Operation Hat Trick Earns GuideStar’s Highest Seal of Transparency - Platinum Seal For the Seventh Year in a Row - Allows Donors to Focus on Progress and Results

Operation Hat Trick Earns GuideStar’s Highest Seal of Transparency - Platinum Seal For the Seventh Year in a Row - Allows Donors to Focus on Progress and Results

HAMPTON, NH (May 22, 2025) - Operation Hat Trick (OHT), an innovative non-profit supporting the recovery of wounded service members and veterans, has earned a 2025 Platinum Seal of Transparency, the highest level of recognition offered by GuideStar, the world’s largest objective source of information about nonprofit organizations. Operation Hat Trick has earned a Platinum Seal of Transparency Rating from GuideStar - its highest ranking - every year since 2019. This puts OHT in the top 0.1% of all charities nationally in terms of transparency and operational effectiveness.

"OHT has a long-held belief in being transparent about our work,” said Dot Sheehan, Founder and CEO of OHT, “We are excited to convey our organization’s results in a user-friendly and highly visual manner. By updating our GuideStar Nonprofit Profile to earn a Platinum Seal, we can now share a wealth of up-to-date organizational metrics with our supporters as well as GuideStar's immense online audience, which includes donors, our peers, and the media."

About Operation Hat Trick

Founded by Dot Sheehan in 2007, Operation Hat Trick (OHT) generates awareness, support and funding for the recovery of America’s wounded service members and veterans. The 501c3 has been recognized by GuideStar six years in-a-row as a Platinum seal of transparency organization for its responsible stewardship. (https:/learn.guidestar.org/platinum).

Dedicated to Nate Hardy and Mike Koch, two Navy SEALs who were killed in Iraq in 2008 and are buried side by side at Arlington National Cemetery, OHT never forgets their sacrifice.

OHT is differentiated from other veteran-focused nonprofits by its innovative operating model. OHT pioneered the first national philanthropic co-branded cause marketing retail apparel licensing program. Rather than relying on donations to raise money, OHT receives a royalty on every product purchase of co-branded apparel and merchandise in conjunction with over 500 supporting American colleges and universities, as well as many NHL, NBA and MiLB teams. Its products are also available via online retailers such as Fanatics, Amazon and national retailers including Cracker Barrel, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Academy Sports & Outdoors, Kohl’s, Lids, Scheels and more.

Support and learn more about Operation Hat Trick by visiting operationhattrick.org.

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