Veterans of Foreign Wars Ou Us Post 891

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237086287
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Asheville, NC, USA
Phone
8282544277
Rating
48
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$77,926
Expenses
$63,009
Assets
$282,576
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • LARRY E FOWLER (COMMANDER/SERVICE OFFICER)
  • ROGER M WATSON (QUARTER MASTER/ADJUTANT)
  • DAVID G MATHESON (SR 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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The vfw mission is to support programs for the american veteran promote citizenship education volunteerism and positive youth programs and facilitate medical rehabilitative education and employemnt services for the needs of veterans and their families

What it reported doing in 2024

Vfw mission is to support programs for the american veteran raising for disabled vets , hospice , poppysales and our relief fund for veterans and their families. We have many who have volunteer hours at va hospitals

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 6
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 32.8%; rating input score 33
  • Program expense ratio: 39%; rating input score 39
  • 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: Limited
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: 19.1%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.48; rating input score 47; 47th 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: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 32.8% of revenue deployed · 39% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 33/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 39/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.