Disabled American Veterans

What it reported doing in 2025

Other program services membership program: the lifeblood of dav is its membership. When veterans join dav, they enlist in a fight to ensure our nation keeps its promises to those who've served. The unwavering devotion that members dedicate to our mission has made dav the premier veteran's service organization, and our commitment has spanned more than a century. Dav is the leading voice for our nation's injured and ill veterans, regardless of service era. This commitment is expressed in our mission statement and makes dav unique among other organizations. Dav was founded in the immediate aftermath of world war i, as no group then existed to provide and advocate for veterans forever changed by military service. Our legacy has evolved to meet the changing needs of members, families and caregivers amid the historical journey of our nation. Our military and american society continues to change, and dav embraces those changes to ensure veterans of all service eras and genders are able to have their chance at the american dream. Today, social networking and other changes to the ways americans communicate allow dav members to play a larger role than ever as spokespeople advocating for the unique needs of the veteran community. We continue to respond to the needs of the current generation of veterans and are also steadfast in our resolution to ensure equitable support for another vital part of our community-veteran caregivers. These unsung heroes provide unfaltering dedication to disabled veterans, often assuming a life of heavy responsibility and sacrifice to care for their loved ones affected by devastating illness or injury. State services and disaster relief: when disasters strike, dav benefits advocates are on the ground to help our nation's veterans and their families. Dav provides disaster relief through financial assistance and supply kits to veterans and their families to help them obtain necessities such as food, warm clothes and shelter. Voluntary services program: the dav transportation network is a unique program that has successfully helped veterans get to and from their medical appointments and throughout their daily lives for nearly 40 years. The program is the largest of its kind for veterans in the nation. Operated by dedicated dav volunteer drivers, the program provides transportation to and from 228 va medical centers and outpatient clinics. The amount of hours dav volunteers dedicate, the miles they drive, and the number of rides they provide to veterans are a testament to the promises we've ensured were kept. Thousands of dav volunteers are dedicated to helping fellow veterans wherever they are in our communities. Whether helping prepare va claims packages, caring for veterans experiencing homelessness, running a food drive or participating in countless other opportunities, these volunteers have continued to be the face of our organization to so many in need. Dav honors volunteers who demonstrate outstanding dedication and service to america's veterans each year. Dav offers college scholarships open to volunteers age 21 or younger who have contributed a minimum of 100 hours credited through dav or the dav auxiliary. Employment/entrepreneurial services program: dav patriot boot camp hosts in-person training events and provides monthly training and resources to empower participants to succeed. This program complements dav's ongoing efforts to support and advocate on behalf of service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. Dav's employment program connects transitioning active-duty service members, guard and reserve members, veterans and their spouses with employers looking to provide meaningful career opportunities. Legislative program: at nearly 1 million members strong, we step up, organize and advocate for the most critical issues veterans and their families face. Dav's national legislative department takes resolutions, adopted by dav members at our annual national convention, to congress to advocate for improv

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 66.5%; rating input score 66
• Program expense ratio: 66.7%; rating input score 67
• Fundraising efficiency: $3.57 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 21st percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 97.9%; rating input score 98; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 16.1%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.48; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings