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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: July 2025 Expires: February 2027

Operation Healing Forces

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(727) 631-9713
5100 West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 100
Tampa, FL, 33609
https://operationhealingforces.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Operation Healing Forces meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to serve the needs of America’s wounded, ill, injured, and fallen Special Operations Forces service members, veterans, their families, caregivers, and survivors through a suite of programs that promote long-term mental, physical, emotional, and fiscal well-being."

Year, State Incorporated:
2011, FL

Operation Healing Forces (OHF) reports that it enables war-torn men and women to break through the silence to openly discuss their battlefield and personal hardships through therapeutic retreats. OHF works to achieve its mission through its two program areas: the SOF (Special Operations Forces) couples retreat program and the Special Operations Additional Resources (SOAR) Immediate Needs program. The organization states that its couples retreat program provides a safe environment that allows participants to let their guard down and share. The retreat environment, combined with peer-to-peer counseling and recreational therapies, enables bonding between couples, with spouses going through similar hardships, and among fellow SOF members. OFH's SOAR program provides direct crisis support to SOF and their families which covers travel and expenses related to medical emergencies; medical and adaptive equipment not covered by the government; funeral and memorial costs not covered by the government; financial assistance related to transition or employment opportunities; and emergency financial support for mortgage, rent, electricity, food, and other essential living costs.

For the year ended December 31, 2023, Operation Healing Forces's program expenses were:

Therapeutic retreats $2,742,923
Special Operations Additional Resources (SOAR) program $1,270,511
Total Program Expenses $4,013,434

Chief Executive
Kerry Irvin, Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*
$173,250

Chair of the Board
Gary L. Markel

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Retired

Board Size
13

Paid Staff Size
13

*2023 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Radio, Special events, Corporate solicitation

Fundraising costs were 11% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $4,921,734, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Operation Healing Forces's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Source of Funds
Contributions $3,250,526
In-kind contributions $1,092,595
Special events, net $578,613
Investment returns, realized and unrealized $33,215
Miscellaneous income $22,126
Total Income $4,977,075

Programs: 83% Fundraising: 11% Administrative: 6%

Total Income $4,977,075
Total expenses: $4,825,660
  Program expenses $4,013,434
  Fundraising expenses $536,362
  Administrative expenses $275,864
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $151,415
Beginning Net Assets $1,817,440
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $1,968,855
Total Liabilities $611,797
Total Assets $2,580,652

Note: According to the organization’s 2023 audited financial statements, OHF received in-kind contributions totaling $1,092,595 in the form of retreat donations such as home rentals, meals, and events.

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Report completed by:
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