Help Hospitalized Veterans Inc

“Form 990 is prepared by a certified public accounting firm. A draft of form 990 is sent to hhv's management for their review. Form 990 is then provided to the board of directors for their review before its filing with the irs.”

“The conflict of interest policy is reviewed and acknowledged annually by officers and directors.”

“The board of directors review of contract and salary requirements is based on a salary comparison data provided by an independent survey and contemporaneous documentation of the decision was made for the ceo employment contract.”

“Hhv complies with irc section 6104 and makes its form 1023 and form 990 available for public inspection upon request. Form 990 can also be found on hhv's website.”

“Hhv makes its conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request. The organizations governing documents may be made available upon request.”

“This amount includes donated leather, assorted model kits, and other miscellaneous noncash items. See form 990 schedule m for additional information.”

“Help heal veterans' (heal vets) primary mission is to enrich the lives of veterans and military personnel. Healing arts and crafts provide a therapeutic experience for all veterans including those who are hospitalized, in shelters, in convalescent homes and those undergoing therapy for a wide range of physical and mental challenges. Many veterans experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) and/or traumatic brain injury (tbi), which increase the risk for depression, physical injuries, substance abuse, and sleep problems. The kits, provided free of charge to the veteran, become a part of the patient's treatment plan, giving them a creative outlet along with tangible therapeutic and rehabilitation benefits. They improve fine motor skills, cognitive functioning, memory improvement, anger issues, and dexterity as well as decrease the severity of ptsd/tbi triggers including anxiety, memories, sadness and frustration. We work to involve the public in meeting this mission through a broad education outreach program. Heal vets therapeutic programs provide a meaningful way for individuals, corporations, and other nonprofits to help wounded or disabled veterans; military patients and their families rebuild their lives. Total program impact: the total program impact made by help heal veterans is $18,367,235. This includes: the retail value of the craft kits, public service announcements, therapeutic materials, online public relations, volunteer hours including community based clinics, and veterans awareness.”

“Therapeutic materials: during fy 17-18, heal vets shipped 354,385 therapeutic items consisting of arts and crafts kits and computers, with a total retail value of $10,227,897. On average 29,532 individual craft kits were distributed each month. Arts and craft kits were sent to veterans and active duty military recipients in all 50 states, the district of columbia and puerto rico. Kits were also sent to veterans and military service members stationed in germany, egypt, korea, guam, and the virgin islands. The breakdown and value of these materials as follows: recipients: # sent $ value craft kits to patient home program 32,050 $688,345 craft kits to 13 community arts & craft centers 161,761 $4,722,637 craft kits to other programs* 114,155 $3,366,554 craft kits to 45 state veterans homes 19,637 $653,914 craft kits to 9 military medical and other military facilities 8,302 $269,078 craft kits to va 19 medical centers 15,072 $434,896 craft kits to miscellaneous other locations ** 3,408 $92,473 *67 other veterans programs such as sons of amvets, volunteers of america, us vets (a transitional housing program for veterans), american legion and veterans of foreign wars posts, as well as vietnam veterans of america, hero box and disabled american veterans chapters. **miscellaneous other locations include craft kits sent to individual veterans as requested but not as part of the patient home rehabilitation program and to events sponsored by help heal veterans. Cbc locations: currently, heal vets has a presence in the following locations. Of note, we ship to veterans and facilities in all states. Heal vets continues to move forward and increase veteran access to its comprehensive therapeutic arts and crafts program through storefront cbc locations, military/state-operated veterans programs, homeless shelters and other venues in select communities across the country. State community facility type california chula vista cbc, svh fresno cbc, svh los angeles svh, cbc yountville svh, cbc colorado grand junction cbc (sf), svh florida bay pines cbc (sf) gainesville cbc tampa cbc, svh georgia helen o hawaii honolulu mi, cbc idaho boise svh, cbc illinois chicago cbc hines cbc maywood cbc (sf) iowa des moines cbc, svh maryland perry point cbc minnesota minneapolis svh new mexico albuquerque cbc new york buffalo cbc oklahoma tulsa o, svh texas san antonio mi, svh temple cbc (sf), mi, svh virginia richmond cbc heal vets currently has a presence in the following locations. [key: cbc=community based center; sf=storefront heal vets center; svh=state veterans home; mil=military facility; o=other ccs support] patient home rehabilitation program: because many military/ veteran patients are released to home-based or other ambulatory care and rehabilitation programs, they cannot access heal vets arts and crafts in a hospital setting. Heal vets's patient home rehabilitation (phr) program mails therapeutic arts and crafts kits directly to veterans at home. Approximately 8,700 patients were enrolled in the phr program at the end of this reporting period. Heal vets will continue to move forward and increase veteran access to its' comprehensive therapeutic arts and crafts program through storefront cbc locations, military/state-operated veterans programs, homeless shelters and other venues in select communities across the country.”

“Veterans awareness mailings: to inform the general public and veterans about heal vets, mailings went to thousands of individuals, informing them about the therapeutic needs of eligible veterans heal vets serves. In total, 9,127,572 letters were sent to individuals who previously provided financial support to heal vets. Additionally, 6,097,068 letters were mailed to other americans, educating and informing them about veterans, and active duty servicemen and women, who are hospitalized or receiving other medical care. Veterans' awareness topics include craft therapy, partnerships, ptsd awareness, honoring fallen heroes and veteran success stories. These awareness topics were also released through social media and e-mail campaigns. Commemorative partner: heal vets is a proud commemorative partner of the vietnam war commemoration, a program recognizing america's vietnam veterans and their families. The commemoration recognizes the half-century anniversary of the vietnam war by thanking vietnam veterans and their families all across america. The commemorative partner program promotes memorable events and activities that express the contributions of our nation's veterans who served in vietnam, and recognize the losses suffered by many during the vietnam war years. Heal vets honored vietnam veterans at events in temple, texas and maywood, illinois during our past fiscal year. These events reflected the heal vets mission demonstrate support and respect to active duty military personnel, veterans and their department of defense families. The objectives of the vietnam war commemoration are to thank and honor veterans of the vietnam war; to highlight the service of the armed forces during the vietnam war; to pay tribute to the contributions made on the home front by the people of the united states during the vietnam war; to highlight advances in technology, science and medicine related to military research conducted during the vietnam war; and to identify the contributions and sacrifices made by united states allies during the vietnam war years. Other awareness initiatives: a series of 20, 30, and 60-second public service announcements (psas) were recorded by artists including: jennifer jo cobb and louis gossett, jr. And continued airing in this fiscal year. The psas resulted in 3,072 airings reaching 9,019,500 individuals on 31 stations in 31 markets, resulting in an estimated $624,970 million in free advertising/airtime. A series of 30 and 60 second public service announcements (psas) were aired on 422 radio stations resulting in 74,621 airings with 110,202,690 estimated listeners. The airtime is valued at $1,214,944 in free advertising/airings. Total psa awareness valuation $1,839,914. Ceo radio tour: during the 2017-2018 fiscal year, heal vets chief executive officer, mr. Joseph mcclain, did 19 radio shows to bring awareness to the needs of veterans, promote the therapeutic benefits of crafting, and to inform the public about the mission of help heal veterans. The ceo did 5 radio interviews for veteran's day including markets in hartford/new haven, connecticut (2); philadelphia, pennsylvania; minneapolis, minnesota; and one national broadcast on veteran's radio. Mr. Mcclain did a radio tour at the end of november featuring markets in cleveland, ohio; port huron, michigan; san antonio, texas; pittsburgh, pennsylvania; indianapolis, indiana; st. Louis, missouri; toledo, ohio; one regional broadcast for mississippi public broadcasting and one national broadcast on nbc radio. Other radio interviews were given for rise up radio, an internet radio station out of san diego, california; angels radio klaa am 830 for los angeles, california; wmix.94 in illinois; kfrg in southern california and wint integrity radio 101.5 in ohio. Podcasts: heal vets ceo also did 2 podcasts during the 2017-2018 fiscal year. The podcast interviews discussed the therapeutic value veterans receive from crafting to the craft and hobby industry through their trade o”

“Craft care specialists (ccss) are employees of the heal vets organization who are assigned to 15 community based arts & crafts centers, two military hospitals, and 11 state veterans homes to assist staff in creative arts and craft kit distribution services. There are currently 17 ccs positions, provided at no charge to the institution or the veteran patient recipients. After heal vets products are distributed, the ccss work hand-in-hand with both patients and facility staff in craft kit therapy. The ccss help to recruit volunteers for and provide ongoing support to community events in their locations. A total of 56 regularly scheduled volunteers have given 4,151 hours of volunteer service this year through the ccs program; this is an est. Value of $102,488. Additionally, 25 occasional volunteers gave 325 hours of volunteer service at heal vets headquarters; this is an est. Value of $8,024.”

“Pension related changes other than net periodic pension cost 118,690.”