Arkansas · Nonprofit
Sheep Dog Impact Assistance
Sheep Dog Impact Assistance (Arkansas) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,732,352 to it, the largest being VETERANS UNITED FOUNDATION ($1,250,901). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 48
- Grants received
- $3.7M
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What Sheep Dog Impact Assistance does
Mission
At Sheep Dog Impact Assistance (SDIA), our mission is to engage, assist, and empower Sheep Dogs - military personnel, veterans, and first responders and their families, through transformative "Get Off The Couch" programming. By connecting individuals who share similar traumas and experiences, we foster camaraderie and provide opportunities to continue serving. This approach not only improves physical and mental well-being but also plays a critical role in suicide prevention across these communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Outdoor Adventures - Disasters can't be predicted, so we've created opportunities to keep Sheep Dogs engaged year-round, offering challenges that foster camaraderie and growth. The Outdoor Adventures program provides transformative experiences through activities like hunting, fishing, obstacle course races, skydiving, scuba diving, horseback riding, snowmobiling, zip lining, hiking, mountain biking, and razor riding. For our sponsored Sheep Dogs - those injured in combat or the line of duty - these adventures push their rehabilitation progress, restore independence, and build self-confidence, all while promoting a life fully lived.As the cornerstone of our "Get Off The Couch" initiative, Outdoor Adventures is a powerful vehicle for post-traumatic growth (PTG). It gives Sheep Dogs the opportunity to face challenges, discover new strengths, and experience positive personal transformations. Beyond physical healing, these activities cultivate camaraderie, boost mental resilience, and shift perspectives toward optimism.In 2023, 387 Sheep Dogs participated in Outdoor Adventures, with 97% reporting a strong sense of belonging and camaraderie. In 2024, 322 Sheep Dogs were sponsored on 15…
$893,654 spent39% of program spendingWarrior PATHH is the first training program to teach our nation's military and first responders to experience lifelong Post-traumatic Growth (PTG). PTG is a positive psychological transformation that can happen after trauma. The science of PTG demonstrates that when we're forced to reflect on our lives and make sense of the destruction caused by trauma, our struggles can become a catalyst for change.As the highest performing Warrior PATHH partner with Boulder Crest, SDIA continues to exceed expectations, securing increased course capacity and funding for additional Warrior PATHH sessions annually. In 2023, SDIA served 204 Sheep Dogs in Warrior PATHH, with post-participation surveys indicating a 65% increase in post-traumatic growth indicators. SDIA successfully piloted larger course sizes in June 2024, meeting Boulder Crest's requirements without issues.Warrior PATHH is the nation's first training program to teach military and first responders to experience lifelong Posttraumatic Growth (PTG). The program begins with a 7-day immersive initiation, followed by 90 days of peer-delivered training, support, and accountability. The Outdoor Adventures program connects Sheep Dogs to PTG…
$756,716 spent33% of program spendingDisaster Response Missions (DRM) - Continued Service is a core component of SDIA's mission, extending beyond disaster response to address daily community needs such as supporting elderly veterans, coaching youth sports, assisting transitioning service members, and combating homelessness. These deployments empower Sheep Dogs to keep serving and giving back through both disaster response and community projects. Since 2010, 7,022 Sheep Dog members and volunteers have deployed on 367 Continued Service Missions, assisting 327,747 individuals nationwide. SDIA's Ambassador Program and Sheep Dog University (SDU) are vital to these efforts, equipping Sheep Dogs with leadership training, PTG practices, and community engagement strategies to maximize their impact.
$327,765 spent14% of program spendingHeroes Ranch (HRTF): Located in Pineville, Missouri on the Arkansas/Missouri border, Heroes Ranch and the Heroes Ranch Training Facility serve as the primary hub for SDIA's Get Off The Couch programming. Since its grand opening on July 13, 2023 SDIA's 13th Anniversary the Heroes Ranch Training Facility has expanded to include two dormitories and a main building with a state-of-the-art classroom, library, kitchen, and dining area. Additionally, the 60+ acres of stunning landscape now include five additional facilities, including the under-construction covered equine arena and enhanced outdoor adventure areas. These expanded amenities have allowed participants to Get Off The Couch, discover hope, and begin healing. The land it sits on is an embodiment of the community we serve, with a history and story all its own. Despite any trauma, it continues to be a space for peace and healing.Since 2010, SDIA has helped over 24,000 Sheep Dogs through Outdoor Adventures, Warrior PATHH, and continued service missions. Heroes Ranch has become a central gathering place for these life-changing experiences. The equine therapy program launching in late 2025 will further expand the range of healing…
$313,453 spent$37,193 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,291,588.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2020 to 2021, from $282k to $1.9M (+577%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 14% · 2021 11% · 2022 10% · 2023 17% · 2024 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of Sheep Dog Impact Assistance’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
R Lance Nutt
CEO
Board chair
Andy Bossler
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $33k → $395k.
16 of 48 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.1M from one payer (an institutional transfer, not a grant programme, largest The Avalon Network Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money Sheep Dog Impact Assistance raised.
From the IRS filings of Sheep Dog Impact Assistance’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 48 funders by total. 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
Sheep Dog Impact Assistance leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
80% 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 Sheep Dog Impact Assistance.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 71% · 2019 66% · 2020 46% · 2021 47% · 2022 49% · 2023 34% — 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.
How long its funders stay
29% of Sheep Dog Impact Assistance's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
Sheep Dog Impact Assistance draws 89% of its grant income from funders outside Arkansas, across 15 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $466k arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
Sheep Dog Impact Assistance runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding Sheep Dog Impact Assistance receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.6M on record.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$2.6M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Sheep Dog Impact Assistance
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Arkansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Sheep Dog Impact Assistance: 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 Sheep Dog Impact Assistance?
- Sheep Dog Impact Assistance (Arkansas) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,732,352 to it, the largest being VETERANS UNITED FOUNDATION ($1,250,901). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Sheep Dog Impact Assistance have?
- IRS filings report 48 organizations giving $3,732,352 in grants to Sheep Dog Impact Assistance, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Sheep Dog Impact Assistance?
- VETERANS UNITED FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,250,901 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Sheep Dog Impact Assistance find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arkansas. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 48 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