Veterans Golf Program
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 811720496
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Oceanside, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9165298720
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Military, Veterans' Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $78,171
- Expenses
- $61,773
- Assets
- $212,325
- Liabilities
- $338
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- JOSEPH NEFF (Member)
- CHARLOTTE NEFF (TRES/SECT)
- MIKE ACKLEY (MEMBER)
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
The primary mission is to foster the physical and mental wellbeing of the military veterans it services. The veterans' needs are assessed organically through the medium of the game of golf. Members' needs and desires emerge in this program through stress-free fellowship as they learn the rules, etiquette and techniques of golf. There are no charges for participants, who are coached by a staff of volunteers and, in many cases, are provided with the equipment they need. As the veterans reveal their challenges, the program provides for their physical requirements and refers them as needed to the wide variety of counseling and advising services available in the sacramento area. Vgp has provided everything from groceries and tableware to furniture for veterans with short-term struggles. In more pressing cases, the program has provided bridge financing to cover rent or cleaning deposits for vets moving into safe housing, and it has provided reliable cars for vets needing transportation to wo
What it reported doing in 2025
Team uniforms and golf equipment were provided for over 120 veterans who participate in the golf program.practice balls were supplied to the participants.teaching tools were supplied to the volunteer coaches who help the participants.entry fees, food, transportation and sponsorship of veterans in the program were paid for those who desired to participate in golf tournaments, including the following: lady liberty tournament, mather veterans golf program tournament, swallows nest tournament and knights of columbus tournament.food and gas cards were given to some of the veteran families in our program.rent, appliances, car repairs, and counseling were paid for some of the veterans in our program who were struggling with basic needs.at thanksgiving, monetary support was donated to help provide for meals at the veterans village. Holiday luncheons were provided for all interested participants.facilitated vgp participants to enter a chili cook-off.
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
- 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 total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 57.5%; rating input score 57
- Program expense ratio: 72.7%; rating input score 73
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 21%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.44; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.4% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 57.5% of revenue deployed · 72.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $45K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.