Financial Transparency
Our filed IRS Form 990 returns are public on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer under EIN 86-1336741. Review the returns, seals and policies below.
Where Your Dollar Goes
Community outreach, emergency aid, medical assistance, and charitable grants to partner organizations. Itemized in Form 990 Part IX — publicly auditable.
Grants and direct assistance paid in FY2025, reported on Form 990 Part IX, lines 1–2.
Full functional-expense table is filed with the IRS. See the 990 on ProPublica for the line-by-line breakdown.
Every figure on this page traces directly to our filed Form 990 on ProPublica. No three-year averages, no rounded-up ratios — just the document as filed.
Third-Party Verified
The highest level Candid (formerly GuideStar) awards for nonprofit transparency. Requires public disclosure across five levels: mission, goals, strategies, capabilities, and measurable results.
View on Candid.org →Independent evaluation of financial health, accountability, and transparency.
View on CharityNavigator.org →Accepted 2026 into Cloudflare's free cybersecurity program for at-risk public-interest outlets — enterprise-tier DDoS, WAF, and bot protection at no cost to the nonprofit.
About Project Galileo →EIN: 86-1336741. All donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
86-1336741Open Data & AI Infrastructure
Wounded Warriors operates open-data and AI-native infrastructure (REST API + OpenAPI 3.0 + MCP server + SHA-256-verified export + llms.txt manifest + CC-BY-4.0 data license). Every resource, financial figure, and governance policy is independently queryable by any grantmaker, reviewer, or AI assistant — no auth, no API key, no gate.
Grantmaker Snapshot
Organizational dossier as a single JSON endpoint — mission, leadership, trust signals, governance policies, live directory metrics, and links to our public Form 990s (financial figures are not restated here).
GET /api/grantmaker/snapshot →OpenAPI 3.0 Spec
32 documented REST endpoints covering resource search, statistics, crisis routing, and bulk export.
GET /api/openapi.json →MCP Server (43 tools)
Model Context Protocol server listed on Smithery. Installable in Claude Desktop, Cursor, and any MCP client.
View on Smithery →SHA-256 Verified Export
Complete dataset snapshot with cryptographic integrity hash — any reviewer can independently verify dataset integrity.
GET /api/export/snapshot →llms.txt Manifest
AI-agent discoverability manifest at the domain root. Emerging standard for LLM consumption.
View /llms.txt →Data License: CC BY 4.0
All resource data is free to use, share, and adapt with attribution to Wounded Warriors.
View license →Self-Healing Data Dashboard
Live counters from the 6-hour self-healing daemon: websites auto-evaluated, phones audited, coverage gaps identified, staff queue size. Every auto-decision logged to resource_history.
View /transparency/health → →Coverage Gaps Dashboard
Where we’re expanding next: our state-by-state coverage plan, including datasets already live (VA OGC, CMS, HRSA).
View /transparency/gaps → →The open-data + MCP stack is documented in our full technical report: The Veteran Resource Data Commons (white paper, April 2026, CC BY 4.0).
Financial Documents
Every IRS Form 990 we've filed since becoming a 501(c)(3) in 2021. Every return is publicly available on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. Click any year to view the complete filing.
FY2025 Form 990 — at a glance
Total expenses: $702,604. Of that, $450,288 went to program services (community outreach $272,737, medical assistance $116,076, charitable grants to partner orgs $61,475). These figures cover January 1–December 31, 2025. See the filed FY2025 Form 990, signed April 17, 2026 and submitted April 20, 2026.
ProPublica publishes the raw data. This site links to the source. If you find a discrepancy, email dillon@warriorsfund.org and we'll fix it.
Audit Status
A Form 990 is an IRS information return, not an independent auditor’s report. Our financial statements are unaudited; the FY2025 Form 990 was prepared by an outside CPA firm. Contact us to request them, and confirm the fiscal period and document type when reviewing our records.
Request available financial documents: info@warriorsfund.org.
Governance & Policies
The written policies the Board of Directors has adopted to govern how Wounded Warriors operates. Every policy is public, reviewed annually, and binding on every director, officer, employee, and volunteer.
Conflict of Interest Policy
How directors, officers, and key staff disclose and manage financial or personal conflicts. Modeled on IRS Form 1023 Appendix A.
Read policy →Whistleblower Policy
How anyone can report suspected wrongdoing in good faith without retaliation. Complies with Sarbanes-Oxley §1107.
Read policy →Records Retention Policy
How long we keep each category of record, how we destroy expired records, and how we handle litigation holds.
Read policy →Donor Privacy Policy
We never sell, trade, or rent donor information. Reflects the AFP Donor Bill of Rights and BBB WGA Standard 19.
Read policy →Gift Acceptance Policy
What gifts we accept (cash, securities, crypto, DAF grants, planned gifts, in-kind) and what we will decline.
Read policy →Board-adopted January 15, 2024. Reviewed annually. Questions: info@warriorsfund.org.
Leadership & Records
Dillon Parkes
Founder and President (paid officer). Full bio and team at /leadership.
Board-governed 501(c)(3)
The Board reviews all five governance policies annually and approves the operating budget. Our FY2025 Form 990 (Part VII) lists the officers and directors for that filing period.
501(c)(3) Determination
IRS ruling date April 2021. The Determination Letter and IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search record are available on request to any grantmaker conducting diligence.
Report Concerns
Anyone — staff, volunteer, donor, veteran, or member of the public — can report suspected wrongdoing in good faith without retaliation under our Whistleblower Policy.
Mark email subject "CONFIDENTIAL — COMPLIANCE REPORT": info@warriorsfund.org
Legal mailing address: 1790 Hughes Landing Blvd, Suite 400, The Woodlands, TX 77380. Phone: (254) 322-6525.
Our Commitment
Transparency is not a feature at Wounded Warriors. It is foundational to how we operate. Every donor deserves to know exactly how their contribution is used. Every veteran deserves to trust the organizations that serve them.
Wounded Warriors will never charge veterans for access to resources. We publish our data openly. Our API is free and documented. We hold ourselves to a higher standard because the veterans we serve deserve nothing less.