Pittsburgh Buffalo Soldiers Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
880706022
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,500
Expenses
$1,659
Assets
$1,718

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • A Blaine Frank (Post Commander)
  • Waitcell Avery (Vice Post Commander)
  • Sharon Frank (Secretary)

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

Association to support the community

What it reported doing in 2025

Veterans food drive reached 75 veterans food donated Donated school supplies

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.8%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 57.7%; rating input score 58

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.6%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.04; rating input score 48; 48th 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: 62.5% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 29.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.8% of revenue deployed · 57.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $957 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.