Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521521276
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Erlanger, KY, USA
Phone
8594417300
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$33,698,099
Expenses
$18,390,068
Assets
$91,075,366
Liabilities
$5,196,398

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BARRY A JESINOSKI (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • J MARC BURGESS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BARRY A JESINOSKI (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DENNIS R NIXON (SECRETARY / TREASURER)
  • J MARC BURGESS (PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The disabled american veterans (dav) charitable service trust is dedicated to one, single purpose: empowering veterans to lead high-quality lives with respect and dignity. To carry out this responsibility, the charitable service trust supports physical and psychological rehabilitation programs; enhances mobility for veterans with amputations and spinal cord injuries; benefits aging veterans; AIDS and shelters homeless veterans; and evaluates and addresses the needs of veterans wounded in recent wars and conflicts and their caregivers.

What it reported doing in 2025

Grant processing and miscellaneous service expenditures. See schedule i listing support provided to programs assisting sick and injured veterans and their families and schedule o describing the need for these programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 99% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 85
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.2%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 97.8%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: $229.26 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.8%; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 45.4%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.95; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.2% of revenue deployed · 97.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $18M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 47 of 47 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 105 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 105 filed related-organization links
  • 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.