Veterans Assisting Veterans Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 455431821
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2014–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025
Location: Dracut, MA, USA
Phone: 7813164486
Rating: 80
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $4,486
Expenses: $6,238
Assets: $7,763
Liabilities: $0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

People named in this filing

JAMES TIRABASSI (DIRECTOR)
ROBERT FAIRBAIN (DIRECTOR)
DENNIS PARE (DIRECTOR)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To honor, support, and promote the ggod and welfare of the members of the armed forces of the United States, its wounded and or disabled veterans, and any other veterans in need and/or their families and to provide monetary or other assistance to non-profit organizations engaged in similar purposes, and to support and foster education of the general public in the sacrifice, honor, and actions of the United States Armed Forces.

What it reported doing in 2025

To provide monetary support to veterans and organizations that provide direct services to veterans and their families.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 91
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 37
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 76.1%; rating input score 76

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: -39.1%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.24; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -18.2% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -21.5% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -14.8% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 76.1% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
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 14/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.