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Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation

EIN 43-1758998Human Services Missouri Mid-sized

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

No One Does More For Veterans

The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Foundation seeks to provide unique and urgently needed services that improve the lives of veterans, military personnel and their families all the while supporting positive citizen involvement for the betterment of U.S. communities. Our varied programs include long-distance communication options for our troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and military hospitals through distribution of telephone cards (almost 10,000,000 so far) and Cyber Café calling days; financial grants for military families in need to help pay for rent, mortgage, utilities, medical treatment and food; assistance for veterans in the filing of entitlement claims with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; and patriotic student essay contests that award money for college to America's youth; etc. All of our programs are non-political, free and require no VFW-affiliation for assistance.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

96.38Overall score
out of 100

96.81Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,550,482

Total expenses · USD$5,213,406

Program expenses

$4,306,273.36 recorded amount

82.6%

Fundraising expenses

$354,511.61 recorded amount

6.8%

Administrative expenses

$547,407.63 recorded amount

10.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.07 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Bernard J. Duffy
Recorded compensation: $0.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.00%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Foundation seeks to provide unique and urgently needed services that improve the lives of veterans, military personnel and their families all the while supporting positive citizen involvement for the betterment of U.S. communities. Our varied programs include long-distance communication options for our troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and military hospitals through distribution of telephone cards (almost 10,000,000 so far) and Cyber Café calling days; financial grants for military families in need to help pay for rent, mortgage, utilities, medical treatment and food; assistance for veterans in the filing of entitlement claims with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; and patriotic student essay contests that award money for college to America's youth; etc. All of our programs are non-political, free and require no VFW-affiliation for assistance.
`ein` EIN	43-1758998
`tot_exp` Total expenses	5213406.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.105
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.07
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.068
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.826
`fscore` Financial score	96.81
`leader` Recorded leader	Bernard J. Duffy
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	0.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0
`motto` Tagline	No One Does More For Veterans
`name` Charity name	Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4550482.0
`score` Overall score	96.38
`state` State code	MO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	4306273.356
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	354511.608
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	547407.63

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 43-1758998
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: Missouri (MO)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.