SWORDS TO PLOWSHARES VETERANS RIGHTS ORGANIZATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

W30

Classification

1000

Street

1060 HOWARD ST

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Mission and programs · 2023

• SUPPORTIVE HOUSINGSWORDS TO PLOWSHARES (SWORDS) CONTINUES TO EXPAND OUR INNOVATIVE AND AWARD-WINNING, EMERGENCY, TRANSITIONAL AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS THAT HELP HOMELESS VETERANS GAIN STABILITY AND LIVE INDEPENDENTLY IN THE COMMUNITY. WE CURRENTLY HOUSE NEARLY 500 VETERANS IN PERMANENT OR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. SWORDS HAS THREE PROJECTS, ONE THAT'S FULLY COMPLETE AND THE OTHER TWO IN VARIOUS STAGES DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. THESE PROJECTS WILL PROVIDE HOUSING ANOTHER 150 VETERANS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE IMPACT OF OUR PROGRAMS PLEASE GO TO WWW.STP-SF.ORG/OUR-IMPACT

  Expenses $14,433,106 · Grants $896,525 · Revenue $6,865,264

• HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICESMORE THAN 1,500 VETERANS SOUGHT SERVICES AND CASE MANAGEMENT AT SWORDS DROP-IN CENTER, WHICH PROVIDES CRITICAL SERVICES TO HOMELESS AND AT-RISK VETERANS, INCLUDING: EMERGENCY SHELTER; MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING; HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION; RAPID RE-HOUSING AND REFERRALS TO A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY AGENCIES AND THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION. WE PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO STABILIZE VETERANS AND TO MEET THE FULL RANGE OF THEIR NEEDS AS THEY PREPARE TO ENTER A TREATMENT PROGRAM, START A NEW JOB OR EXIT HOMELESSNESS. CASE MANAGERS ARRANGED FOR BRIEF EMERGENCY HOUSING FOR OVER 250 HOMELESS VETERANS AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO 300 VETERAN FAMILIES MOVING INTO PERMANENT HOUSING. WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO RETAIN HOUSING FOR 150 VETERAN FAMILIES FACED WITH EVICTION. SWORDS' REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE SERVICES HELPED VETERANS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND/OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES MANAGE THEIR MONEY AND RETAIN HOUSING. CURRENTLY 145 VETERANS PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM AND ARE THUS PROTECTED FROM EVICTION AND OTHER CONSEQUENCES OF POOR MONEY MANAGEMENT. WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND THE SAN FRANCISCO HOUSING AUTHORITY TO STREAMLINE EFFORTS AND COLLABORATION TO HOUSE THE "HARDEST TO SERVE" CHRONICALLY HOMELESS VETERANS. OUR VA-FUNDED RAPID RE-HOUSING PROGRAM; SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR VETERANS AND FAMILIES (SSVF), CONSISTS OF TIME-LIMITED, SHORT-TERM PROGRESSIVE COMPONENTS OF INDIVIDUALIZED GOAL SETTING DESIGNED TO BUILD UPON ONE ANOTHER FOR A SOLID APPROACH TO HOUSING STABILIZATION AND RETENTION. THIS 'HOUSING FIRST" MODEL PROVIDES IMMEDIATE WRAP-AROUND SUPPORT TO EACH PARTICIPANT, ESTABLISHING A SOLID PERMANENT HOUSING FOUNDATION - FOLLOWED BY SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN UNIQUELY DESIGNED TO HELP VETERANS MAINTAIN THEIR HOUSING. WE SERVED OVER 1,100 FAMILIES IS ALL BAY AREA COUNTIES.

  Expenses $13,435,382 · Grants $6,993,879

• EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICESSWORDS OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES THAT HELP VETERANS OVERCOME BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT, STABILIZE THEIR LIVES AND BECOME JOB-READY. WE HELPED MORE THAN 350 VETERANS IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THE EAST BAY WITH PRE-EMPLOYMENT PREPARATION, CAREER COUNSELING, JOB TRAINING, JOB PLACEMENT AND FOLLOW-UP. WE SECURED JOB TRAINING FOR 280 VETERANS AND PLACED 264 VETERANS IN JOBS. 150 OF OUR CLIENTS WERE HOMELESS AT TIME OF ENROLLMENT. SWORDS ALSO HELPS VETERANS WITH TRAINING, TUITION, WORK CLOTHING, TOOLS, TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER NEEDS SO THEY CAN FIND AND MAINTAIN LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT.SWORDS WORKS WITH WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARDS, EMPLOYERS, COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTIONS TO DEVELOP CUSTOMIZED JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS IN GROWTH INDUSTRY SECTORS. THE TRAININGS ARE TAILORED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF VETERANS, MANY OF WHOM SERVED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. WE OFFER SPECIALIZED CURRICULUM AND SMALL CLASS SIZES SO THAT VETERANS CAN SECURE ACCELERATED CERTIFICATION TO MOVE QUICKLY INTO JOBS. THESE SPECIALIZED TRAININGS ENABLE US TO EFFICIENTLY SERVE MORE VETERANS AND TO HAVE A HIGHER JOB PLACEMENT PERCENTAGE. WE FORGED NEW RELATIONSHIPS WITH EMPLOYERS TO PLACE VETERANS IN JOBS UPON PROGRAM COMPLETION, AND WE ARE WORKING TO STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN THE CORPORATE COMMUNITY THROUGH A STATEWIDE INITIATIVE.

  Expenses $1,212,205 · Grants $250,452

• POLICY DEVELOPMENT -INSTITUTE FOR VETERAN POLICY (IVP):SWORDS' INSTITUTE FOR VETERAN POLICY ADVOCATES FOR IMPROVED SYSTEMS OF CARE FOR VETERANS OF ALL ERAS, SPECIFICALLY IN THE AREAS OF ACCESS TO BENEFITS, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, MENTAL HEALTH AND THE PREVENTION OF POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS. THE PROGRAM DELIVERS THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED COMBAT TO COMMUNITY TRAINING TO HUNDREDS EACH YEAR. IVP ALSO PROVIDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND ADMINISTERS THE RE-GRANTING OF FUNDS TO VETERAN-SERVING AGENCIES IN CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS WHICH DELIVER EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING, AND WRAP AROUND SERVICES.LEGAL SERVICES:EACH YEAR, OUR ATTORNEYS PROVIDE FREE LEGAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, AND REPRESENTATION TO MORE THAN 1,000 HOMELESS AND LOW-INCOME VETERANS THROUGHOUT THE BAY AREA. BY ASSISTING VETERANS ATTAIN VA ELIGIBILITY THROUGH THE VA CHARACTER OF DISCHARGE PROCESS AND APPLICATIONS FOR RECORDS CORRECTIONS AND UPGRADES BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CORRECTIONS BOARDS, WE FIGHT TO REMOVE BARRIERS ESSENTIAL TO VETERANS' STABILITY, INCLUDING ACCESS TO VA HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION SERVICES, BENEFITS, AND HEALTHCARE. WITH THE HELP OF OUR ROBUST PRO BONO PROGRAM, WE SECURED OVER $11 MILLION IN LIFETIME BENEFITS AWARDS FOR VETERAN CLIENTS IN VA DISABILITY COMPENSATION, VHA MEDICAL SERVICES AND VA PENSION BENEFITS. MORE THAN NINETY PERCENT OF THE CASES ADJUDICATED WERE IN THE VETERAN'S FAVOR.

  Expenses $1,910,685

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2023

  Revenue

  $35,639,877

  Expenses

  $36,263,194

  Contributions

  $28,796,709

  Grants paid

  $8,140,857

• 2022

  Revenue

  $37,321,790

  Expenses

  $33,747,560

  Contributions

  $30,114,057

  Grants paid

  $8,085,655

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $30,349,510

  Expenses

  $30,719,943

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,944,771

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $35,297,923

  Expenses

  $35,046,257

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,731,803

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $27,192,326

  Expenses

  $26,786,088

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,424,229

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $22,132,246

  Expenses

  $20,272,895

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,999,488

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $18,694,730

  Expenses

  $18,613,481

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,594,929

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $20,005,096

  Expenses

  $19,852,958

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,548,668

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $19,102,642

  Expenses

  $18,867,170

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,485,359

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,298,991

  Expenses

  $16,315,825

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,270,066

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $354,493

  2023 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• BOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC

  $335,500

  2023 · VETERANS COMMUNITY CENTER; LEGAL SERVICES

• BOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC

  $325,000

  2024 · HOUSING SERVICES; LEGAL SERVICES

• SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION

  $281,344

  2024 · FOR PROJECT SUPPORT

• FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES

  $208,545

  2023 · BREAKING BARRIERS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $170,250

  2022 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $153,300

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NAPA VALLEY

  $100,000

  2022 · FOR SUPPORT OF THE HOMELESS VETERANS PROGRAM

• BOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC

  $100,000

  2022 · EXPAND STAFF AND ON-SITE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO PROVIDE EXTENDED SERVICE HOURS IN EVENINGS AND ON WEEKENDS TO MEET THE SERVICE AND CONNECTION NEEDS OF AT LEAST 300 UNSHELTERED, SENIOR, AND ISOLATED VETERANS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $79,150

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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