Central Alabama Marines - Council

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
991497158
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Helena, AL, USA
Phone
2053788102
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Military, Veterans' Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$85,125
Expenses
$55,437
Assets
$59,406
Liabilities
$11,797

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHAWN SPRINGER (FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN & PRESIDENT)
  • ED SMITH JR (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DONALD LEHMAN (DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPY)
  • WRAY PEARCE (DIRECTOR)
  • NIKOL ANDERSON-SANS (DIRECTOR)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To serve veterans & military families while advancing charitable, educational & military heritage programs within the broader community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Project pathfinder - spring challenge

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.8%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 96.5%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 34.9%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.07; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 92.5% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 67.7% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 104.7% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.8% of revenue deployed · 96.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $53K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.