Catholic War Veterans of the United States of America
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 530186576
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Bellerose, NY, USA
- Phone
- 7035493622
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $176,789
- Expenses
- $223,733
- Assets
- $1,115,743
- Liabilities
- $32,220
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
22 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID CRUM (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- RICHARD G GALES JR (Welfare VAVS Officer)
- MARVIN JEFFCOAT (3rd Vice Commander)
- MICHAEL RANNO (1st Vice 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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Stimulating the national interest in the problems of veterans & their families, promotion of country and preserving, protecting, & defending the constitution of the united states of america.
What it reported doing in 2024
Stimulating the national interest in the problems of veterans & their widows & orphans, and to undertake projects to serve all veterans of all wars in which the united states of america has participated.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.6%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 65.7%; rating input score 66
- 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -26.6%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.99; rating input score 79; 79th 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: -7.2% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 85.6% of revenue deployed · 65.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $147K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 22 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 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.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.