American Gold Star Mothers Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 526045308
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2022650991
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Military, Veterans' Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $309,255
- Expenses
- $234,059
- Assets
- $580,313
- Liabilities
- $16,563
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PATRICIA ELLIOTT (PRESIDENT)
- ANNETTE KIRK (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
- JOYCE PAULSEN (2ND VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- PATRICIA ELLIOTT (PRESIDENT)
- ANNETTE KIRK (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
- JOYCE PAULSEN (2ND VICE PRESIDENT)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Finding strength in the fellowship of other gold star mothers who strive to keep the memory of our sons and daughters alive by working to help veterans, those currently serving in the military, their families and our communities.
What it reported doing in 2024
We provide emotional aid and comfort to gold star mothers in a time of need. We raise awareness of suicides related to military actions and service. Our grant program provides our gold star mothers with financial assistance in the form of natural (fire, tornados, flood, and pandemic) disaster relief, assistance with paying bills in a time of personal financial hardships, assisting with paying their dues when money is tight.we support our nation's veterans by volunteering as va hospital, clinics and rehabilitations facilities across the country. We have partnered with other veteran service organizations to provide support and aid to those that served and have been scared by that service. We honor our past veterans and military lost in battle by partnering with wreaths across america to lay a wreath at each headstone of a fallen hero across the country at every veteran cemetery. We fundraise for each veterans cemetery to have sufficient wreaths for their location. We honor and support each war memorial in Washington dc. We are a leading partner in the vietnam war 50th anniversary committee, by identifying, acknowledging and honoring vietnam veterans across the country.our memberships support our active-duty military through various donations of food, household items and infant and children's toys and clothing donations. Volunteer at military deployments and homecomings.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 80% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 60
- Transparency & Controls: 77
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 68
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 60.3%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 79%; rating input score 79
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 51.6%; rating input score 52; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 24.3%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.48; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 60.3% of revenue deployed · 79% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $185K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 52/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.