Society of American Military Engineers

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
526054756
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2015
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2015
Location
Fort Belvoir, VA, USA
Phone
7039536652
Rating
53
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Engineering

Reported finances

Revenue
$64,383
Expenses
$62,907
Assets
$143,635
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Joe Manous (President)
  • Peter Mueller (1st Vice President)
  • James Ingalsbe (2nd Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Joe Manous (President)
  • Peter Mueller (1st Vice President)
  • James Ingalsbe (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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Education and Scientific

What it reported doing in 2015

Donation for all terrain wheelchair for Wounded Warriors program Fund purchase of an all terrain wheelchair to all WW access to things beyond paved roads and straight ramps.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 93% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue 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: 29
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 29%; rating input score 29
  • Program expense ratio: 30%; rating input score 30

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.3%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.28; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.1% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 29% of revenue deployed · 30% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $19K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 to 2015
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.