2023-10-17T16:47:49-07:00 2022-12-31 811513563 The Charity CFO LLC 1310 Papin Street Suite 300 Saint Louis MO 63103 990 2022-01-01 871144807 WE THE VETERANS FOUNDATION WETH 5516970258 1520 Belle View Blvd 5303 Alexandria VA 22307 Ben Keiser Treasurer 5516970258 2023-10-11 1 1 Zachary Meyer P02529579 3143901301 2023-10-11 0 11 1 AAL2 X 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X Ben Keiser 1520 Belle View Blvd 5303 Alexandria VA 22307 732877 0 X https://www.wetheveterans.us/ X 2021 DE The mission of We the Veterans is to empower the veteran and military family community to strengthen the foundations of American democracy. 9 9 1 10 0 0 11100 711809 0 0 58 11100 711867 180000 0 45927 0 25344 13224 258236 13224 484163 -2124 227704 1376 243521 3500 17941 -2124 225580 The mission of We the Veterans is to empower the veteran and military family community to strengthen the foundations of American democracy. 0 0 409554 0 The mission of We the Veterans is to empower the veteran and military family community to strengthen the foundations of American democracy. The Vet the Vote program is committed to recruiting veterans and military family members to become the next generation of poll workers, with 63,000 volunteers recruited in 2022. 0 0 0 Increasing Positive Civic Engagement. Inspiring more veterans and military family members to engage with our civic and democratic processes catalyzes a cycle of increasing trust and engagement in our democracy across all Americans. Our primary focus in 2022 was the Vet the Vote program, a national campaign to increase leadership and engagement from the veteran and military family community with our democratic process. We believe doing so will not only fill critical needs for our elections to run smoothly (e.g., poll workers) but also increase overall faith and confidence in our elections due to the trust earned by the veteran and military family community through their service to the nation.Our first campaign around the 2022 elections was a resounding success, recruiting over 63,000 new volunteers to serve as poll workers (representing about half of the projected national gap coming into the cycle), building a coalition of 30+ corporate and non-profit organizations, especially veteran and military family support and engagement organizations, and reaching 20M+ Americans through social, podcast, print, and broadcast media. Expenses for these programs are included in line 4a. 0 0 Innovating a Prevention Ecosystem. The Prevention Ecosystem program builds on the strengths and capabilities of the veteran and military family community to sustainably increase overall resistance and resilience to hostile foreign, anti-democratic, and violent extremist groups that seek to incite our community members to violence. The goal of this program is to establish a new prevention framework across the veteran and military family community and mobilize specific programs and initiatives which will have a measurable impact on the community, both in terms of reducing participation in anti-democratic and extremist violence, but also, critically, in ensuring the maintenance of the veteran and military family reputation and brand. We recognize that no one organization can be successful on its own, and therefore in 2022 we laid the groundwork to establish an innovative multi-sectoral, and multidisciplinary prevention ecosystem that is organized into targeted working groups for collaboration, ideation, and execution. Expenses for these programs are included in line 4a. 0 0 Mitigating the Impact of Deceptive Narratives and Influence Operations. Deceptive narratives and influence operations are not new phenomena, but the immediacy, scope and ease of its dissemination and consumption through digital media present a new set of challenges to our democracy. Given their station of trust and confidence in American society, veterans and military family members are both an opportune target for, but also, a powerful offense and defense to fight back against and mitigate the impacts on our society as a whole. With this in mind, over the past year we have established a first-of-its-kind ecosystem of partners from across government, tech, academia, and other mission-aligned organizations to launch research-backed initiatives that will have a measurable impact. Work has included establishing and running a multisectoral working group, generating prebunking content in conjunction with a partner organization, and distributing content that addressed some of these deceptive narratives. 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Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Two board members sit on the board and hold equity in a for profit organization. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 We the Veterans Society for American Democracy, a section 501(c)(19) veterans organization, is the sole member of the Corporation. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a The member of the Corporation has the exclusive right to appoint and remove the directors and fill vacancies on the Board of Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b If any action is required by law to be taken by members of the Corporation, that action may be taken by written consent of the sole member. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A draft copy of Form 990 is submitted to the organization for review. The Treasurer, Executive Directors, and the Board or Board Committee members will review the draft Form 990 and provide any comments. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Officers, directors, trustees, and key employees are required to self report any conflicts of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The organization's ED's and top management officials are not compensated and the organization's key employees do not meet the required compensation thresholds. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Upon request, the organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public. We the Veterans Society for American Democracy 3511 SE J St Suite 9 PMB 2062 Bentonville AR 72712 871145027 Empower veterans and military families DE 501 (c) (19) We the Veterans Foundation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Extension was filed.