George P Vanderveer Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
210391110
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Toms River, NJ, USA
Phone
7322559250
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Military, Veterans' Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$589,760
Expenses
$484,391
Assets
$1,615,954
Liabilities
$463,949

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Stanley Bilicki (Commander)
  • John Byrne (Vice Commander)
  • Joe Kethley (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to help veterans in any and all dealings with the VA, temporary housing, emergency financial aid, and counseling assistance, locally, statewide and nationally

What it reported doing in 2024

As a post, we have over 1,700 Legionnaires, 300+ Sons of the Legion, 300+ Legion Auxiliary, and 80+ Legion Riders, making us the largest American Legion Post in the State of New Jersey. Other programs/events we operate are: Run for the Fallen, Vietnam Museum and Gold Star Family Memorial, Grace Alexander Memorial Garden, Purple Heart Memorial, "SOS" Survivor Outreach Services MDL, Ocean County Military Support Commission, Tending Kettles for Salvation Army, War Dog Memorial, Funeral Escorts, Mission of Honor, Watch Fires Ceremony, Vet Works, At-Home Caregivers for Veterans, Hiring Our Heroes Job Fair, Veterans Town Hall Meetings, Boots to Reboots, Vet Haven North and South, "COTA" Children's Organ Transplant Assn, Legion Baseboll, Vets in Distress/Temp. Financial Aid, Emergency Family Aid for Families of Deployed Service Men and Women, People's Food Pantry donatig aproximately 400 lbs of food per month, and we serve as community beacon for other local non-profits including Big Brothers Big Sisters, Easter Seals, Ocean County Health Coalition, Greater Toms River Chamber of Commerce, Toms River North High School, Toms River Historical Society, and Toms River Veteran Commission. We estimete that our membership donates over 300 hours per week, or 15,000 hours per year to veterans organizations and other local charitable organizations. Major Legion programs - Girl and Boy Scouts Support, Boys State, Veterans Hospitals, promote 100% Americanism, children and youth programs, Memorial Day, Vest a Cop, Childrens' Christmas Party, and numerous other programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 70% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 79%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.9%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.34; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 79% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.