Society of American Military Engineers

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
436073681
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Saint Louis, MO, USA
Phone
3149413810
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$41,618
Expenses
$14,655
Assets
$213,914
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Brad Loomis (President)
  • Jeff Klein (1st Vice President)
  • John Kelton (2nd Vice President)
  • Kevin Golinghorst (Director/Past President)
  • Pam Hobbs (Director/Past President)

People named in this filing

  • Brad Loomis (President)
  • Jeff Klein (1st Vice President)
  • John Kelton (2nd 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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Education about military and related engineering

What it reported doing in 2023

Promote military engineering - 0 scholarships totaling $0 awarded to college students; $1600 awarded to high school students for summer military engineering camp; $200 awarded to elementary for science fair; and hosting Structural Assessment and Visual Evaluation (SAVE) Coalition training which trains engineers qualified volunteers to assess buildings following catastrophic earthquake and tornado events ($872); military philanthropy donations ($5330).

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 79% for direct work, and 21% for member benefits.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 87
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54.2%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 64.8%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 14.6; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.8% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 26.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $15K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2023
  • 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 54/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.