Military Families United
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 203363927
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2011
- Forms available
- Form 990 2011
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6464503233
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,342,654
- Expenses
- $1,184,816
- Assets
- $180,588
- Liabilities
- $8,001
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Military families united is a charitable organization whose mission is to honor the fallen, support those who fight and serve their families. We are a national coalition of gold star & blue star families, veterans & patriotic americans who share a deep appreciation for our men and women in uniform and provide an avenue for military families to remind the nation of the importance of supporting our military.
What it reported doing in 2011
Weekend of remembrance - the largest gathering of gold star families in the nation. The weekend brings together the children, spouses, parents, and siblings of those who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of america. Military families united hosted the national gold star dinner, and an outing at six flags for gold star families. Throughout the weekend, military leaders, elected officials, celebrities, and other dignitaries join us in paying tribute to these heroes and their families.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.8%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 17.2%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $483K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $97K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.