Veterans of Foreign Wars of the Us Department of New York

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 161277225
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2022–2024
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2024
Location: Stittville, NY, USA
Phone: 3158658120
Rating: 41
Verdict: MIXED
Rating confidence: Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue: $59,882
Expenses: $67,964
Assets: $209,497
Liabilities: $0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

People named in this filing

Ronald Hovey (Post Commander)
Paul Browne (Post Sr Vice Commander)
Thomas Arcuri (Post Jr 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

Upton VFW was established in 2002 and Incorporated in NY. The VFW is a wartime Veteran's organization devoted to mutual helpfulness to the community, state, and nation. The Post provides in varies ways to support any veteran in need.

What it reported doing in 2024

Donations to groups or persons. These are non-profit, educational, research or Veteran's hospital programs, Toys for tots, Marine Corps, support of local sports and community programs

Operating model

Revenue model: Other-operating. 98% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - 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: 8
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 50
Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 7.8%; rating input score 8
Program expense ratio: 6.9%; rating input score 7

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: -13.5%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.08; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 7.8% of revenue deployed · 6.9% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $5K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
Schedules: 1 filed schedules
Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
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.

High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 8/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 7/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.