Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9281
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 581765182
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2017
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-N 2007
- Location
- Bryson City, NC, USA
- Phone
- 8284977371
- Rating
- 35
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Military, Veterans' Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $106,267
- Expenses
- $113,276
- Assets
- $117,671
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- DARYL HEETER (Commander)
- PAUL STANLEY (Sr Vice)
- BOB LANSON (Jr Vice)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Veterans of Foreign Wars is a non-profit organization seeking to assist vets, their families and the community in large financially and spiritually.
What it reported doing in 2017
Relief fund
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 95% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 1
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0.9%; rating input score 1
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -6.6%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.04; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.6% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -5.6% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0.9% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2014 to 2017
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 1/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.