National Medal of Honor Center for Leadership

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471402327
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Mt Pleasant, SC, USA
Phone
8438672038
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,821,699
Expenses
$3,742,952
Assets
$7,190,236
Liabilities
$3,359,846

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

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TOM MUNDELL (PRESIDENT AND CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • TOM MUNDELL (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $313,877 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 national medal of honor center for leadership prepares individuals to lead with courage, integrity, and service by delivering immersive, values based leadership education rooted in the enduring principles of the medal of honor. Through programs for students, professionals, and civic leaders, we build strong leaders and stronger communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

1. Fellowship: the national medal of honor center for leadership fellowship programs empower youth, college students, and veterans to grow as values-driven civic leaders at every stage of life. Rooted in the medal of honor values of courage, integrity, commitment, sacrifice, citizenship, and patriotism, the fellowships provide structured training, mentorship, and opportunities for real-world impact. The junior fellowship engages high school students in immersive bootcamps, monthly leadership challenges, and capstone service projects that build responsibility and civic commitment. The emerging leaders fellowship equips college students with advanced leadership training through innovation labs, structured mentorship, career development support, and opportunities to represent nmohcfl at regional and national events. The veterans fellowship honors military service by preparing veterans for impactful civic leadership through tailored seminars, transition planning, and community engagement projects. Across all three fellowships, participants complete applied projects, develop lifelong leadership skills, and join a strong network of peers, mentors, and medal of honor recipients--leaving prepared to lead change in their schools, careers, and communities.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 33
  • Transparency & Controls: 66
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 26.3%; rating input score 26
  • Program expense ratio: 43.6%; rating input score 44
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.26 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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: 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: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 45.1%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.92; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.4%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 22.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 26.3% of revenue deployed · 43.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 27 of 27 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $314K · 27 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $170K reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 26/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 35/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.