Veterans Employment Base Camp and Organic Garden

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
454580035
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
Location
New Bern, NC, USA
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Garden Club, Horticultural Program

Reported finances

Revenue
$188,457
Expenses
$164,117
Assets
$59,841

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Anthony Harrison (Board President)
  • Wallace Harper (Board Vice President)
  • Lovay Wallace-Singleton (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Anthony Harrison (Board President)
  • Wallace Harper (Board Vice President)
  • Reeshema Walker (Secretary)

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

Veterans Employment Base Camp and Organic Gardens VEBCOG mission is to provide transitional employment for homeless and disadvantaged veterans. In addition we provide a location for the rehabilitation of disabled veterans using horticultural therapy. Our Program has expanded to include the Youth Farmers Market Annual Veterans Standdown and Women Veterans outreach events.

What it reported doing in 2024

Assist underserved military veteran farmers and ranchers including beginning farmers ad ranchers in owning and operating successful farms and ranches. Improve participation among underserved or military veteran farmers and ranchers in USDA programs. Build relationships between current and prospective farmers and ranchers who are underserved or military veterans and USDAs local state regional and National offices.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.1%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 87.3%; rating input score 87

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: 12.9%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 34.4% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.1% of revenue deployed · 87.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $143K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.