Fallen Angel Aviator Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
383935273
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2015
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Brighton, CO, USA
Phone
8082238455
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$34,521
Expenses
$39,430
Assets
$4,225
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • George Chew (President)
  • Matthew Morales (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • George Chew (President)
  • Matthew Morales (Vice President)
  • Michael Schellinger (Chairman of the Board/Vice Chair 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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The primary purpose of the Fallen Angel Aviator Foundation is to commemorate aviators and crew members of the United States Armed Forces, who lost their lives or have been injured in service to the country, and provide assistance to their families. The organization erections and maintenances of public works and monuments to commemorate service personnel, provides financial assistance, in the case of economic hardship, to the spouses and dependents of the service personnel commemorated by such public works or monuments and to other veterans in need of financial hardship assistance, as well as other charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The organization may engage in any other lawful act or activity for which the organization may be organized, under the IRS Code.

What it reported doing in 2015

The Families of Fallen Night Stalkers organization supports the Army Elite Special TF-160th Special Operations Aviation Unit. The mission of the Families of Fallen Night Stalkers organization is to provide support to all immediate family members to include spouses and children, mothers, fathers, and siblings of the fallen soldier. This includes facilitating informal counseling sessions, updates to benefits and legislative issues, and to serve as an informal conduit between the Families of Fallen Night Stalkers and the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. The organization serves as a family support network to further the growth of the family while maintaining the memory of the fallen. Fallen Angels Aviator Foundation provided this organization a grant in support of that mission.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 44
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 46.2%; rating input score 46
  • Program expense ratio: 40.5%; rating input score 40

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.2%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 46.2% of revenue deployed · 40.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $16K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.