Vets Helping Vets Hq

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
455411051
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Albany, OR, USA
Phone
5417914357
Rating
49
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health Support Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$23,684
Expenses
$27,435
Assets
$43,217
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Scott Petterson (President)
  • Ron Bilyeau (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Scott Petterson (President)
  • Ron Bilyeau (Vice President)
  • Patricia Mastenbrook (Office Manager)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Vets Helping Vets HQ supports United States military veterans, their dependents, and family members in accessing benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs. We focus on assisting veterans with disability compensation claims related to service-connected injuries and conditions. In addition, we help veterans navigate the wide range of benefits available at the federal, state, and local levels. Our third core mission is custodianship of The Wall of Honor, a traveling memorial that pays tribute to service members who lost their lives during the Global War on Terrorism. We arrange for its display multiple times per year including volunteer docents while it is on display.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Wall of Honor was displayed in three locations during 2025.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 76% 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.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 24
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 25.3%; rating input score 25
  • Program expense ratio: 21.9%; rating input score 22

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -15.8%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.58; rating input score 59; 59th 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 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 150% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -29.1% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 25.3% of revenue deployed · 21.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 25/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.