Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of New York
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
SEE SCHEDULE 0
- Income
- $1,389
- Spending
- $34,773
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- SEE SCHEDULE O
- TO ORGANIZE AND FORM A GROUP OF PERSONS, MOST OF WHOM SHALL HAVE AS THEIR BACKGROUND PAST SERVICE OVERSEAS IN BRANCHES OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TO PROMOTE GOOD FELLOWSHIP, TO SERVE AS A BASIS FOR RENEWING AND DEVELOPING ACQUAINTES AND FRIENDSHIP AND TO SERVE AS A CONSTRUCTION AGENCY FOR THE BETTER OF THE COMMUNITEIES IN WHICH THE CORPATION SHALL BE LOCATED. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL GATHERINGS AND LECTURES, AMONG THE MEMBERS AS A MEANS OF WHOLE RECREATION, EDUCATION, AND ENTERTAINMENT ENDEAVORS, ALL CONDUCTIVE TO BETTER COMMUNITY LIVING. TO PROMOTE, PRESERVE, AND STRENGHTEN COMRADSHIP AMONG ITS MEMBERS, TO ASSIST WORTHY COMRADES, TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY AND HISTORY OF OUR DEAD AND TO ASSIST THEIR WIDOWS, ORPHANS AND IMMEDIATE FAMILIES. TO MAINTAIN TRUE ALLEGIANCE TO THE GOV. OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND FIDELITY TO ITS CONSTITUTION AND LAWS. TO POSTER TRUE PATRIOTISM AND TO MAINTAIN AND EXTEND INSTITUTIONS OF AMERICAN FREEDOM.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(19) veterans' organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Worth knowing.
Not individually listed by the IRS as eligible, which is usual for local chapters covered by a parent organization's exemption. The master file records contributions to it as deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 1972.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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