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. The corporation manufactures and distributes therapeutic kits to support the healing of veterans and active duty military, educates the public on the needs of veterans and strives to make a positive environmental impact. Help heal veterans has expanded its veterans wellness education by including information about suicide prevention and minfulness not only to veterans but to the general public through its mail and psa campaigns. Committed to making a positive impact on the environment, many of the kits we manufacture are made of up-cycled material. 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 $22,783,076. This includes: the retail value of the craft kits, public service announcements, therapeutic materials, online public relations, volunteer hours including community-based clinics, and veteran's awareness.”

“Therapeutic materials: during fy 19.20, heal vets shipped 365,904 therapeutic items consisting of arts and crafts kits, with a total retail value of $9,257,189. On average 30,500 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 kosovo, kuwait, italy, japan, germany, korea and belgium. The breakdown and value of these materials as follows: recipients: # sent $ value craft kits to 116 department of veterans affairs medical centers 131,579 $3,542,817 craft kits to 5 heal vets community arts & craft center 75,644 $1,788,506 craft kits to other programs* 58,040 $1,475,716 craft kits to patient home rehabilitation program 39,338 $650,338 craft kits to 45 military medical and other military facilities 37,845 $1,254,329 craft kits to 37 state veterans homes 17,637 $482,698 craft kits to miscellaneous other locations ** 5,821 $62,784 *160+ other veterans' programs such as elks national service commission, sons of amvets, military order of the cooties, volunteers of america, hero box, american legion, amvets and veterans of foreign wars posts, as well as vietnam veterans of america 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, san diego cbc, svh fresno cbc, svh los angeles svh, cbc florida bay pines cbc illinois chicago cbc hines cbc maywood cbc (sf) new york buffalo cbc texas san antonio mi, svh temple cbc (sf), mi, svh 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] 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 5,700 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. Partnerships: we are honored to join forces with southwest airlines, arise veterans foundation, american woodmark, elks and la-z-boy to keep 267,000 pounds of materials upcycled and out of landfills. Therapeutic craft kits produced by the donations created 60 different types of kits: billfolds, wallets, checkbook covers, pouches, moccasins, dreamcatchers, bags, purses, boxes, and birdhouses were upcycled into 196,603 therapy kits with a retail value of $5,082,050. Foam from southwest airlines seats were used as moccasin liners that produced 10,959 moccasins kits with a value of $493,155. Sustainability matters. At help heal veterans sustainability matters is at the forefront of our mission and it shows, we go above and beyond to reduce their environmental footprint with the understanding that our earth is our future. We upcycle materials that would otherwise end up in landfi”

“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. By including information about suicide prevention and mindfulness, help heal veterans increased its public education outreach. In total, 7,567,500 letters were sent to individuals who previously provided financial support to heal vets. Additionally, 5,757,300 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 email 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' mission is to 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 30 and 60 second public service announcements (psas) were aired to educate the public on how to 'help heal a veteran,' 'help a veteran make it all the way home and 'mindful minute.' these initiatives were broadcast on 648 radio stations resulting in 92,175 airings. The airtime is valued at $1,806,851 in free advertising/airings. Social media: social media and electronic advertising through facebook, linkedin, instagram and twitter were used to promote awareness and share information on heal vets programs and other veterans' issues. Facebook live videos were produced to inform veterans and the public about how therapeutic craft kits are produced and distributed at the heal vets headquarters. Other media: this fiscal year, help heal veterans secured more than 25 earned media stories that reached a potential audience of 45m. The articles included stories about military service members crafting in kosovo, craft kits being sent to va medical centers and army garrisons through mwr, our partnership with southwest airlines and la-z-boy, quarantine kits, and the soaring demand due to covid-9. Top coverage results: 8/1/2019 through 7/31/2020 fox news honoring military heroes this memorial day amid coronavirus outbreaks https://www.foxnews.com/us/honoring-military-heroes-memorial-day-amid-co ronavirus-outbreak kusi san diego nonprofit 'help heal veterans' provides free therapeutic craft kits to veterans and active-duty military https://www.kusi.com/san-diego-nonprofit-help-heal-veterans-provides-fre e-therapeutic-craft-kits-to-veterans-and-active-duty-military/ cbs 8 veterans coping through covid-19 with free therapeutic craft kits https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/zevely-zone/vetrerans-craft-kits /509-b8330f54-9e62-4cf2-a90d-365759034e4a the houston chronicle zoom craft-a-thon provides veterans a homemade mask to help physical and mental health https://www.houstonchronicle”

“Craft care specialists (ccss) are employees of the heal vets organization who are assigned to 9 community based arts & crafts centers, two military hospitals, and 5 state veterans homes to assist staff in creative arts and craft kit distribution services. There are currently 11 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 52 regularly scheduled volunteers have given 4,571 hours of volunteer service this year through the ccs program; this is an est. Value of $124,331. Additionally, 156 occasional and regularly scheduled volunteers gave 3,147 hours of volunteer service at heal vets headquarters; this is an est. Value of $85,598. Partnerships have also generated a strong base of volunteers participating in the distribution of our craft kits. Partnership volunteer hours for this period totaled 2,269 hours with an est. Value of $61,717.”

“Pension related changes other than net periodic pension cost 559,709.”

“The organization has not changed its oversight porcess or selection process during the tax year.”