Veteran Ink Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 871307583
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Chula Vista, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7033446564
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $96,200
- Expenses
- $357,146
- Assets
- $3,732
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Javier Lujan (Vice President)
- Michael Zuccarello (President)
People named in this filing
- Javier Lujan (Vice President)
- Michael Zuccarello (President)
- Izzy Rubio (Treasurer)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
VETERAN INK is a non-profit organization with a community of over 175,000Veterans. We are dedicated to spreading awareness of Veterans mental healthstruggles by sharing the stories behind their military experiences andservice-related tattoos. For many Veterans, especially those who are strugglingwith service-connected disabilities or mental health conditions, getting tattooedis a form of escapism. Tattoos help individuals share their stories without everhaving to tell them. Thats why we believe behind every Veteran tattoo is a storyaching to be told.
What it reported doing in 2024
VETERAN INK is a non-profit organization with a community of over 175,000Veterans. We are dedicated to spreading awareness of Veterans mental healthstruggles by sharing the stories behind their military experiences andservice-related tattoos. For many Veterans, especially those who are strugglingwith service-connected disabilities or mental health conditions, getting tattooedis a form of escapism. Tattoos help individuals share their stories without everhaving to tell them. Thats why we believe behind every Veteran tattoo is a story aching to be told.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 93% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 10
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -271.3%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 188% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -40.3% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $357K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.