Veterans Community Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474960735
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Kansas City, MO, USA
Phone
8165996503
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Military, Veterans' Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$22,740,160
Expenses
$10,803,532
Assets
$45,521,803
Liabilities
$3,705,720

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRYAN MEYER (PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUT)
  • JENNIFER SEYBOLD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VCP OF LONGMONT)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRYAN MEYER (PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUT): $215,002 total reported compensation
  • VANESSA VAN GOETHEM-PIELA (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $194,959 total reported compensation
  • ANGELA GUM (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $156,504 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Built by veterans for veterans. Veterans community project (vcp) has a long-term goal of fixing veteran homelessness nationwide. We combine exceptional wrap-around services and transitional housing solutions to veterans in need. All veterans qualify for services, regardless of time in service, discharge status, or service type.

What it reported doing in 2025

Expansion: the need to fix veteran homelessness is a widespread issue, with veterans sleeping on city streets and in city parks everywhere across the nation. This program starts by raising awareness of the need for transitional housing and wraparound services in communities across the country. As city officials in other communities come to understand how important the work is, vcp will team up with local governments and officials to determine the feasibility of the program in the respective communities. (continued on schedule o)expansion (continued): when vcp has determined a location is suitable and sustainable, it will: collaborate with local partners to secure the right location/land, raise funding to construct the tiny homes and village center, identify and plan for veteran outreach services, establish relationships with partner agencies, begin establishing a level of trust with homeless and/or near homeless veterans, hire and train local staff, and provided ongoing guidance and support. Together we will build a village to create the safe spaces that are essential for veterans to start rebuilding their lives. Together, we're making sure every veteran has a safe place to call home.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 40.6%; rating input score 41
  • Program expense ratio: 84.6%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $17.43 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 48th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 52.5%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.21; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.6%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.7% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.1% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30.1% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 40.6% of revenue deployed · 84.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $9.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $215K · 12 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.1M reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.