288 Nelson County Post

Tax-deductible

Bloomfield, KY501(c)(19)Since 1958EIN 61-6034663Revenue $524K in FY2025

On file with the IRSpost288.com243 Chaplain Rd, 40008-0000 · Bloomfield, KYTax-exempt since Mar 1959

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Maintain Post Home for American Legion members and their guests. Provide social and fraternal services.

501(c)(19) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
2¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$49K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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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
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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 $32K a year · 13% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
2%
of spending
Concern: 2% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$49K
to officers and key staff · 14% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 14% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
13 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 13.4 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
88
of 88 voting members
Looks good: 88 of 88 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$524K
+209% vs prior year
Spent
$338K
To programs
2%
Net assets
$455K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$524K
FY2025▲ +209%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$65K
FY2021$216K
FY2022$179K
FY2023$305K
FY2024$170K
FY2025$524K
Expenses
$338K
FY2025▲ +32%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$88K
FY2021$209K
FY2022$158K
FY2023$215K
FY2024$256K
FY2025$338K
Net assets
$455K
FY2025▲ +69%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$111K
FY2021$118K
FY2022$139K
FY2023$229K
FY2024$269K
FY2025$455K

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 1959.

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Where the money goes

2 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 2% · $7K

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

4 people listed on the 990; $49K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Finance Officer
$48,505Pt VII · Sec A
Commander
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Adjudant
$0Pt VII · Sec A
1st Vice Commander
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Grant Stokley$48,505$31,800$30,367$16,180$4,967

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

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

Programs and updates

Provides a home base for veterans' community activities and support.

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1 program · $7K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Donations to local families in need local youth sports teams and events school supplies Thanksgiving dinners free to the Community Day etc.

$7Kprogram expense

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$524K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$418K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$104K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2K
Money outPt IX
$338K
Ln 25
Programscol B$7K
Owns and owesPt X
$455K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$378K
Total assetsLn 16$455K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
4
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a88
IndependentVI 1b88
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$104K
Other incomeLn 4–11$418K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$524K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$378K
SavingsLn 2$749
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$378K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$71K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$455K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$455K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
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$192K$378K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$71K$71K
Total assetsLn 16$269K$455K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$269K$455K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$262$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$7K$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$87K$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$47K$0$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$1K$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$385$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$156K$0$0$0
Information technologyLn 14$11K$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$8K$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$2K$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$2K$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$9K$0$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$0$0$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$338K$0$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $524K$338K$186K$455K 990 PDF
FY2024 $170K$256K−$86K$269K 990 PDF
FY2023 $305K$215K$90K$229K 990 PDF
FY2022 $179K$158K$21K$139K 990 PDF
FY2021 $216K$209K$7K$118K 990 PDF
FY2020 $65K$88K−$23K$111K 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 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $523,723 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$2,320
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $111,246$103,507
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $58,285$417,896
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $169,531$523,723
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$7,387
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $1,820$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $101,470$133,347
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $152,271$196,852
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $255,561$337,586
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$86,030$186,137
Part VI · Governance 88 of 88 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body88
VI-1b Independent voting members88
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $523,723 across 16 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $417,896 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$2,320
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$0
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,320
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$103,507
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$523,723
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $337,586 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$262
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$7,125
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$86,507
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$46,840
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,316
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$385
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$5,647
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$156,417
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$10,527
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$7,829
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,014
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,159
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,560
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$8,998
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$337,586
Part X · Balance sheet $455,242 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $191,573$377,586
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $625$749
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $6,000$6,000
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $70,907$70,907
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $269,105$455,242
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $269,105$455,242
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $269,105$455,242
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $455,242 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$523,723
XI-2 Total expenses$337,586
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$186,137
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$269,105
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$455,242

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