Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 546046234
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Lovettsville, VA, USA
- Phone
- 5403536278
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $538,105
- Expenses
- $569,024
- Assets
- $541,571
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
People named in this filing
- JENNIFER KUHLMANN INSKEEP (STATE VICE R)
- LAURIE PARKER NESBITT (STATE REGENT)
- ADELE GROSS MORRIS (STATE RECORD)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Virginia daughters of the american revlution is organized for charitable and educational purposes to perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved american independence by preserving historic landmarks and promoting the study of history; to carry out the injunction of george Washington in his farewell address to the american people "to promote, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge" by providing scholarships and supporting education; to foster true patriotism and love of country by encouraging proper use of the u.s. Flag and supporting america's military men and women both active duty and veterans; and to bring into close relationship the chapters of the daughters of the american revolution in Virginia through communications and meetings.
What it reported doing in 2024
Meetings, luncheons & tours: the Virginia dar holds meetings and luncheons during the year to inform attendees of initiatives of the state officers and state chairmen to promote history, foster patriotism, and support education, to learn about the results of those initiatives, to elect officers, to conduct other business and to foster closer ties among the chapters and members of the dar in Virginia.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 65% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 65% for direct work, and 35% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98.5%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 90.3%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 53.2%; rating input score 53; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.7%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.95; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 98.5% of revenue deployed · 90.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $514K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 53/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.