Minnesota Paralyzed Veterans of America

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411724527
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Phone
6124672263
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$546,394
Expenses
$580,956
Assets
$799,896
Liabilities
$51,268

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SETH THOMAS (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • SARAH LITTLE (EXECUTIVE DI): $60,417 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 Minnesota paralyzed veterans of america (mnpva) a Minnesota nonprofit organization, is an officially recognized paralyzed veterans of america chapter. Mnpva assists veterans with spinal cord injuries or spinal cord diseases, such as ms and als, by staying active with legislative and advocacy programs which promote barrier-free design, supporting medical research, providing sports and recreation opportunities, and peer mentoring. Mnpva receives support from the national organization, grants, donor contributions, and fundraising. All mnpva board of directors members are volunteers and do not receive salaries. We maintain a paid staff of one full-time office receptionist and a part-time office receptionist.

What it reported doing in 2024

Advocacy: mnpva regularly serves on multiple planning boards as an ada expert in the community, including parks, recreation, and building projects. This link allows us to advocate for accessibility and adaptive equipment inclusion criteria during planning phases. Some boards and task forces mnpva serves with include Minnesota state council on disability (mscod), metropolitan parks and open spaces commission, big island restoration, and the veterans memorial greenway project. Additionally, mnpva serves as a resource to individuals and businesses requesting ada and accessibility information. Legislatively, mnpva participates in us and state meetings with legislators to discuss policies related to our mission. Another significant joint effort that mnpva continues to serve on is our state commanders task force , a group of congressionally chartered veterans service organizations. Additionally, mnpva maintains working relationships with many other veterans service organizations (vso) and participates in groups such as the military action group (mag), united veterans legislative council (uvlc), and the Minnesota department of veterans affairs (mdva). Through this connection, we join others to learn, collaborate, and advocate for many issues affecting veterans and their families. Liaison: mnpva maintains a chapter office in the minneapolis va health care center, spinal cord injury/disease building. Our presence enables us to serve our members conveniently when they receive their care and allows us to serve as a resource for others. Mentoring and support: we continue serving members and others by pursuing resources, sharing knowledge, and assisting with adaptive equipment. Mnpva assists with emergency help when alternative funding is unavailable for our members. Mnpva assists those newly injured and those with complications or other needs by providing mentoring and emotional and social support.

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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.5%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 83.3%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.6 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.3%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.38; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.4%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.5% of revenue deployed · 83.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $484K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $60K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.