Veterans of Foreign Wars of U S Dept of Hawaii
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 990040331
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Honolulu, HI, USA
- Phone
- 8089467250
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $253,037
- Expenses
- $253,923
- Assets
- $1,424,930
- Liabilities
- $3,158
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RONALD SCHAEDEL (CEO COMMANDER)
Highest reported compensation
- NORBERT ENOS (TREASURER, QUARTERMASTER): $16,000 total reported compensation
- GEORGE F BARTLETT (SECRETARY ADJUTANT): $13,833 total reported compensation
- RONALD LOCKWOOD (DIRECTOR, CHIEF OF STAFF): $2,667 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To foster camaraderie among united states veterans of overseas conflicts. To serve our veterans, the military, and our communities. To advocate on behalf of all veterans.
What it reported doing in 2024
Visited vets at tripler army hospital and other facilities to provide needed assistance: 102 served
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
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.4%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.61; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.8%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $16K · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.