VIGILANT TORCH FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P20

Classification

1000

Street

5680 KING CENTRE DR STE 600

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 600). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• ALTERISTIC INC

  EIN 27-3479907

• NATIONAL MENOPAUSE FOUNDATION INC

  EIN 82-3773599

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.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $1,507,527

  Expenses

  $1,329,401

  Contributions

  $1,560,968

  Grants paid

  $192,000

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,388,255

  Expenses

  $344,931

  Contributions

  $1,254,377

  Grants paid

  $130,500

• 2023

  Revenue

  $162,591

  Expenses

  $115,586

  Contributions

  $162,591

  Grants paid

  $110,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $59,682

  Expenses

  $110,703

  Contributions

  $59,681

  Grants paid

  $106,500

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

  $205,222

  Expenses

  $101,434

  Assets (EOY)

  $239,654

• 2020 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $58,525

  Expenses

  $67,360

  Assets (EOY)

  $92,016

• 2019 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $49,606

  Expenses

  $61,239

  Assets (EOY)

  $100,851

• 2018 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $29,225

  Expenses

  $52,643

  Assets (EOY)

  $112,484

• 2018 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $29,225

  Expenses

  $52,643

  Assets (EOY)

  $112,484

• 2017 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $54,759

  Expenses

  $53,695

  Assets (EOY)

  $136,903

• 2016 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $35,044

  Expenses

  $682

  Assets (EOY)

  $134,838

• 2015 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $100,507

  Expenses

  $31

  Assets (EOY)

  $100,476

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

• VIGILANT TORCH ASSOCIATION

  $607,427

  2024 · OPERATING FUNDS

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $70,000

  2024 · General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes

• SPECIAL OPERATIONS FUND

  $60,000

  2024 · Scholarships

• SPECIAL OPERATIONS FUND

  $50,000

  2025 · Scholarships

• SPECIAL OPERATIONS FUND

  $50,000

  2023 · Scholarships

• THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• SPECIAL OPERATIONS FUND

  $45,000

  2022 · Scholarship

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $26,000

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICES

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $25,000

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICES

• UNCOMMON GRIT FOUNDATION INC

  $20,000

  2025 · DONATION

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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