West Sacramento Post No 8762 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
941119132
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
West Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
9163717245
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$182,432
Expenses
$165,531
Assets
$17,137
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JAMES BRASHEAR (COMMANDER)
  • FELIPE J BRASHEAR (SR VICE COMMANDER)
  • LEONARDO ALATORRE (JR VICE COMMANDER)

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

Our nbsp; mission nbsp; is nbsp; to nbsp; strengthen nbsp; comradeship nbsp; among nbsp; our nbsp; members nbsp; to nbsp; assist nbsp; worthy nbsp; comrades nbsp; to nbsp; perpetuate nbsp; the nbsp; memory nbsp; and nbsp; history nbsp; of nbsp; our nbsp; dead nbsp; and nbsp; assist nbsp; their nbsp; widows nbsp; and nbsp; orphans nbsp; to nbsp; maintain nbsp; true nbsp; allegiance nbsp; to nbsp; the nbsp; government nbsp; of nbsp; the nbsp; united nbsp; states nbsp; of nbsp; america nbsp; and nbsp; fidelity nbsp; to nbsp; its nbsp; constitution nbsp; and nbsp; laws nbsp; to nbsp; foster nbsp; true nbsp; patriotism nbsp; to nbsp; maintain nbsp; and nbsp; extend nbsp; the nbsp; institutions nbsp; of nbsp; american nbsp; freedom nbsp; and nbsp; defend nbsp; the nbsp; united nbsp; states nbsp; from nbsp; all nbsp; enemies

What it reported doing in 2024

Community support via fundraisers toy drive little league sponsorship chamber of commerce golf cart sponsorship

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 80% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • 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: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.3%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -120% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -16.7% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.3% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $21K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 10 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Fund balance restriction sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.