Vfw Post 3838 Avenue of Flags

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
993248450
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Cape Girardeau, MO, USA
Phone
5732705525
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Military, Veterans' Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$43,862
Expenses
$21,629
Assets
$98,650

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMES COLYER (President)

People named in this filing

  • DAVID CANTRELL (CHAIRMAN)
  • JAMES COLYER (President)
  • BRIAN SANDERS (DIRECTOR)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promote and maintain flags in the cape girardeau county park honoring deceased veterans of foreign wars who resided or came from cape girardeau county, Missouri.

What it reported doing in 2024

The avenue of flags began in 1987. Vfw post 3838 and the county commissioner worked together to present veterans casket flags, that had been given to the post, to create a visible memorial located at north county park alongside a road within the park that drivers passing by could see these flags. It started with 80 flags and has now grown to over 950 flags. Ceremonies are held on memorial day, indpendence day and veterans day to induct new veterans into the program who have passed and their family purchased a flag for them to be a part of the avenue of flags. The program is strictly donation and volunteer based. No one receives any compensation for their support or the many hours of work repqured to maintain the flags.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 33
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 23.6%; rating input score 24
  • Program expense ratio: 47.9%; rating input score 48

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 50.7%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.56; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 156.3% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -55.9% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.4% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 23.6% of revenue deployed · 47.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.