Americans For Battlefield Preservation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 043843239
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2028080809
- Rating
- 97
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $21,778
- Expenses
- $27,033
- Assets
- $46,937
- Liabilities
- $25,076
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
People named in this filing
- William W Vodra (Director/Chair Till 05/24)
- O James Lighthizer (Director/Chairman)
- David Anderson (Director/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 mission of Americans for Battlefield Preservation (AFBP) is to promote awareness of our nation's endangered historic battlegrounds and related sites. It is a strictly non-partisan organization that seeks to build support for battlefield preservation among lawmakers on all levels of government. In addition, AFBP supports public funding for battlefield preservation and trains local advocates to successfully conduct community grassroots organizing, fundraising, and media relations.
What it reported doing in 2024
America's preserved battlefields serve as outdoor classrooms that educate the public about the military conflicts that transformed our history and define us as a nation. It is a strictly non-partisan organization that seeks to build support for battlefield preservation among lawmakers on all levels of government. The organization educates lawmakers about issues and legislation related to battlefield preservation.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
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: -24.1%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.74; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.53; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $27K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 21/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.