Project Sanctuary
Meets Standards
Standards For Charity Accountability
Governance
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Measuring Effectiveness
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Effectiveness Policy
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Effectiveness Report
Finances
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Program Expenses
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Fundraising Expenses
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Accumulating Funds
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Audit Report
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Detailed Expense Breakdown
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Accurate Expense Reporting
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Budget Plan
Fundraising & Info
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Truthful Materials
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Annual Report
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Donor Privacy
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Complaints
Project Sanctuary meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Stated Purpose:
Project Sanctuary exists to take military families from battle-ready to family-ready by providing six-day, outdoor, therapeutic retreats in a healing environment and ongoing family support services for two years following each retreat.
Year, State Incorporated:
2007, CO
Also Known As:
A Sanctuary for Military Families, Inc.
Project Sanctuary helps military families THRIVE through an evidenced-based program that prides itself on compassionate advocacy, providing resiliency and reintegration tools, and reestablishing hope. A Granby, Colorado-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, Project Sanctuary started in September 2007 after founder Heather Ehle discovered no organization was helping military families as a whole. Led by veterans and her board of directors, Heather carefully listened to what the military families needed and then structured Project Sanctuary’s programs to meet those needs, pulling from her background as a Registered Nurse to establish a therapeutic program that encompasses spiritual, physical, and emotional healing.
Project Sanctuary provides a spectrum of services that it describes as the "A.R.T. of Project Sanctuary." Its first step is to ASSESS the needs of the military families who apply for the program, as well as listen and take action to address the needs of our community partners. It also constantly assess our own program with surveys and research to improve its outcome-based model.
It is best known for the “R” of A.R.T. as it RECONNECTs military families through retreats. The all-encompassing six-day experience is tailored and built by military families, for military families. Recreation is balanced with structured classes, and the whole team is led by health care professionals.
THRIVE is its reintegration and resiliency program, and it is how the lasting impact is made on the success of the family, building upon and reinforcing the tools provided at the retreats. Though led by a medical social worker, the services provided are often initiated and guided by the families themselves, creating an atmosphere of empowerment rather than entitlement. The organization provides a helping hand with referrals, assist with immediate needs, and open doors in an often chaotic and constantly changing world of services. Families commonly need up to two years of case management to find their balance.
Project
Sanctuary has hosted over 1,100 families, representing 49 states and comprised
of more than 4,500 individuals. By focusing on healing for the entire family,
90% of its families are still together. At a time when sadly 22 veterans take
their lives each day, Project Sanctuary has only 2 fallen warriors in its
11-year history, and created the Walton’s Warriors peer mentor program to help
prevent the loss of any more warriors.
For the year ended September 30, 2022, Project Sanctuary's program expenses were:
| Programs | $1,989,890 |
| Total Program Expenses | $1,989,890 |
Chief Executive
Heather Ehle, Founder and CEO
Compensation*
$115,000
Chair of the Board
Ronald Testa, Community Volunteer
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Board Size
19
Paid Staff Size
23
* Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts and other allowances.
Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Grant proposals, Internet, Planned giving arrangements, Appeals via Social Media (Facebook, etc.)
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 Project Sanctuary's audited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2022.
Source of Funds
| Contributions | $762,661 |
| Grants | $655,523 |
| Fundraising Events | $312,596 |
| In-Kind Contributions | $189,270 |
| Other | $6,805 |
| Impairment of Property and Equipement | $-70,589 |
| Total Income | $1,856,266 |
Programs: 83% Fundraising: 10% Administrative: 6%
| Total Income | $1,856,266 |
| Total expenses: | $2,386,133 |
| Program expenses | $1,989,890 |
| Fundraising expenses | $241,420 |
| Administrative expenses | $154,823 |
| Other expenses | $0 |
| Income in Excess of Expenses | $-529,867 |
| Beginning Net Assets | $1,809,613 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets | $0 |
| Ending Net Assets | $1,279,746 |
| Total Liabilities | $382,953 |
| Total Assets | $1,662,699 |
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