Disabled American Veterans Dept Co

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
840388439
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Lakewood, CO, USA
Phone
3039923631
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Military, Veterans' Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$203,326
Expenses
$674,711
Assets
$1,219,811
Liabilities
$45,801

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

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

People named in this filing

  • SCOTT FELDT (COMMANDER)
  • PAUL KENNEDY (SR VICE COMM)
  • ALAN MORGAN (SR VICE COMM)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To aid and assist worthy war-time disabled veterans, their widows and orphans and to build better lives for disabled veterans and their families.

What it reported doing in 2024

Dav voluntary services programs consist of over 100 volunteers to provide the following services: - 57 volunteers provide rides to veterans to and from their homes for medical appointments. Rides were provided to 3,513 veterans. - 94 volunteers donated 18,941 hours in support of our veterans by working at hospitals, clinics, and community events; donating juices and candy to va hospital chemo centers; donating food, clothing and personal items to the homeless standdown programs and va nursing homes; supporting legislative initiatives at the state and federal level; fundraising; and serving at the department and/or chapter as service officers to aid veterans in filing for their va benefits - donations were made to the national service foundation to help support transportation efforts for disabled veterans.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 78% for direct work, and 22% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 77%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.25 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: -231.8%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.81; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.2% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 77% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $520K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 22 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.