Wounded Marine and Family

Overview

Mission

The wounded marine & family assistance program is dedicated to support the heroes wounded in the pursuit of our freedom, and their families who often bear tremendous emotional, physical and financial hardship as a result of the injury or deployment of their loved ones. The cost of freedom is high, and our mission is to ensure that our wounded heroes receive all of the support they need and deserve. The wounded marine program meets the very real and practical needs of the men and women in uniform who were called by our country and freely gave of themselves when we needed help. Now, as many suffer severe and often permanent wounds, it is our mission to make sure that we are there for them. The assistance provided by the wmfap to these individuals and families can come in many forms including help with major expenses like handicapped accessibility home modifications, wheelchair ramps, specialized mobility equipment, therapy, and automobile modification. The fund also provides for immediat

Operating model

Revenue model

Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.

Distribution model

Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 97% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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: 20
• Transparency & Controls: 82
• Sustainability: 3
• Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• Where the money goes: 24.9% of revenue deployed · 11.5% of spending went to programs
• Governance: Filed governance answers
• Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
• Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
• Schedules: 3 filed schedules
• 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

• High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 25/100.
• High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 11/100.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
• High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
• High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.