Afscme Fallen Heroes Fund
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 522344511
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2024291000
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Disaster Preparedness and Relief Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $24,447
- Expenses
- $107,169
- Assets
- $234,617
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LEE SAUNDERS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- LEE SAUNDERS (PRESIDENT)
- ELISSA McBRIDE (SECRETARY-TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The afscme fallen heroes fund is an affiliate of the american federation of state, county and municipal employees (afscme). The fund is organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes, including providing immediate and longer-term financial, in-kind, and other assistance to union members and employees, and their families, who have needs resulting from a terrorist attack, a natural disaster, a man-made conflict, or the death or injury of a family member serving in the united states military.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provided financial assistance to 39 union members, employees, and their families who were adversely affected by tropical storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, and floods.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 73.5%; rating input score 73
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -338.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.19; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 73.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $79K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 12 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.