Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Massachusetts

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042042163
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Quincy, MA, USA
Phone
6174794905
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,768
Expenses
$15,017
Assets
$209,840
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Peter Smialek (Commander)
  • Ally Sleiman (Senior Vice Commander)
  • William Bonner (Junior Vice Commander)

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

Patriotic Charitable Services to Veterans

What it reported doing in 2025

Support for Local Veterans Organization - $4000, High School Scholarships - $1600

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.6%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 37.3%; rating input score 37

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -71.3%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 13.97; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.6% of revenue deployed · 37.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.