Veterans of Foreign Wars 5901 Vfw-kan

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
486111575
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2021
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Ottawa, KS, USA
Phone
7852422105
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$32,406
Expenses
$31,856
Assets
$139,487
Liabilities
$16,825

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

People named in this filing

  • DAVID B MCCALL (1 YEAR TRUSTEE)
  • MELINDA S OTT (2 YEAR TRUSTEE)
  • MICHAEL T OTT (3 YEAR TRUSTEE)

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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide aid to needy veterans

What it reported doing in 2021

Donations to charitable organizations & community service awards

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 87% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 1
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0.8%; rating input score 1
  • Program expense ratio: 0.8%; rating input score 1

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.7%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.38; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 17; 17th 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; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0.8% of revenue deployed · 0.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $250 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2021
  • 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.

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 1/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.