United Service Organization Uso of Missouri Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
431237410
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2021
Forms available
Form 990 2021
Location
St Louis, MO, USA
Phone
3144297702
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Military, Veterans' Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$347,488
Expenses
$662,022
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PAUL MARSHALL (PRESIDENT)
  • TONY VERMILLION (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • AMANDA SCHMIDT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • AMANDA SCHMIDT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $47,414 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The uso strengthens america's military service members by keeping them connected to family, home and country, throughout their service to the nation.

What it reported doing in 2021

James s. Mcdonnell events for military and their families: the uso of Missouri, inc. Hosts several family fun events for the military and their families each year. These events consist of day at the zoo (with breakfast, zoo themed giveaways, family photo, and safari bands which make for-fee amenities free for them), santa's express (with breakfast, crafts, face painting, pictures with santa and mrs. Claus, and toyland where each child gets to select a toy of their choice), holiday block leave (an event at the airport for the 4,500 to 5,000 military traveling for the holidays). The uso of Missouri, inc. Also packs 2,000 thanksgiving baskets with all of the needed items for the holiday dinner for local military families in need. Fort leonard wood events for military and their families: the uso of Missouri, inc. Hosts several fun events for the military and their families. These events consist of family game nights, superbowl party, 4th of july event, crafting events, uso night out events, and spouse socials. Over 248,500 military members and their families were offered a "touch of home and other services at the two facilities at st. Louis lambert international airport, the fort leonard wood facility in central Missouri, and the mobile uso units, which travels throughout the state of Missouri, and the Illinois counties of jersey, madison, monroe, and st. Clair, to take the services and uso spirit straight to the troops.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% 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 total spending goes to programs and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 5
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 54.7%; rating input score 55
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.97 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 26th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -90.5%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 54.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $362K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $47K · 22 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.