Veterans of Foreign Wars-post 1982

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
726033354
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2008
Location
New Iberia, LA, USA
Phone
3379629977
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Military, Veterans' Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$84,852
Expenses
$72,245
Assets
$215,832
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

People named in this filing

  • EDWARD L HARTWELL (3 YR TRUSTEE)
  • JOHN ALDRIDGE (1 YR TRUSTEE)
  • CLAYTON P PELLERIN (2 YR 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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote patriotism.

What it reported doing in 2025

*the post honor guard performed 17 military honor funerals with a full detachment with bugle and ceremonial rifles.*donated 23 american flags to various schools and organizations. *donated 1 dozen christmas hams and 130 thanksgiving turkeys. *donated 2 wheelchairs, 5 shower seats, 6 walkers, and 1 mobility scooter to disabled citizens. *ceremoninally retired 1,500 american flags. *sponsors two scouting american units (troop 133 and pack 463). Post members are leaders of these units with meetings ranging from 1 to 7 per month at the post and 12 events at souting america camps.*sponsors the acadiana region division of the us naval sea cadet corps with member leadership. The unit drills at the post 11 weekends a year and attends a week drill at camp beauregard.*sponsorships include providing of resources, leadership, and a meeting place. *assisted in 2 patriotic day events with full honor guard with rifles and bugle with 16 members assisting at each event.*the amount of people affected by the achievments of this organization cannot be estimated.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 86% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 61% for direct work, 12% for grants, and 27% for member benefits.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 50
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54.2%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 61.3%; rating input score 61
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 22nd 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: 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: Fail
    • 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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.9%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.99; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54.2% of revenue deployed · 61.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 117 of 117 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $44K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.