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The Catalyst

The Catalyst (Indiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $358 to it, the largest being Global Special Operations Forces Foundation Corporation ($358). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$20k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$358
Net assets
$214
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What The Catalyst does

Mission

The Catalyst provides Military Veterans Transition Assistance as they leave service and re-enter civilian life. The primary support offered is in education and career support to support viable careers on the civilian side. This includes scholarships for degree programs funding for certificates skill building programs and career coaching. In addition we run our own transition program for tier 1 military service members to provide a solid foundation of business understanding and align their military experience future interests and career opportunities.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. We operated 2 transition programs in 2025 and provided support to 50 service members. The organization suffered from some losses in 2025 and did not bring in the funds to cover scholarships however was able to support more than 50 veterans through their transition and keep the lights on.

    $21,885 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $21,885.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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.

100 = 20242024 Revenue 100 ($81k) Expenses 100 ($79k) Net assets 100 ($7k)2025 Revenue 25 ($20k) Expenses 46 ($36k) Net assets 3 ($214)
20242025
Revenue (25)Expenses (46)Net assets (3)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $16k to $214 (−99%).

$16k
$214
20242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

35% of The Catalyst’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,233 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$2k
’24
−$16k
’25

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Daniel Hance

CEO and Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of The Catalyst’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.

Where its funders are

The Catalyst draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Indiana, across 1 state in all.

FL

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

The Catalyst's revenue fell 75% between 2024 and 2025.

Operating margin−79% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−75% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,277 public benefit nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like The Catalyst

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 Indiana

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 2 states

IN
OH

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Catalyst: 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 The Catalyst?
The Catalyst (Indiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $358 to it, the largest being Global Special Operations Forces Foundation Corporation ($358). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does The Catalyst have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $358 in grants to The Catalyst.
Who is the largest funder of The Catalyst?
Global Special Operations Forces Foundation Corporation is the largest funder on record, with $358 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like The Catalyst find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 1 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