Wild Bill Guarnere Memorial Fund
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 465223700
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Broomall, PA, USA
- Phone
- 6102469179
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $33,662
- Expenses
- $34,622
- Assets
- $17,985
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DEBORAH A RAFFERTY (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DEBORAH A RAFFERTY (PRESIDENT)
- HEATHER CAPOFERRI (SECRETARY)
- KIMBERLY C MILLER (TREASURER)
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
On march 8, 2014, we lost an iconic philadelphia war hero, william "wild bill" guarnere. Wild bill, a south philadelphia native, was a member of east company, in the 101st airborne division of the united states army during world war ii, where he was wounded in action and lost a leg. Guarnere became famous after being portrayed by actor frank john hughes in the 2001 hbo miniseries, band of brothers, produced by steven spielberg and tom hanks. Wild bill continued serving his country by donating to various charities, children, and individuals in need throughout his life. Through fundraising efforts, the guarnere family would love to keep the tradition going in wild bill's name so that his name and generosity will live on forever. The wild bill guarnere memorial fund's purpose is to raise money for a statue and continue to donate to veterans, veterans' families, and children in the name of "wild bill" guarnere.
What it reported doing in 2025
Raise money for veterans' causes and their families facing hardships.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 99% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 80.1%; rating input score 80
- Program expense ratio: 77.9%; rating input score 78
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.9%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.52; rating input score 32; 32nd 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: -5.7% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -11.1% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 80.1% of revenue deployed · 77.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $27K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.