Wisconsin · Nonprofit
CHRIS KOLENDA SABER SIX FOUNDATION
CHRIS KOLENDA SABER SIX FOUNDATION (Wisconsin) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,498 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($15,580). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $203k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $44k
- Net assets
- $177k
What Chris Kolenda Saber Six Foundation does
Mission
The purpose of the organization is to connect with veteran paratroopers who served in afghanistan from 2007-2008 with task force saber. Six heroes died during that deployment and more have died by suicide since their return. The foundation is designed to connect these surviving members and their families together to build purpose, belonging, and well-being to turn post-combat stress into post-combat growth. The foundation achieves this through a three-prong approach: in person events, virtual events, and self-directed programs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
2024 in person events - well-being: the foundation conducted two saber challenges, outdoor adventures on location around the united states to meet veterans where they are at and get them together with combat comrades who fought together in afghanistan to rekindle old relationships and build new pathways of communication. The foundation also sponsored the third reunion to bring together the veterans and their families for a weekend of congeniality and connection to foster well-being in not only veterans but their loved ones, as well.
$60,681 spent96% of program spending2024 self-directed programs: purpose: the foundation connected with veteran paratroopers who fought with task force saber in afghanistan; these individuals inspired the establishment of the organization. Due to the reported 22 veteran suicides a day, there is a push to personally connect with our members and families to check on their well-being and establish a supportive relationship.
$1,044 spent2% of program spending2024 virtual events: belonging: the foundation conducted stable calls and fiddler's green virtual check-ins. Stable calls are once a month capacity building video calls connecting surviving members and families with each other. During the calls, the foundation conveys useful information by inviting professionals to talk, asking veterans to share stories of current successes or challenges, introducing new members, and sharing foundation news and/or upcoming events. Fiddler's green virtual check-ins are more fluid and organic virtual get togethers with break-out rooms for more intimate discussion focused on veterans' physical/emotional/mental health, challenges, rehashing shared stories, and are used as needed to be a way for veterans to commemorate a newly lost comrade to suicide, health issues, or untimely death.
$1,611 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $63,336.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $94k to $180k (+91%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of CHRIS KOLENDA SABER SIX FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Christina Krych
Interim executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $100 → $28k.
4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 77% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CHRIS KOLENDA SABER SIX FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CHRIS KOLENDA SABER SIX FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
77% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CHRIS KOLENDA SABER SIX FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 43% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
77% of CHRIS KOLENDA SABER SIX FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $34k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CHRIS KOLENDA SABER SIX FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
52% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHRIS KOLENDA SABER SIX FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHRIS KOLENDA SABER SIX FOUNDATION?
- CHRIS KOLENDA SABER SIX FOUNDATION (Wisconsin) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,498 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($15,580). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHRIS KOLENDA SABER SIX FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $44,498 in grants to CHRIS KOLENDA SABER SIX FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHRIS KOLENDA SABER SIX FOUNDATION?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $15,580 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHRIS KOLENDA SABER SIX FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing