Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 2009.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
6 people listed on the 990; $52K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).
Susan Hammond’s $8K as Executive Director/Board Secretary is at the 7th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1612 $100K–1M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Hammond | $7,754 | $38,769 | $50,400 | $25,200 | $9,692 |
| Bee Vang | — | $10,000 | $2,000 | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See War Legacies Project INC executive salaries →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 15aYes
Programs and updates
Provides medical care, education, and income support to war-affected families and educates Americans about war's impacts.
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Humanitarian Assistance Program for People with Disabilities
The program focuses on poor families in Vietnam with one or more children with severe and/or multiple disabilities. It provided direct assistance to 31 families and/or children in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam by assisting with livelihood support, improving housing conditions, supporting the costs of medical care and/or adaptive equipment…
Agent Orange Education Project
Provides information to veterans and their families, non-profits, students, journalists, film-makers and the general public about the impacts of Agent Orange/Dioxin, Unexploded ordnance and other war legacies on human health and the environment.
Support to People with Disabilities in Laos
The project identifies and provides health care and educational support to children and youths with disabilities along the former Ho Chi Minh Trail area of Laos. The project also investigates areas of Laos that may still have potential dioxin contamination from the use of military herbicides in Laos during the American war.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2023 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY23 | End FY23 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $230K | $165K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $521 | $647 |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $2K | $2K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $232K | $168K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $7K | $5K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $226K | $163K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $0 | $0 | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $0 | $0 | ||
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $55K | $55K | ||
| Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4 | $0 | $0 | ||
| Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5 | $58K | $50K | $8K | $0 |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $16K | $16K | ||
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $4K | $4K | $297 | $0 |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $8K | $6K | $2K | $15 |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $3K | $3K | $547 | $56 |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $4K | $4K | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $22K | $22K | $86 | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $727 | $727 | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $899 | $776 | $123 | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $2K | $663 | $1K | $0 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $173K | $161K | $12K | $71 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Apr 15, 2026 | $170K | $175K | −$5K | $49K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Apr 15, 2025 | $95K | $203K | −$108K | $54K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 15, 2024 | $110K | $173K | −$63K | $163K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Apr 15, 2023 | $140K | $88K | $52K | $226K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Apr 15, 2022 | $227K | $85K | $141K | $173K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Apr 15, 2021 | $105K | $96K | $9K | $32K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2023 990
Part I · Summary $110,131 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 2 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $110,131 across 11 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $173,190 across 14 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $167,650 assets, 12 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $162,735 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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