8 Man-O-War Post

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Lexington, KY501(c)(19)Public & Societal Benefit EIN 61-0269018Revenue $143K in FY2024Latest return filed Oct 21, 2025

On file with the IRSLexington, KYTax-exempt since Mar 1946

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To uphold and defend the constitution of the U.S. of the American to maintain law and order, to foster and perpetuate a 100% Americanism: To preserve the memories and incidents of our assoc. in great wars, to inculcate a sense of indiv. obligation to he community, state and nation to combat Autocracy.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 61-0269018) · Dispute this line
501(c)(19) veterans' organization; the IRS lists gifts to it as tax-deductible.
25¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 10 volunteers and 5 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(19)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1K a year · 0.7% of revenue · last 5 filings
A surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
25%
of spending
25% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
3.9 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $60K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
3.9 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$5K
1% of total assets
Liabilities are 1% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 10 voting members
8 of 10 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$143K
-28% vs prior year
Spent
$142K
To programs
25%
Net assets
$547K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$143K
FY2024▼ -28%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$110K
FY2021$226K
FY2022$256K
FY2023$198K
FY2024$143K
Expenses
$142K
FY2024▼ -28%
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$108K
FY2021$221K
FY2022$258K
FY2023$198K
FY2024$142K
Net assets
$547K
FY2024
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$69K
FY2021$5K
FY2022$0
FY2023$0
FY2024$547K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

Is it real?

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

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

Where the money goes

25 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 25% · $35K Management & general 75% · $107K

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

8 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Sterling Hanley’s $22K as Bartender/Manag is at the 19th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1044 $100K–1M public & societal benefit 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Sterling Hanley$21,691$22,467$24,842$15,742
Tammy Underwood$6,679$15,279$2,568—
Nicole Bryan$10,034—$11,896$7,284
Bonita Marise$9,634$5,629——
Nina Granger———$8,000
Karl Burgess$7,942$7,085$6,760$4,160
Gayla Clark$3,069$3,695$6,550—
Brandy D Arnold———$1,865

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.

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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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Defends the Constitution, promotes Americanism, and preserves war memories while fostering civic duty.

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2 programs · $15K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Honor Guard

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 61-0269018) · Dispute this line
$9Kprogram expense
02

Other Veteran Services

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 61-0269018) · Dispute this line
$7Kprogram expense

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$143K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$84K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$26K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$21K
Money outPt IX
$142K
Ln 25
Programscol B$35K
Managementcol C$107K
Owns and owesPt X
$547K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$46K
Total assetsLn 16$553K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$26K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$21K
Investment incomeLn 3$12K
Other incomeLn 4–11$84K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$143K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$46K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$46K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$398K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$60K
Other assetsLn 15$50K
Total assetsLn 16$553K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K
Net assetsLn 32$547K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$43K$46K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$54K$60K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$398K$398K
Total assetsLn 16$544K$553K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K$5K
Net assetsLn 32$540K$547K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$54K$54K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$4K$4K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$182$182
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$3K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$13K$13K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$26K$26K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$5K$5K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$5K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$20K$12K$7K
All other expensesLn 24e$9K$23K−$13K
Total functional expensesLn 25$142K$35K$107K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Oct 21, 2025 $143K$142K$1K$547K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 13, 2024 $198K$198K$0$0 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Apr 24, 2023 $256K$258K−$2K$0 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 15, 2022 $226K$221K$5K$5K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS May 16, 2021 $110K$108K$2K$69K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support I · Grants O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990
Part I · Summary $143,105 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,675$25,539
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $54,860$21,460
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $41,179$12,414
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $96,936$83,692
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $197,650$143,105
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $140,656$58,514
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $56,994$83,182
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $197,650$141,696
I-19 Revenue less expenses$1,409
Part VI · Governance 8 of 10 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $143,105 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $77,608 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$4,799
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$20,740
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$25,539
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $21,460$21,460
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $12,414$12,414
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $6,084$6,084
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $39,958 · Excluded from tax $77,608$143,105
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $141,696 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesManagement $54,116$54,116
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesManagement $4,398$4,398
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $182$182
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $2,934$2,934
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $13,123$13,123
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $26,121$26,121
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $1,500$1,500
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesManagement $5,207$5,207
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $5,043$5,043
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $12,323 · Management $7,290$19,613
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $22,829 · Management −$13,370$9,459
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $35,152 · Management $106,544 · Fundraising $0$141,696
Part X · Balance sheet $552,596 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $42,779$45,628
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year −$40$0
X-5 Loans to officers and key people$0
X-6 Loans to other insiders$0
X-7 Notes and loans receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $397,600$397,600
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $53,731$59,514
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $49,854$49,854
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $543,924$552,596
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,138$5,290
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $4,138$5,290
X-29 Capital stock or trust principalStart of year $539,786$539,786
X-31 Retained earnings or endowment$7,520
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $539,786$547,306
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $543,924$552,596
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $547,306 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$143,105
XI-2 Total expenses$141,696
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,409
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$539,786
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$6,111
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$547,306

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