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Operation Finally Home

Honoring Heroes with Homes

New Braunfels, TX   |  www.operationfinallyhome.org

Mission

Operation Finally Home provides homes and home modifications to America's military heroes, first responders and their families who have sacrificed so much in their service to country and community. We bring together corporate sponsors, builder associations, builders, remodelers, developers, individual contributors, and volunteers to help these Heroes and their families by addressing one of their most pressing needs – a home to call their own.

Ruling year info

2010

President

Mr. Russell Carroll

Main address

1659 State Highway 46 West Suite 115-606

New Braunfels, TX 78132 USA

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Formerly known as

BABA Support Our Troops

EIN

20-8964096

NTEE code info

Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (L12)

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

At Operation Finally Home we are working to provide stable and safe housing to those that have served us with a focus on wounded, ill and injured veterans, first responders and their families.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Single-Family Homes

Operation Finally Home provides custom-built, mortgage-free homes to wounded, ill and injured veterans, first responders and their families.

Population(s) Served
Veterans
Families
Widows and widowers
Emergency responders

Operation Finally Home provides home modifications to wounded, ill and injured veterans, first responders and their families.

Population(s) Served
Widows and widowers
Emergency responders
Veterans
Families

Operation Finally Home provides transitional housing to wounded, ill and injured veterans, first responders and their families. Our mission, to date, has been fulfilled by working with high school and university construction trade programs to build the homes that are then provided to organizations that operate transitional housing communities.

Population(s) Served
Veterans
Families
Emergency responders
Widows and widowers

Where we work

Videos

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Total number of awarded residencies

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Families, Veterans, Widows and widowers, Emergency responders

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

We provide mortgage-free homes and home modifications to wounded, ill and injured veterans, first responders and their families. The number of projects completed is the centerpiece of our mission.

Number of health outcomes improved

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Families, Veterans, Emergency responders, Widows and widowers

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

The health of those we serve is improved when the financial burden of housing is removed. With security of a safe home provided, families are able to focus on other areas of healing.

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

Our organization is aiming to provide a strong foundation for our wounded, ill and injured veterans, first responders and their families to move forward with their lives. With the gift of a mortgage-free home, home modification or transitional housing the veteran, first responder and their families are able to remove a significant hurdle that they themselves would not have been able to do.

Our strategy is to expand upon our successful and proven process of bringing the community together to provide these homes and modifications to our wounded, ill and injured veterans, first responders and their families. With processes in place and resources growing at an equal rate, we will be able to provide more housing opportunities. In addition, while staying true to our processes, culture and values, we will expand into complimentary areas such as multi-family development and in doing so, serve more veterans and first responders.

Operation Finally Home has a strong foundation of military, first responder, building and non-profit management experience that will allow us to grow efficiently and effectively. Having the right people in place coupled with sound business practices founded in faith and action has proven successful and we will continue with these efforts. In addition, continuing to partner with key individual, business, corporation and foundation partners will allow us to meet our goal.

Operation Finally Home has over 430 projects that have been completed or are in planning since 2005. This growth is attributed to the strong organizational foundation coupled with sound and proven business practices and an American public that wants to honor those that have served us. We have established a team that follows and continuously improves upon the processes in place while staying true to our core beliefs and values. While we consider ourselves to be successful, we have not been able to grow as fast as we would like relative to the need, but we are moving positively in that direction. To meet the need, our fundraising efforts will need to increase to support the increase in infrastructure.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We demonstrated a willingness to learn more by reviewing resources about feedback practice.
done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • Who are the people you serve with your mission?

    Wounded, ill and injured veterans, first responders and their families.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • What significant change resulted from feedback?

    Added first responders to our mission as well as expanded to include transitional housing.

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, It is difficult to get honest feedback from the people we serve

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Operation Finally Home

Board of directors
as of 05/03/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board co-chair

Mr. Dan Wallrath


Board co-chair

Aaron Wallrath

Wallrath Custom Homes

Term: 2019 - 2025

Aaron Wallrath

Wallrath Custom Homes

Terry Collins

Dynamic Builders

Toni Collett

Hurricane Construction

Carol Wallrath

Champion Homes (retired)

Charles Arnold

Westbound Bank (Ret.)

Jerry Icenhower

US Army (Ret.)

Ken Smith

Luminant (Ret.)

Gary Henley

Henley Homes

Lana Henley

Henley Homes

Mike Bucchi

US Navy (Ret.)

Willie Williams

US Marines (Ret.)

Russell Carroll

Operation Finally Home

Dan Wallrath

Champion Homes

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 1/27/2022
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

No data

Equity strategies

Last updated: 01/27/2022

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Data
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.