Veterans of Foreign Wars Fred E Ellis 2715 Post

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
480563324
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2021
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Mcpherson, KS, USA
Rating
40
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$114,472
Expenses
$102,565
Assets
$253,354
Liabilities
$7,220

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN E HARPER (COMMANDER PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DONALD C UNRUH (TRUSTEE)
  • RONALD E PETERMAN (TRUSTEE)
  • RHONDA BARNHART (TREASURER)

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

War veterans promote social programs

What it reported doing in 2021

Honor flight program, scholarships, aid to needy vets, grave markings, etc

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 97% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 54
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 2.2%; rating input score 2
  • Program expense ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 2

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.4%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.47; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.3%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 2.2% of revenue deployed · 2.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2010 to 2021
  • 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.

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 2/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.