION IN DIRECT DENTAL CARE. IN 2024, WE PROVIDED 1,001,800 IN DENTAL ASSISTANCE TO 234 VETERANS THROUGH A NETWORK OF OVER 300 DENTAL PARTNERS STATEWIDE. TO DATE, WVRF HAS RESTORED THE SMILES OF 436 VETERANS. TOTAL 2024 IMPACT: IN 2024, WVRF DELIVERED 1,788,606 IN DIRECT PROGRAM ASSISTANCE TO FLORIDA'S DISABLED VETERANS, SUPPORTING A TOTAL OF 1,324 VETERANS AND FAMILY MEMBERS.

    Expenses $2,402,283 · Grants $1,880,236

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mike Durkee

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $123,750
    From this org
    $123,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Rand Allen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9
  • Ellen Andel

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9
  • Eugene Andrews

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9
  • Lauren Berkson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9
  • Jim Brown

    SERGENT AT A

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9
  • Russell J Cancilla

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9
  • Brittany Cartwright

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9
  • Robert D Chelberg

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9
  • Julia Dattolo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9
  • Andre Debose

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9
  • Frank Drennan

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9
  • Jim Edwards

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9
  • Patrick J Miller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9
  • Willard Shepard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9
  • Peter Stark

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9
  • John Tassone

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9
  • Harry Skip Taylor

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
22 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202533219349319653

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