Palozola Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 823704585
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Des Peres, MO, USA
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $147,811
- Expenses
- $123,987
- Assets
- $217,739
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Maria Palozola (President)
- Mindy Berry (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Paul Whitaker (Treasurer)
- Maria Palozola (President)
- Mindy Berry (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To heal the body mind and spirit of Veterans through the game of golf
What it reported doing in 2024
Veterans Golf League. This is a program offered to Veterans across the St. Louis metro area at different golf courses. The Palozola Foundation pays 100% of the cost in order for the Veterans to pay and fulfill our mission healing the body mind and spirit of Veterans through golf
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 51
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 63
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 47.7%; rating input score 48
- Program expense ratio: 55.7%; rating input score 56
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 16.1%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.76; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 25.7% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 47.7% of revenue deployed · 55.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $69K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 48/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.