Des Moines County Post No 10102 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the Us
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 421315409
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Burlington, IA, USA
- Phone
- 3197546049
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $49,047
- Expenses
- $113,377
- Assets
- $132,863
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
People named in this filing
- PHILLIP M HANSON (COMMANDER)
- KEVIN COPELAND (JR VICE COMM)
- GABRIELLE STEELE (QUARTERMASTE)
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
Fraternal, patriotic, historical and educational; to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members; to assist worthy comrades; to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead and to assist their widows and orphans; to maintain true allegiance to the government of the united states of america and fidelity to its constitution and laws; to foster true patriotism; to maintain and extend the institutions of american freedom; and to preserve and defend the united states from all her enemies, whomsoever.
What it reported doing in 2024
Buddy poppies: vfw buddy poppies are assembled by disabled and needy veterans in va hospitals. The vfw buddy poppy program provides compensation to the veterans who assemble the poppies, provides financial assistance in maintaining state and national veterans' rehabilitation and service programs and partially supports the vfw national home for children. This is an annual fund raising activity. Parades: participate in southeast Iowa parades to promote affairs for veterans. Veteran's day: the post holds a color guard at multiple locations in the town, holds a pow/mia rededication at the club and provides support for the towns veteran's day honorarium. Wounded warrior project: the wounded warrior project raises awareness and enlist the public's aid for the needs of injured service members. Helps injured service members aid and assist each other. Provides unique, direct programs and services to meet the needs of injured service members. Our post donates monthly. Canteen: the post sponsors a canteen establishment where members network. Honor guard: provide full military rights funeral for any veteran funerals within des moines county.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
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: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -131.2%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.17; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.