Charities

Based on its 2023 tax return, we calculate that Operation Finally Home spent 71.3 percent of its $7.3 million budget on programs and 28.7 percent on overhead. This is below our recommendation that a charity spend at least 75 percent of its budget on programs. We do not recommend giving… Read More

Based on its 2023 tax return, we calculate that Operation Gratitude spent 83.7 percent of its $7.0 million budget on programs and 16.3 percent on overhead. This meets our recommended charity spend at least 75 percent of its budget on programs. We did not detect any issues with Operation Gratitude… Read More

Based on its 2023 tax return, Operation Homefront used joint cost accounting for 11 percent of its budget. While legal, this accounting method can disguise overhead costs as program spending. We recommend that no more than 5 percent of a budget be allocated to joint cost accounting. We do not… Read More

Based on its 2023 tax return, we calculate that Operation Second Chance spent 92.4 percent of its $1.5 million budget on programs and 7.6 percent on overhead. This meets our recommendation that a highly recommended charity spend at least 90 percent of its budget on programs. We did not detect… Read More