Black Veterans of America Bva

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411697294
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2014
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2014, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Saint Paul, MN, USA
Phone
6124017673
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Military, Veterans' Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$72
Assets
$1,571
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID HALL (PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • VIVIAN J NELSEN (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DAVID HALL (PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • REVEREND RICHARD JENKINS (BOARD CHAIR)
  • VIVIAN J NELSEN (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Black Veterans of America is a veteran fraternal organization (501-C19) founded by Retired Marine Corporal David L. Hall Jr., in 1991. Mr. Hall began his work to meet the needs of Black veterans who had problems accessing services. BVA currently advocates for Veterans and helps them navigate VA Systems. The BVA also serves as a cultural advisor to the city, county, state, and regional Veterans Service Organizations. We collaborate with Veterans and Community Organizations to help Veterans, especially African Americans, access VA services.

What it reported doing in 2014

In 2013, BVA in conjunction with the VA Health Care System held a series of "dialog groups" for veterans, families, and caregivers with special women veteran dialog groups in the Twin Cities area in Minnesota. This will assist the VA Health Care System in reaching more veterans of color while addressing their needs. The Bridge Builder Project in collaboration with the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, and sponsored by V4V invited Black Veterans to attend 1 of 9 Dialogue Groups to help the VA better serve them. The BVA aided in bridging the gap between Black Veterans and their Benefits. To that end, Black Veterans and their families were invited to attend the Dialogue Groups. In 2014, the responses from the dialogue groups were being compiled into a forthcoming report, to be published at a future date.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • 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: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 21.82; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.