American Legion Post 148 Amherst
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 042155179
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- Amherst, MA, USA
- Phone
- 4132539036
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Military, Veterans' Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $105,814
- Expenses
- $110,411
- Assets
- $38,921
- Liabilities
- $2,363
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
People named in this filing
- PAUL CLEVENGER (ADJ AND FINANCE OFFICER)
- TERRY FENSTAD (COMMANDER)
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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to implement the goals, aspirations, dreams, peace and blessing for our country, friends and families embodied in our preamble.as members of the communities, we work together with elected and appointed officials, law enforcement officers, as well as teachers, guidance counselors and administrators from our local schools to promote activities that benefit our communities.
What it reported doing in 2023
Fraternal war veterans club service
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 99% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98.2%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 94.1%; rating input score 94
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4.3%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 98.2% of revenue deployed · 94.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $104K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2016 to 2023
- 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.