National Society Daughters of Colonial Wars Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 546053436
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Omaha, NE, USA
- Rating
- 55
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Commemorative Events
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $92,235
- Expenses
- $72,152
- Assets
- $478,887
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- J ELAINE WARMINGTON WAGNER (National President)
- KELLY CAREY (National First Vice President)
- SANDRA SIDLER (National Second Vice President)
People named in this filing
- J ELAINE WARMINGTON WAGNER (National President)
- KELLY CAREY (National First Vice President)
- SANDRA SIDLER (National Second Vice President)
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
Education of American Colonial History
What it reported doing in 2025
Education Awards 3 teachers 2 students 2 historic preservation trust donations to 2 historic sites and one school
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 31
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 29.9%; rating input score 30
- Program expense ratio: 32.1%; rating input score 32
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 21.8%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.64; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 29.9% of revenue deployed · 32.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $23K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2009 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 30/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 32/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.