The American Fallen Soldiers Project Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
261624908
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2019
Forms available
Form 990 2019
Location
Addison, TX, USA
Phone
2143877769
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$279,712
Expenses
$370,728
Assets
$82,523
Liabilities
$711

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PHILLIP TAYLOR (PRESIDENT/CH)

Highest reported compensation

  • PHILLIP TAYLOR (PRESIDENT/CH): $81,052 total reported compensation
  • LISA TAYLOR (COO/SEC./DIR): $57,742 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to honor, respect and forever memorialize the american military service members who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation, comfort their mourning families, and inspire all americans to know and recognize the price paid for their freedom.

What it reported doing in 2019

The american fallen soldiers project provides a hand painted original portrait by artist phil taylor of america's fallen military to their families. Upon completion, each portrait is personally presented to the family by the artist during a special event. Additionally, for other family members who did not receive the original painting, we provide canvas reproductions in various sizes. All original paintings and canvas reproductions are delivered framed and ready for display. Photo prints are also provided to the family at the portrait presentation and can be reordered at any time at no cost. Through the relationship gained between our organization and the family from the portrait process, we are able to recognize additional needs they may have and direct them to other organizations who can help. In 2019, our organization had the honor to produce 7 original portraits of fallen military hereos as gifts to their families. Each portrait was personally presented to the immediate and extended family members, friends and military battle buddies of these heroes during 5 special event hosted by our sponsors. In addition to the families, these events were attended by approximately 8,000 guests, and viewed by many, many more through both internal and local broadcasts, as well as through the respective sponsor's facebook live and youtube channel accounts. In addition, we also provided 235 portrait reproductions and photo prints in multiple size to family members and friends. As another extension of our mission to honor america's fallen military and their families, the american fallen soldiers national gallery, which is a public gallery located in addison, tx, was opened in august 2015 and displays reproductions of the original portraits we've produced over the years, as well as telling the stories of the heroes who have served and sacrificed their lives while protecting our freedom.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 38
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 90.4%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $305.27 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 33.3%; rating input score 33; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -32.5%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 37.4%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.3% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -27% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 3 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $335K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $81K · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2015 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.