Always Brothers

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
274297694
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2016
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Fairfield, CT, USA
Phone
4254290831
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,775
Expenses
$265
Assets
$10,615
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Paul Giman (President)
  • Brian O'Neill (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Paul Giman (President)
  • Brian O'Neill (Vice President)
  • James Cansler (Secretary)

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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization raises money from the general public for the direct or indirect benefit of veterans, veterans families, and families of fallen U.S. service men and women in service to their country. The organization raises awareness of issues pertaining to veterans and their families by creating and participating in ultra run events, marathons or other activities where discussion of veterans issues are conducted and participation with veterans, veterans families are welcome.

What it reported doing in 2016

The organization continued to raise money for the education funds of children whose had a parent killed in the war on terror for donations to the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 91
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 93%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 40.06; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -100% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -45.8% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -27.5% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2012 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.