National Society of the Children of the American Revolution

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
530116337
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2026383153
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$857,854
Expenses
$897,120
Assets
$5,282,457
Liabilities
$573,074

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

Leadership & pay

89 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jeffrey Voris (Senior National President)
  • Jamie Durham Burchfield (Senior National First Vice President)
  • Trish Jackson (Senior National Second Vice President)
  • Jim Holmes (Senior National Vice President-New England)
  • Jeff Flick (Senior National Vice President-Eastern)
  • Anne-Cabrie Forsythe (Senior National Vice President-Mid-Southern)

People named in this filing

  • Jeffrey Voris (Senior National President)
  • Jamie Durham Burchfield (Senior National First Vice President)
  • Trish Jackson (Senior 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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote patriotism and to provide historical education.

What it reported doing in 2024

A National Project carrying significance to the national organization of N.S.C.A.R. or the Nation as a whole is conducted annually. To generate support for and inform membership regarding the Project and other national programs, a regional tour is supported annually.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 61% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 79% for direct work, and 21% for grants.

The verdict

MIXED - 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: 43
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 51.4%; rating input score 51
  • Program expense ratio: 43.8%; rating input score 44
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 70.3%; rating input score 70; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.6%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.89; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 51.4% of revenue deployed · 43.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 89 of 89 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $393K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 89 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.