Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$1,507,527

Total expenses

$1,329,401

Contributions and grants received

$1,560,968

Grants paid

$192,000

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$46,448

Other revenue

-$99,889

Total assets, end of year

$1,409,643

Total liabilities, end of year

$266

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,409,377

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,099,608

Management and general expenses

$184,399

Fundraising expenses

$45,394

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,099,608

Program services were 82.7% 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 · 2025

• SCHOLARSHIPS: THE TORCH SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IS A MERIT-BASED PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS THE EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT OF VIGILANT TORCH MEMBERS AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS, INCLUDING GRANDCHILDREN. SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS MAY BE APPLIED TOWARD HIGHER EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, OR PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS. AWARD AMOUNTS ARE DETERMINED THROUGH A COMPETITIVE REVIEW PROCESS AND ARE CONTINGENT ON AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS. IN 2025, WE RECEIVED 80 APPLICATIONS AND AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO 65 RECIPIENTS, DISTRIBUTING $151,000 IN TOTAL. TOP SCORERS IN EACH EDUCATION CATEGORY (HIGH SCHOOL, UNDERGRADUATE, AND GRADUATE) RECEIVED $10,000, AND OUR HIGHEST OVERALL SCORER RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL $5,000 MERIT AWARD. SINCE 2015, WE HAVE AWARDED 464 SCHOLARSHIPS TOTALING $830,000, AND BY REDUCING FINANCIAL BARRIERS TO EDUCATION AND TRAINING, THE TORCH SCHOLARSHIP CONTINUES TO INVEST IN LONG-TERM PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND STABILITY ACROSS THE VIGILANT TORCH COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $192,000 · Grants $192,000

• PHILO PROJECT: MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMUNITY FACE ELEVATED CANCER RISK DUE TO MISSION-RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES. THE PHILO PROJECT ADDRESSES THIS BY PROVIDING ELIGIBLE HIGH-RISK INDIVIDUALS WITH ACCESS TO A FREE, FULL-BODY MRI. THESE SCANS SCREEN FOR MORE THAN 50 TYPES OF CANCER AND OVER 300 ADDITIONAL MEDICAL CONDITIONS, MANY OF WHICH ARE ASYMPTOMATIC IN EARLY STAGES. BECAUSE THESE SCANS ARE NOT AVAILABLE THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OR VETERANS AFFAIRS FACILITIES AND ARE NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE, THIS PROGRAM FILLS A CRITICAL GAP. THE IMAGING ENABLES EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL HEALTH CONCERNS, LEADING TO INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT FOLLOW-UP CARE AND IMPROVING LONG-TERM HEALTH OUTCOMES AND PEACE OF MIND. IN 2025, WE FUNDED 265 SCANS, AND 20% OF THOSE SCANNED HAD UNDETECTED ISSUES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED. SINCE THE PROGRAM BEGAN, 403 SCANS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, EACH ONE A STEP TOWARD EARLIER DETECTION AND BETTER OUTCOMES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH IN SERVICE TO THIS NATION.

  Expenses $413,979

• FAMILY CONNECTEDNESS: THE VIGILANT TORCH FOUNDATION SUPPORTS SERVICE MEMBERS AND FAMILIES OF OUR SELECT SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES COMMUNITY BY FUNDING EVENTS AND PROGRAMS THAT BRING THEM TOGETHER. IN 2025, THOSE EFFORTS REACHED OVER 500 FAMILIES THROUGH DEDICATED FAMILY EVENTS AND PROGRAMMING. WE MAKE POSSIBLE THE GATHERINGS, ACTIVITIES, AND SHARED EXPERIENCES THAT BUILD LASTING BONDS AND A TRUE SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG THOSE WHO CARRY THE UNIQUE WEIGHT OF THE SOF LIFESTYLE. BECAUSE BEHIND EVERY EXCEPTIONAL OPERATOR IS A FAMILY THAT SERVES ALONGSIDE THEM, AND THEY DESERVE A COMMUNITY THAT SHOWS UP FOR THEM IN RETURN.

  Expenses $414,639

• A. MENTAL WELLNESS PROGRAM: THE PROGRAM OFFERS RESOURCES FOR CARE AND COMMUNITY CONNECTION. WHILE VIGILANT TORCH DOES NOT PROVIDE CLINICAL TREATMENT, THE PROGRAM LEVERAGES PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS TO HELP MEMBERS ACCESS APPROPRIATE MENTAL WELLNESS SERVICES. A DEDICATED PROGRAM DIRECTOR ASSISTS MEMBERS IN IDENTIFYING EXTERNAL RESOURCES AND, WHEN NEEDED, PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO HELP OFFSET THE COST OF CARE. THE PROGRAM TAKES A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO WELLNESS, ADDRESSING A BROAD RANGE OF NEEDS, INCLUDING SERVICE DOGS, FAMILY MEDICAL BILLS, INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY MENTAL HEALTH CARE, SPECIALTY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES NOT COVERED DURING ACTIVE DUTY, GRIEF SUPPORT, SUBSTANCE ABUSE CARE, FINANCIAL LITERACY, EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE, DISABILITY RATING GUIDANCE, AND SPECIALTY MEDICAL RESOURCES. IN 2025, THE PROGRAM SERVED 49 PARTICIPANTS, AND SINCE ITS INCEPTION, 128 INDIVIDUALS HAVE RECEIVED SUPPORT THROUGH THIS VITAL PROGRAM.EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: VIGILANT TORCH PROVIDES IMMEDIATE, COMPASSIONATE SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FACING URGENT CRISES, ENSURING THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO NAVIGATE CHALLENGING TIMES WITH DIGNITY AND STABILITY. WHETHER COPING WITH THE SUDDEN LOSS OF A LOVED ONE, FINANCIAL STRAIN, MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, OR URGENT HOUSING NEEDS, OUR TEAM STANDS READY TO RESPOND WITH CRITICAL AID. IN 2025, WE PROVIDED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO 26 FAMILIES, A DIRECT REFLECTION OF OUR COMMITMENT TO BEING THERE WHEN IT MATTERS MOST.

  Expenses $78,990

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• VIGILANT TORCH ASSOCIATION

  501(C)(19) & (C)(23) · PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF · VA

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

1 April 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.1

Source object

202611009349300521

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