Disabled American Veterans

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311429959
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Andover, MN, USA
Phone
7632452585
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$143,638
Expenses
$134,509
Assets
$179,921
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ASHELY HESSE (SENIOR VICE COMMANDER)
  • BECKY KILLINGER (JUNIOR 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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Helping needy Veterans and their families to pay for food, rent, medical needs, gas for vehicles, assist homeless veterans in special need, give rides to veteran to medical appointment, support local homeless for veterans. Assist State and Local veterans care systems for holiday programs, recitational programs, support other Veterans organizations holding Veterans seminars and out reach programs. Helping veterans in programs to make sure their quality of life is better, participate in large outdoor activities for disabled veterans in the state and national programs ie: Deer Hunting, Fishing (Summer and Ice), Turkey Hunting, Adaptive Sport Skiing on slopes.

What it reported doing in 2025

Donations to State Veterans Homes and Patients for Holidays and Recreational Programs for Veterans

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 72% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.3%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 83.6%; rating input score 84

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.4%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.34; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.3% of revenue deployed · 83.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 6 filed program accomplishments · $112K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.