Kentucky-Indiana Chapter of the Paralyzed Veterans of America Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
611123123
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2009
Location
Jeffersonville, IN, USA
Phone
5026356539
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$213,137
Expenses
$220,246
Assets
$1,990,623
Liabilities
$377,245

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHARLES BROWN (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • LAWRITA GOMEZ (EXECUTIVE DI): $42,115 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of Kentucky-Indiana chapter of paralyzed veterans of america is to improve the quality of life of u.s. Military veterans and others who have spinal cord dysfunction through the use of advocacy, research, sports and recreation, education, and communication.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Kentucky/Indiana chapter of pva provides information, resources, tools and encouragement our members who are citizens of the united states who have served in the military and have sustained a spinal cord injury or disease. Our programs and services also support their families and caregivers. Our robust sports program consists of many activities. We coordinate and fund an annual fishing tournament which groups up paralyzed veterans with boat captains. Many local businesses, both in our local community, as well as in the community of kuttawa, donate resources either financially or value in kind like food/meals, hands-on assistance and lifting participants into and out of the boats and other support during the tournament. Our membership program includes meetings and picnics in various locations throughout Kentucky and Indiana. Visits to the lexington, louisville and indianapolis va hospitals ensure we advocate for the patient care and programs our members and all veterans deserve and have earned. Individual members can request reimbursements for various meaningful activities. Some compete both locally and nationally in sports, such as boccia and dragon boat racing. Others enjoy hobbies such as woodworking, gardening, hunting, air rifles, scuba diving, fishing, bowling. The chapter established this grant program recently which has become an effective way to support them in their specific passions and reintegrate into society. We also funded research and educational programs which pursue the eventual cure for paralysis and advance new technologies into bettering the lives of all paralyzed. The collaboration with a local eagle riders bike club has resulted in doing work around the chapter's office building and fundraising including designated bike rides. Membership engagement includes the scheduling of meet & greet's events which create camaraderie, and we mailed out a survey to attain their interests and feedback which has guided future program development. We hosted a women's retreat for our female members along with their caregivers to connect and encourage one another. We offered wheelchair yoga, spiritual/faith encouragement, pampering items, gift bags and a nice lunch.

Operating model

Revenue model
Affiliate-supported. 65% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.7%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 86.7%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $27.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 59.5%; rating input score 60; 44th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.3%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.04; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.1%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.7% of revenue deployed · 86.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $191K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $42K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.