Uso of Metropolitan New York Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 132500122
IRS 990 coverage: 2010–2021
Forms available: Form 990 2021
Location: Arlington, VA, USA
Phone: 7039086400
Rating: 80
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue: $3,103,992
Expenses: $5,971,076
Assets: $0
Liabilities: $0

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

Leadership & pay

32 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

BRIAN WHITING (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

BRIAN WHITING (PRESIDENT & CEO): $1,029,387 total reported compensation
DIDI ROMLEY (VP DEVELOPMENT): $425,614 total reported compensation
JESSICA MCANDREWS (VP OPS, PROGRAMS & ENTERTAINMENT): $356,636 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To strengthen 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

Uso provides programs for the whole military family - from the moment they enter military life at a military entrance processing station, throughout their military service, and as they transition back into their hometowns and communities. Two of our largest family programming initiatives are designed to help keep our military connected by recognizing the service of the entire military family - operation that's my dress (otmd), and operation that's my ride (otmr). Otmd provides thousands of new designer dresses (which have been donated to the uso) to military teens and spouses for homecomings, proms, military balls and holiday events. Otmr provides thousands of new bicycles to the children of military families.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 64% for direct work, and 36% for grants.

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

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 81
Transparency & Controls: 91
Accountability: 95
Sustainability: 1
Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 73.2%; rating input score 73
Fundraising efficiency: $3.7 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

Operating margin: -92.4%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 50.3%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 73.2% of spending went to programs
Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $4.4M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $1M · 32 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $161K reported
Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2021
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
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.

High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 7/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.