Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Inc Dept of Florida
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 590494095
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Ocala, FL, USA
- Phone
- 3526225126
- Rating
- 50
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,976,249
- Expenses
- $3,083,821
- Assets
- $16,154,317
- Liabilities
- $43,527
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- MICHAEL CLINE (SURGEON): $54,532 total reported compensation
- KEVIN SCOTT HICE (COMMANDER): $49,519 total reported compensation
- JOHN COLEMAN (ADJUTANT/QUA): $48,466 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The objectives of this association are fraternal, patriotic, historical and educational; to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members; to assist worthy comrads; to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead, and to assist their widows and orphans; to maintain true allegiance to the government of the united states of america, and fidelity to its constitution and laws; to foster true patriotism, to maintain and extend the institutions of american freedom; and to preserve and defend the united states from all her enemies, whomsoever.
What it reported doing in 2025
Support thousands of veterans by assisting local posts, providing donations for hospital & other programs, publishing the sun vet newsletter, coordinating annual convention, operating the veteran's service office in st petersburg and providing reduced cost housing and meals to veterans.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 22.4%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.24; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.3%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -18% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $55K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 13 of 14 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 48/100.