American Legion: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 52-0574803)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$389K
FY2021	$908K
FY2022	$894K
FY2023	$989K
FY2024	$1.4M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$490K
FY2021	$769K
FY2022	$977K
FY2023	$1.1M
FY2024	$1.5M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$1.1M
FY2021	$1.2M
FY2022	$1.1M
FY2023	$1.0M
FY2024	$907K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 1946.

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Where the money goes

99 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

99%

Program services 99% · $484K Management & general 1% · $7K

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

11 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Tom Wengert

Commander

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Bill Wolf

First Vice Commander

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Robert Smith

Second Vice Commander

$0Pt VII · Sec A

John Hyle

Judge Advocate

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Joe Salafia

Treasurer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Sarge Garlitz

Service Officer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ben Dawson

Chaplain

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Bob Gilmore

Sgt-At-Arms

$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

Defends the Constitution, promotes Americanism, and fosters community obligation through mutual helpfulness.

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1 program · $484K · in their own filed words · FY2020

01

Assist war veterans, support youth activities and 501(c)(3) charities,and social activities for post members.

$484Kprogram 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 · 56 grants · $621K · 2020–2024

Unitemized GrantFY2024$70,000

Atlantic General HospitalMD · FY2024$27,000

Worcester County Child Advocacy CenterMD · FY2024$17,000

Believe in Tomorrow House by the SeaFY2024$14,005

Worcester County Developmental CenterMD · FY2024$10,500

Samaritans PurseNC · FY2024$7,550

Worcester County G O L D INCMD · FY2024$7,000

Ocean City Helping Heroes Charitable Foundation INCMD · FY2024$7,000

Coastal Hospice INCMD · FY2024$7,000

Life Crisis Center INCMD · FY2024$7,000

Semper Fi & America's FundVA · FY2024$7,000

Habitat for Humanity of Worcester County INCMD · FY2024$6,500

Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services INCMD · FY2024$6,000

Unitemized GrantFY2023$54,000

Atlantic General HospitalMD · FY2023$19,500

Believe in Tomorrow House by the SeaFY2023$8,500

Worcester County Child Advocacy CenterMD · FY2023$8,500

Habitat for Humanity of Worcester County INCMD · FY2023$7,500

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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$389K

Ln 12

Other incomeLn 4–11$350K

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$34K

Investment incomeLn 3$5K

Money outPt IX

$490K

Ln 25

Programscol B$484K

Managementcol C$7K

Owns and owesPt X

$1.1M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$735K

Total assetsLn 16$1.1M

LiabilitiesLn 26$7K

PeoplePt VI, VII

11

listed · VII A

PaidVII A0

Voting boardVI 1a10

IndependentVI 1b10

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$34K

Investment incomeLn 3$5K

Other incomeLn 4–11$350K

Total revenueLn 12$389K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$429K

SavingsLn 2$306K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$735K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$300K

Other assetsLn 15$16K

Total assetsLn 16$1.1M

LiabilitiesLn 26$7K

Net assetsLn 32$1.1M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 526

VolunteersI 6102

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

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$856K	$735K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$285K	$300K
Total assetsLn 16	$1.2M	$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$16K	$7K
Net assetsLn 32	$1.2M	$1.1M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$147K	$147K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$14K	$14K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$115K	$115K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$15K	$15K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$7K		$7K
Office expensesLn 13	$16K	$16K
OccupancyLn 16	$81K	$81K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$35K	$35K
InsuranceLn 23	$18K	$18K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$31K	$31K
All other expensesLn 24e	$13K	$13K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$490K	$484K	$7K	$0

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Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$1.4M	$1.5M	−$110K	$907K	990 PDF
FY2023	$989K	$1.1M	−$90K	$1.0M	990 PDF
FY2022	$894K	$977K	−$84K	$1.1M	990 PDF
FY2021	$908K	$769K	$139K	$1.2M	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$389K	$490K	−$101K	$1.1M	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

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Part I · Summary $389,282 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $38,724$34,207

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $916$4,727

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $486,856$350,348

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $526,496$389,282

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $48,237$160,518

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $155,008$129,655

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $211,672$199,974

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $414,917$490,147

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $111,579−$100,865

Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 3 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10

VI-1b Independent voting members10

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $389,282 across 8 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $279,187 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1b Membership dues$27,726

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$6,481

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$34,207

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $4,727$4,727

VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $63,294$63,294

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $4,103$4,103

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $3,764$3,764

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $346,245 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $8,830$389,282

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $490,147 across 11 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $146,518$146,518

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $14,000$14,000

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $114,667$114,667

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $14,988$14,988

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $6,619$6,619

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $15,646$15,646

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $80,532$80,532

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $35,272$35,272

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $17,530$17,530

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $31,242$31,242

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $13,133$13,133

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $483,528 · Management $6,619 · Fundraising $0$490,147

Part X · Balance sheet $1,074,118 assets, 12 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $805,116$429,126

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $50,983$306,319

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $16,900$16,900

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $284,793$299,701

X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $11,266$5,633

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $14,638$16,439

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,183,696$1,074,118

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $16,122$7,409

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $16,122$7,409

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,167,574$1,066,709

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,167,574$1,066,709

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,183,696$1,074,118

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,066,709 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$389,282

XI-2 Total expenses$490,147

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$100,865

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,167,574

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,066,709

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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American Legion FY2020 filing

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Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for American Legion

Funders

Grants

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV