Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1845

Nonprofit profile at a glance

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

2 people listed

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.

Vfw social welfare providing aid to veterans of the armed forces as well as associated community involvement

Distribution of poppies honoring those in the armed forces that made the ultimate sacrifice.

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 available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Mission deployment rate: Limited
Program expense ratio: Limited
Fundraising efficiency: $3.23 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- 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: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Operating margin: -38.9%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.34; rating input score 28; 28th 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

Program expense growth: -46.2% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 2 of 2 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
Schedules: 1 filed schedules
Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 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.

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