Wreaths for Veterans

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813214528
IRS 990-PF coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
New Lenox, IL, USA
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Military, Veterans' Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$31,466
Expenses
$28,144

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Military, Veterans' Organizations

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 1 grant totaling $12,000. The stated grant purpose was placing wreaths on the graves of veterans.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The foundation combined direct charitable work with grants to other organizations or people.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 43
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 50
  • Endowment Health: 54

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 42.6%; rating input score 43; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: Limited
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 1.53; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: Filed self-dealing detail
  • Investments: 54th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 43/100.
  • Review — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 54/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.