Uso Council of New England Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Amounts in USD.

30 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Provide morale, welfare and recreation-type services to

Provide morale support and service for our men and woman in service

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Operating margin: -5%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 6.1%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 0 of 30 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $849K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $54K · 30 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 22 of 24 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
Filing history: 1 filing year from 2009
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.

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D expense reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D revenue reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 55/100.