Veterans One-stop Center of Wny Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
455098692
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Buffalo, NY, USA
Phone
7168980110
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Military, Veterans' Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,459,210
Expenses
$3,263,713
Assets
$1,891,923
Liabilities
$874,239

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ADAM HOWARD (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ADAM HOWARD (PRESIDENT & CEO): $110,466 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We. Empower. Veterans. The veterans one-stop center of wny, inc. Is the region's premiere veterans service and advocacy not-for-profit collaborative agency empowering veterans, veteran families and service members in achieving economic success, housing stability, and emotional health & well-being in support of their transition to civilian life.

What it reported doing in 2024

The veterans one-stop center of wny, inc. Brings people, organizations, and resources together in time, space, and effort to effectively improve the well-being of all western New York veterans of the u.s. Armed forces and their immediate families. The veterans one-stop center of wny (one-stop center) a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation offering u.s. Veterans and their families the convenience of a "one-stop", barrier-free location through which to access a holistic suite of supportive and wrap around services through established local community relationships. Using a collective impact model, the veterans one-stop center of wny, inc. Serves as a community impact agency for veterans, providing the veterans community with collaborative leadership, collective purpose, a common operating picture, common support network and infrastructure, shared measurements and data aggregation, and collaborative funding opportunities through innovative and collaborative public and private collaboration, resulting in a force multiplying, intergrated continuum of empowerment.the veterans one-stop center of wny, inc., with its partners, provides local operational and tangible access and awareness, domain knowledge, and the effective scale to meaningfully impact western New York's veterans, veteran families, and service members.the veterans one-stop center of wny, inc offers services provided by exisiting, independent service providers working together in a coordinated way to provide a seamless program that assists veterans and their families in developing wellness and individual potential; a tailored community-based plan that leads to the successful achievement of their goals, realization of their full potential, and reintegration into the community. These services include: accredited benefit counseling, case management, education, employment, financial counseling, housing and emergency services and treatment court, outreach and intake operations, peer mentoring, and readjustment counseling.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 80% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.3%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 88.7%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $30.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.7%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.46; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.4%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.8% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.3% of revenue deployed · 88.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $110K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.