Patriots for Disabled Divers
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 461749450
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Burke, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7039303586
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Swimming & Other Water Recreation
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $71,278
- Expenses
- $48,827
- Assets
- $109,325
- Liabilities
- $8,890
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Earnie Porta (President)
- Jeff Currer (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Earnie Porta (President)
- Jeff Currer (Vice President)
- Russ Wyllie (Sec'y Treasurer)
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
The mission of Patriots For Disabled Divers (PFDD) is to provide to the physical, psycholocigal and social benefits of scuba diving to individuals living with cognitive and/or physical disabilities and their family members.
What it reported doing in 2024
Scuba Diving Training. In 2024 189 divers contacted PFDD concerning training. 80 divers were approved and 78 began their training. Of the 80 approved divers 59 were PADI Open Water, 19 were PADI advanced open water, 2 were PADI Rescue and 2 were PADI reactivates. Scuba training for a disabled veteran is one that brings joy, adventure, camaraderie and therapy as a life long sport. For those that suffer PTSD, the breathing, pressure and neutral buoyancy provide a calming and peaceful environment. For those with physical disabilities, the neutral buoyancy provides relief from the affects of gravity and relieves pain and mobility issues. Becoming a member of a "dive family" gives the Veteran a social group they can rely on much like they relied on their military unit when they were on active duty or deployed. Being a part of a close knit group, being active, having joy in your life are all besic measures to maintaining mental health and help in suicide prevention.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 78% 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 57.9%; rating input score 58
- Program expense ratio: 84.5%; rating input score 85
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: 31.5%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.24; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 27.4% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 57.9% of revenue deployed · 84.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $41K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.