Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US Dept of Texas Auxiliary

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
746077658
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Waco, TX, USA
Phone
2547332799
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$44,830
Expenses
$40,027
Assets
$84,047
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Johnnie E Lopez (President)
  • Alitia M Lively (Sr. Vice President & Trustee)
  • Naomi M Lopez (Jr. Vice President/trustee)

People named in this filing

  • Johnnie E Lopez (President)
  • Alitia M Lively (Sr. Vice President & Trustee)
  • Naomi M Lopez (Jr. Vice President/trustee)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

This organization shall be fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable & educational; to assist the Posts & members thereof of the Veteran of Foreign Wars of the United States, & its own members whenever possible; to maintain true

What it reported doing in 2024

Pat Mosley Scholarship 0

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 most voting board members are independent. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 57
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.3%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 87.7%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.7%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.1; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.3% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.3% of revenue deployed · 87.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 46 of 46 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $35K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 13 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.