SENTINELS OF FREEDOM SCHOLARSHIPFOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization
SENTINELS OF FREEDOM SCHOLARSHIPFOUNDATION (EIN 20-8139201)
Tax period
2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed
2018-05-21
IRS object ID
201801419349300645
Schema version
2017v2.2
Source
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Return2018-05-21T11:44:23-07:00ReturnTs
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PersonMichael ConklinPersonNm
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Gross Receipts$5,234,892GrossReceiptsAmt
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Website Addresswww.sentinelsoffreedom.orgWebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
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Legal Domicile StateCOLegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or MissionThe Foundation formed for the purpose of assisting veterans who have suffered severe duty-related injuries resulting in permanent physical disability in their efforts to become productive, self-sufficient, integrated members of their community.ActivityOrMissionDesc
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MissionSentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation (the Foundation) is a Colorado notprofit organization formed in 2007 for the purpose of assisting veterans who have suffered severe duty-related injuries resulting in permanent physical disability since September 11, 2001 in their efforts to become productive, self-sufficient, integrated members of their community, and to raise awareness of the sacrifice these veterans have made in order to motivate the local community to rally behind these young men and women and ensure their success. The Foundation develops a scholarship package for each sentinel that may include providing a home or an apartment adapted to the specific disabilities of the veteran, employment and employment training, reliable transportation, financial and career counseling, and mentoring.MissionDesc
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Expense$1,951,180ExpenseAmt
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DescThe organization's primary performance measures are sentinels placements, overhead expense ratio and fundraising expenses. Placement performance is subjective, but requires that the organization continue to maximize the number of successful placements each year. The organization presently has 294 Sentinels who have been placed since the inception of the program in 2007. The organization benchmarks its financial measurements to the guide of the American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP). Their target is 60% or more spent on program services. AIP's target for fundraising effectiveness is that fundraising expenses account for $35 or less for every $100 raised.Desc
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Credit CounselingfalseCreditCounselingInd
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Chris Marzilli
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Mary King
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Garrett Jones
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Jason Church
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Anne M Fasararo
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Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,397,542CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,830,482CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,855,082CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,603,919CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,121,646CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$9,808,671TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$2,195,784SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$7,612,887PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$15,736CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$9,760CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$17,028CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$19,971CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$32,747CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$95,242TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$55,266CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$119,864CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$46,401CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$118,973CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$340,504TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$10,244,417TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY1700.74310PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.77850PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSupport Schedule: Additional Supplemental InformationFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationIt is the policy of the Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation that no scholarship will be awarded unless the Foundation has the funds on hand to meet its financial commitments over the life of the scholarship period. Since the Foundation has awarded a large number of scholarships, a considerable amount of funds are held in bank and investment accounts to ensure that all commitments to scholarship recipients will be met.ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$489,150OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$489,150BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$81,000OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$4,154DepreciationAmt
Book Value$76,846BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$12,529OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$10,774DepreciationAmt
Book Value$1,755BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$567,751TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,339,159TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst$3,259NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$24,875DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Revenue$61,527OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported$89,661RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$2,249,498RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$2,249,498TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,458,889TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts$24,875DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Other Expenses Included$61,527OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported$86,402ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$2,372,487ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$2,372,487TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part X : FIN48 FootnoteThe Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that is exempt from income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and classified by the Internal Revenue Service as other than a private foundation. However, income from activities not directly related to the tax-exempt purpose is subject to taxation as unrelated business income. There was no tax on unrelated business income for the year ended December 31, 2017.Effective October 1, 2009, the Foundation adopted Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Tax guidance FASB ASC 740 Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes. Accordingly, the Foundation recognizes the effect of income tax positions only when those positions are more likely than not of being sustained. The Foundation believes the adoption of this guidance had no material impact on the Foundations financial statements.
Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990Event Revenue Net $61527 Sales of Assets - Net $0
Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/SEvent Revenue Net $61527 Sales of Assets - Net $0

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Mail SolicitationsYes (X)MailSolicitationsInd
Email SolicitationsYes (X)EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone SolicitationsYes (X)PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person SolicitationsYes (X)InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt GrantsYes (X)SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising EventsYes (X)SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising ActyfalseAgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1GalaEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$206,357GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$25,857CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$180,500GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1$39,166FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1$6,951EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$15,410OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total$206,357GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$25,857CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$180,500GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events$39,166FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events$6,951EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$15,410OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$61,527DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary$118,973NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (true)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdRecipient EINRecipientEINCash GrantCashGrantAmtNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmtPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
Snowball Express
PO Box 50008Studio CityCA91614800587086$10,000$0Support of the children of fallen
Sonoma Raceway
5401 E Independence BlvdCharlotteNC28212510363307$35,000$0Nascar Job Fair, Official Sponsor
Student Veterans of America
1012 14th Street NW Su 1200Washington DCCA20005261971279$10,000$0Program donation to Student Veteran
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org0Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org3TotalOtherOrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp (4 entries)

Grant TypeGrantTypeTxtRecipientRecipientCntCash GrantCashGrantAmtNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmtValuation Method UsedValuationMethodUsedDescNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceDesc
Housing Assistance158$1,111,398$5,876FMVMaterials
Vehicle Expenses Assistance9$16,580
Furnishings Assistance2$1,812
Living/Mentoring Support101$197,866

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceAdditional Supplemental InformationFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationDecisions to award Sentinels of Freedom Scholarships (grants/assistance) are made by the Board of Directors of the Foundation and are recorded in board meeting minutes. The Board deliberation in awarding a scholarship involves a review of the application and other input and a discussion of candidate interviews. While the decision to award a scholarship is recorded, the details of the deliberation are not. The amounts of the scholarships are needs-based, with the amount varying as needs arise over the life of the scholarship. Scholarship grants are normally paid by the Foundation directly to property owners, vendors or others supporting the Sentinels over the life of the Scholarship.ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Clothing And Household Goods ClothingAndHouseholdGoodsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$5,876NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesFMVMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution4ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$74,998NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesStock ExchangeMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
DescLandDesc
Contribution1ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$489,150NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesAppraisalMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be HeldfalseAnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC GiftsfalseReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties UsedfalseThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessThe IRS Form 990 will be reviewed and approved by each member of the Sentinels of Freedom Board of Directors before it is filed.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsThe board reviews the conflict of interest policy annually. Monitoring the implementation of the policy is an ongoing process for each individual board member.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top ManagementThe Sentinels of Freedom Board of Directors, at their board meeting (Mr. Conklin abstaining), established the rate of pay effective March 1, 2009, for the Chief Executive Officer (Michael Conklin) to be paid twice monthly and subject to adjustment based on his performance and the funding situation of the Foundation. The board determined that he would be engaged as an independent contractor and no benefits would be provided. This decision followed a review of comparable pay for nonprofit executives with similar levels of responsibility and authority, and continued the amount and circumstances of his pay that had been established by the previous board. Subsequently, at the beginning of calendar year 2010, the Board decided to change Mr. Conklin's employment status from independent contractor to salaried employee, without benefits and at the same rate of pay.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableSentinels of Freedom will make its IRS Form 990, governing documents, financial statements and policies available for access/download from its organizational Internet web site. Copies will also be provided by mail to those who request a mailed copy.

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