Military Order of the Purple Heart of the USA

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463403015
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Lubbock, TX, USA
Phone
7075924598
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,643
Expenses
$13,704
Assets
$11,487
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Steve Oien (Commander)
  • Gullermo Tijerina (Senior Vice Commander)
  • John Finke (Jr 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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We are a organization consisting of combat wounded veterans organized under the national Military Order of the Purple Heart. Our Chapter 0900 supports the mission of our national headquarters in our area of responsibility, the Texas Panhandel from Plainview down to Midland/Odessa.

What it reported doing in 2025

We support 7 ROTC/JRROTC units in our area through our Leadership Program. We provided assistance to veterans/families in financial crisis, as well as cemeteries such as Angel Fire New Mexico.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.6%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.4%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -17.1% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -21.1% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -22.4% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $14K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.