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American Legion Post 3

Tax-deductible

Ketchikan, AK501(c)(19)Since 1920EIN 23-7026066

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To promote education and public awareness to American ideals and national patriotism, to assist veterans, their families and youth of the area.

501(c)(19) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
99¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(19)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $116K a year · 65% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
99%
of spending
Looks good: 99% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
36 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 36.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$139K
-16% vs prior year
Spent
$45K
To programs
99%
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$139K
FY2025▼ -16%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$40K
FY2021$70K
FY2022$59K
FY2023$595K
FY2024$166K
FY2025$139K
Expenses
$45K
FY2025▼ -29%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$53K
FY2021$64K
FY2022$73K
FY2023$74K
FY2024$64K
FY2025$45K
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2025▲ +7%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$537K
FY2021$543K
FY2022$530K
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.3M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1946.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

99 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 99% · $45K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chris Boss
Vice Command
$0Pt VII · Sec A
David Hayes
2nd Commande
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Austin Payne
Finance Offi
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Kenneth Leland
Sergeant at
$0Pt VII · Sec A
W Hunter Davis
Service Offi
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Educates about American ideals and patriotism, assisting veterans, their families, and local youth.

Provided by the organization

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1 program · $18K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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To promote education and public awareness to american ideals and national patriotism, to assist veterans, their families and youth of the area.

$18Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 23 grants · $87K · 2020–2025
Unitemized GrantFY2025$14,684
Unitemized GrantFY2025$2,055
Unitemized GrantFY2025$1,100
Unitemized GrantFY2025$450
Unitemized GrantFY2024$8,116
Unitemized GrantFY2024$3,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,425
Unitemized GrantFY2024$50
Unitemized GrantFY2023$4,472
Unitemized GrantFY2023$4,430
Unitemized GrantFY2023$3,859
Unitemized GrantFY2023$600
Unitemized GrantFY2022$7,112
Unitemized GrantFY2022$3,981
Unitemized GrantFY2022$3,148
Unitemized GrantFY2022$800
Unitemized GrantFY2021$8,644
Unitemized GrantFY2021$2,246
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$139K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$75K
Other incomeLn 4–11$34K
Investment incomeLn 3$30K
Money outPt IX
$45K
Ln 25
Programscol B$45K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$136K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$75K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$1K
Investment incomeLn 3$30K
Other incomeLn 4–11$34K
Total revenueLn 12$139K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$19K
SavingsLn 2$117K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$136K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$742K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$384K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$126K$136K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$697K$742K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$352K$384K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$18K
Accounting feesLn 11c$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$271
Office expensesLn 13$968
OccupancyLn 16$14K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$920
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$634
InsuranceLn 23$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$6K
All other expensesLn 24e$105
Total functional expensesLn 25$45K$0$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $139K$45K$94K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $166K$64K$102K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $595K$74K$521K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $59K$73K−$14K$530K 990 PDF
FY2021 $70K$64K$7K$543K 990 PDF
FY2020 $40K$53K−$14K$537K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $139,013 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $19,552 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$4,573
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$70,496
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,343
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$75,069
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $29,806$29,806
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $1,706$1,706
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $12,880$12,880
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission −$4,425 · Excluded from tax $68,369$139,013
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $45,144 across 10 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$18,289
IX-11c Accounting fees$1,250
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$271
IX-13 Office expenses$968
IX-16 Occupancy$13,862
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$920
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$634
IX-23 Insurance$2,378
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$6,467
IX-24e All other expenses$105
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$45,144
Part X · Balance sheet $1,261,691 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $25,405$18,714
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $100,201$117,390
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $351,700$383,610
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $697,146$741,977
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,174,452$1,261,691
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,174,452$1,261,691
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,174,452$1,261,691
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,174,452$1,261,691
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,261,691 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$139,013
XI-2 Total expenses$45,144
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$93,869
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,174,452
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$6,630
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,261,691

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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