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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WARRIORS FOR FREEDOM FOUNDATION.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 27 August 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$556,315 changed to $577,577
Total expenses
$534,071 changed to $534,070
Contributions and grants received
$210,154 changed to $209,748
Program service revenue
$115,877 changed to $116,283
Other revenue
$230,050 changed to $251,312
Total assets, end of year
$122,693 changed to $164,463
Total liabilities, end of year
$11,162 changed to $0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$111,531 changed to $164,463
Management and general expenses
$299,299 changed to $299,298

Totals

Total revenue
$577,577
Total expenses
$534,070
Contributions and grants received
$209,748
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$116,283
Investment income
$234
Other revenue
$251,312
Total assets, end of year
$164,463
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$164,463
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$150,832
Management and general expenses
$299,298
Fundraising expenses
$83,940
Program service expenses (Part III)
$150,832

Program services were 28.2% 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

    $7,904

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $14,648

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $187,196

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $7,944

  • 2a · Program service revenue: GAVIN BLACK SCHOLARSHIP

    total $32,669 · related or exempt $32,669

  • 2b · Program service revenue: GOLF - PROGRAM

    total $30,861 · related or exempt $30,861

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SHOOTING

    total $23,779 · related or exempt $23,779

  • 2d · Program service revenue: HUNTING

    total $10,190 · related or exempt $10,190

  • 2e · Program service revenue: SCUBA

    total $8,268 · related or exempt $8,268

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $10,516 · related or exempt $10,516

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $234 · related or exempt $234

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $247,645

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

    $14,648

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $21,543

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $226,102

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $21,262 · related or exempt $21,262

  • 11b · Other revenue: MERCHANDISE SALES

    total $3,948 · related or exempt $3,948

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $25,210

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $166,094 · program services $30,143 · management and general $93,323 · fundraising $42,628

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $18,688 · management and general $18,688

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,671 · program services $1,837 · management and general $5,153 · fundraising $2,681

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,371 · management and general $12,371

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $35,345 · program services $2,586 · management and general $26,894 · fundraising $5,865

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $25,072 · program services $3,814 · management and general $19,758 · fundraising $1,500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $77,614 · program services $21,620 · management and general $55,778 · fundraising $216

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,630 · management and general $10,630

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,000 · program services $1,000

  • 17 · Travel

    total $71,932 · program services $35,301 · management and general $33,970 · fundraising $2,661

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,606 · program services $1,227 · management and general $379

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,338 · management and general $2,338

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,785 · management and general $4,785

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT ASSISTANCE

    total $15,341 · program services $15,341

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $9,381 · program services $9,381

  • 24c · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $9,330 · fundraising $9,330

  • 24d · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $8,229 · program services $8,229

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $54,643 · program services $20,353 · management and general $15,231 · fundraising $19,059

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $86,602 · end of year $117,407

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $10,102

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

    $2,686

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

    $2,686

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $34,354 · end of year $36,954

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $5,089 · end of year $5,089

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $115,867 · end of year $159,374

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE WARRIORS FOR FREEDOM FOUNDATION IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE COMMUNITY, CONSTANT SUPPORT, AND YEAR ROUND ACTIVITIES, WHERE WE CAN RESTORE HOPE, RENEW PURPOSE, AND REVITALIZE OUR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

  • WARRIOR SCUBA WAS LAUNCHED IN SEPTEMBER 2016 TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CURRENT AND FORMER MEMBERS OF OUR MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES TO EXPERIENCE THE WORLD OF SCUBA DIVING. WARRIORS FOR FREEDOM HAS PARTNERED WITH BLUEWATER DIVERS OF OKLAHOMA CITY TO ASIIST US IN PROVIDING THE PROPER TRAINING AND EDUCTION TO BECOME PADI CERTIFIED OPEN WATER DIVERS. RESEARCH SHOWS SCUBA CAN HELP CREATE A SENSE OF PURPOSE, CAMARADERIE AND SELF-CONFIDENCE THAT THE SERVICE MEMBER EXPERIENCED DURING THEIR TIME IN UNIFORM. SCUBA HAS ALSO BEEN SHOWN TO BE AN EFFECTIVE ALTERNATE THERAPY FOR INDIVIDUALS BATTLING PTSD, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, AND DEPRESSION IN AN ENVIRONMENT FOUND NOWHERE ELSE ON EARTH.

    Expenses $54,669 · Revenue $8,267

  • WFF PROVIDES OUTDOOR PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES OF ALL KINDS TO ENGAGE MILITARY MEMBERS AND VETERANS OF ALL PHYSICAL ABILITIES . OUR WARRIORS ENJOY ACTIVITIES LIKE HUNTING, SKEET, MOTOCROSS, CAMPING AND MORE TO PROVIDE PURPOSE AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CAMARADERIE WHILE COPING WITH THE IMPACTS OF THEIR SERVICE, INCREASING THEIR RESILIENCE AND IMPROVING THEIR LONG TERM PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH.

    Expenses $26,726 · Revenue $10,190

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $20,546 · Revenue $23,779

  • WE OFFER PROGRAMS, ESSENTIAL RESOURCES, AND CRITICAL SERVICES THAT CULTIVATE CAMARADERIE, AND CHAMPIONS THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE WE SERVE. THE ORGANIZATION IS WELL KNOWN FOR PROVIDING ACTIVITIES THAT HELP THOSE WHO FACE POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD), COMBAT STRESS REACTION (CSR) AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES (TBI), AS WELL AS ACUTELY FOCUSING ON SUICIDE PREVENTION VIA THE R22 CAMPAIGN.

    Expenses $48,891 · Revenue $73,066

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Erica Walker

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $64,345
    From this org
    $64,345
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Denise Martinez

    DIRECTOR OPE

    Total calculated
    $51,938
    From this org
    $51,938
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • John Bawden

    COMMUNICATIO

    Total calculated
    $29,167
    From this org
    $29,167
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Rob Allen

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Sam Barnett

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Ray Carter

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Andy Cullen

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Duane Cummings

    NEW EXECUTIV

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Eli Davis

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Brett Dick

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Russel Ermeling

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Rick Higginson

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Mike Kelly

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Spencer Lane

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Hamilton Le

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Tj Nance

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Brian Rose

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Avery Smith

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Scott Statton

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0

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
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202443199349303799

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