Veterans Rebuilding Life Corp
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Reducing veteran suicide by addressing homelessness, financial insecurity, physical and mental health, including moral injury, and meaningful engagement in service through evidence-based peer programs, direct client aid, community service projects, and veteran-driven missions supporting victims of conflict and humanitarian crisis.
- Income
- $242,831
- Spending
- $141,807
- Spent on programs
- 96%
- Reserves
- 2.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 70%
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 15
- Highest pay
- $22,167, executive director / program manager & stability coordinator
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 71 out of 100. Higher than 40% of charities in its peer group (philanthropy, under $250k).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 2.5 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 42% of income.
Spending floor
15 of 1596% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 91% of charities in its peer group (philanthropy, under $250k).
Independent board
25 of 257 of 8 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $136,050 spent. Project 360 is Veterans Rebuilding Life's peer-led suicide prevention and reintegration program for veterans and military families in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey. The program targets the root causes of veteran suicide (homelessness, financial insecurity, physical and mental health, social isolation, moral injury, and loss of purpose) through a three-phase peer model developed and implemented by trained military veterans. Phase I addresses physical and behavioral health. Peer mentors work with veterans to address urgent health needs, including PTSD, Military Sexual Trauma, TBIs, moral injury, chronic pain, and street homelessness. Veterans are connected to evidence-based and holistic treatment options through community partners, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, family therapy, and peer-led creative arts therapy, trauma-informed yoga therapy, outdoor recreational therapy, and Reiki. Peer mentors also assist with benefits counseling, disability registration, and healthcare enrollment. Phase II addresses financial security, social supports, and long-term housing stability. Using a Housing First approach, peer mentors work to stabilize housing immediately, providing direct financial assistance, rental support, meals, transportation, and essential supplies. Veterans also receive help with vocational training and employment, financial literacy, school enrollment, and case coordination. Phase III focuses on meaningful engagement in service. In the program's final phase, veterans address Morally Injurious Experiences through veteran-driven humanitarian missions and community service. Restoring a sense of purpose and belonging is the last critical protective factor against veteran suicide. Graduates may train as volunteer peer mentors, keeping the program self-sustaining and veteran-driven. In fiscal year 2024-2025, Project 360 served 175 veterans and military family members across New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey. Since 2011, the program has maintained strong outcomes, including significant reductions in housing instability and consistently low rates of crisis intervention among participants.
- The Rebuilding Connections Program is funded by a $20,000 grant from the NYC Department of Veterans Services. The program scope extends from June 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025. The organization reports revenue and expenses on the cash basis of accounting. The full grant amount of $20,000 was received during fiscal year October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025. Program activities extending beyond September 30, 2025 will be reflected in the subsequent fiscal year return.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending September 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 2011.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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