Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 386120911
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Plymouth, MI, USA
- Phone
- 2484769000
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $405,036
- Expenses
- $379,064
- Assets
- $1,493,926
- Liabilities
- $17,468
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHAEL HARRIS (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JACLYN KOCHIS (EXEC. DIR. -): $81,292 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To aid, assist, publicize and advocate for continued research for injuries and diseases to help in the health of veterans. As well as address various needs in other areas that concern veterans.
What it reported doing in 2024
The mpva's advocacy program advances the interests of paralyzed veterans and individuals with disabilities by actively engaging policymakers, govenrment agencies, and community partners at the local, state, and federal levels. Through collaboration with disability organizations and elected officials, mpva works to promote inclusive policies and equitable access to programs, services, and opportunities to partcipate in all aspects of american society. Advocacy efforts are grounded in both professional expertise and the lived experiences of mpva members. By maintaining a consistent presence in legislative and policy discussions, mpva helps ensure that decision-makers understand the real-world impact of proposed laws and regulations. The organization remains committed to safeguarding the rights, benefits, and protections that support independence, accessibility, and quality of life for veterans and citizens with disabilities. In fy 2025 the mpva achieved numerous advocacy accomplishments, including: - pva advocacy week: mpva staff traveled to capitol hill in june to participate in pva's advocacy and legislative seminar, meeting with Michigan lawmakers to highlight issues impacting our members and to advance legislative initiatives important to veterans with disabilties. - pva awareness month: mpva planned and hosted activities throughout april to educate the public about the organzation's mission and to raise awareness within the community. The month culminated with an mpva-hosted awareness event, featuring va representatives, pva service officer team, community partners, local adaptive equipment vendors, and informational activities. Mpva members attended and actively participated in efforts to. - informed and educated the public with regard to disability rights laws, the american with disabilities act, and state and local building codes.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.6%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 88%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: $15.74 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st 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: 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.4%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.94; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 21.4%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.6% of revenue deployed · 88% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $334K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $81K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 51/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.