Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of Michigan

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
386077020
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Muskegon, MI, USA
Rating
40
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$115,351
Expenses
$84,593
Assets
$207,738

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Billy Stancroff (Commander)
  • Dena Niemczak (Quartermaster)
  • Carl Barber (Sr 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Veteran Benefits and Needs

What it reported doing in 2024

Benefits and expenses directly for or given to Veterans and their families. Thousands of families and Veterans are served.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 82% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Member-benefit provider. The nonprofit used 100% of its reported program spending for member benefits.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 2
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 2.3%; rating input score 2
  • Program expense ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 3

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 26.7%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.46; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.4%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.5% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 2.3% of revenue deployed · 3.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 2/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.