Disabled American Veteran Sonoma County Chapter 48

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
946173131
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Phone
7075950324
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$24,073
Expenses
$164,201
Assets
$76,004

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Richard Jones (Director)
  • Brian Medin (Director)
  • Dave Phillips (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

DAV is a nonprofit charity that provides lifetime support for veterans of all generations and their families. Nationally, it helps more than 1 million veterans in positive, life-changing ways each year. With over 1,200 chapters and more than 1 million members nationwide, DAV empowers veterans and their families by helping to provide the resources they need and ensuring our nation keeps its promises to them.

What it reported doing in 2024

THE MISSION IS CARRIED FORWARD BY: A network of state-level departments and local chapters. Providing cost-free programs that empower disabled veterans and their families to lead high-quality lives with respect and dignity. Providing free, professional assistance to veterans and their families in obtaining benefits and services earned through military service and provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other agencies of government.Providing outreach concerning its program services to the American people generally, and to disabled veterans and their families specifically.Representing the interests of disabled veterans, their families, their widowed spouses and their orphans before Congress, the White House and the Judicial Branch, as well as state and local government.Extending DAVs mission of hope into the communities where these veterans and their families live through a network of state-level Departments and local Chapters.Providing a structure through which disabled veterans can express their compassion for their fellow veterans through a variety of volunteer programs.Connecting veterans with meaningful employment, hosting job fairs and providing resources to ensure they have the opportunity to participate in the American Dream their sacrifices made possible.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -582.1%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 28; 28th 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: -170.3% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -95.9% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $148K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.