Veterans Council of St Johns County Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Since COVID-19's effect on the economy, the program costs resulting from requests from qualifying Veterans and other referring social service agencies continued to grow substantially (from $29,786 in 2021, $53,123 in 2022, $83,232 in 2023, and $104,745 in 2024, including those incurred to support the St. Johns and Putnam Counties' Veterans' Treatment Court). Part III Line 30 separately reports on the Veterans' Treatment Court program. The Veterans' Council also partnered with St. Johns Care Connect, Inc. dba Flagler Health+ Care Connect (now a part of the University of Florida Health System), accepting referrals from Care Connect to provide a Continuum of Care to Veterans and their families. Efforts focus upon Homeless Prevention, including transitional housing. See Schedule C to Form 990-EZ for subsequent events which may reduce the daily cost incurred by the Veterans' Council to provide Temporary Lodging Assistance to Veterans. The Veterans' Council made more than 290 separate disbursements to assist Veterans in 2024, providing $53,570 in shelter aid (Rental Assistance ($36,970); Temporary Lodging Assistance ($12,494); Mortgage Assistance ($2,326); Purchase a house trailer for a formerly homeless Veteran ($1,600) and Housing Repair & Maintenance ($180)). Other assistance to Veterans and their families included Transportation & Motor Vehicle Repair Assistance ($8,562); Utility Assistance ($4,416); Miscellaneous Aid < $150 each ($3,159); Residential Substance Abuse Treatment ($2,875); Direct Food Aid ($2,687); Medical Assistive Devices ($115) and Medical Assistive Device Storage ($2,726). In early 2025, these Medical Assistive Devices were transferred to a facility which does not charge for storage. Furniture donated in advance of Home Again St. Johns, Inc. completion of their family transition shelter on State Road 16 (estimated occupancy Summer, 2025) was stored at a donated cost (donation in kind) ($6,348). When a disabled Marine needed to move from St. Augustine to Massachusetts to receive specialized treatment from the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs which was not offered elsewhere, he sought the assistance of the local Marine Corps League. When the Veterans' Council received a request to coordinate moving the disabled Marine, his household goods and medical equipment, and to manage reimbursement donations received from multiple Florida and Massachusetts donors, the Veterans' Council negotiated with a LTL shipper to promptly and expeditiously move his household goods, negotiating a discount of $5,372 from the gross invoice of $6,650, for a net cost of $1,278. The Veterans' Council purchased new cabinets and counter-tops for the common area at Veterans' Village ($3,000); local contractors provided labor at no cost (value undetermined) to renovate, paint and install these and other improvements. As noted in the comments for Schedule C, Veterans' Village is managed and operated by Home Again St. Johns, Inc. and serves more than twenty formerly homeless Veterans at that facility. Costs of local travel to provide timely assistance and payments to forestall creditors ($2,218). The above donated costs were included in gross revenues as gifts in kind, totaling $11,721. Storage costs were also reported on Form 990-EZ Line 14, treated as program expenses (i.e., not G&A), totaling $9,074.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 94.7%; rating input score 95
• Program expense ratio: 96.7%; rating input score 97

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: 2.4%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.29; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 40.2% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 26.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 28.2% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings