Buffalo Soldiers Association of West Point Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 800288616
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Highland Falls, NY, USA
- Phone
- 3238045344
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $14,644
- Expenses
- $38,582
- Assets
- $31,710
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Aundrea Matthews (President)
- Jennifer Hicks-McGowan (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Aundrea Matthews (President)
- Jennifer Hicks-McGowan (Vice President)
- Carmiah Whitfield (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
Our mission is to acknowledge, honor, promote and preserve the history and contributions of the Buffalo soldiers and military personnel who served the United States of America.
What it reported doing in 2024
Annual Buffalo Soldiers memorial event held at West Point-inviting the community. There is a keynote speaker, and awards are given to honor those for their military service, accomplishments and contibution to the US Army. Awards were given to the ROTC cadets for their accomplishments. In addition an annual wreath laying ceremony was held at the base of the statue.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 41.5%; rating input score 42
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -163.5%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.82; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 41.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.