American Legion
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
PROGRAMS ENCOURAGE MEMBER PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT. MEMBERS PROVIDE BETTERMENT OF INTEREST AND SERVICES OF THE AMERICAN LEGION. PROMOTES PLEASURE AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES TO FURTHER LEGIONAIRE COMRADESHIP.
- Income
- $330,699
- Spending
- $304,087
- Employees
- 18
- Volunteers
- 125
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 (3)
- $289,162 spent. OUR CONTINUED GROWTH HAS ALLOWED US TO CONTRIBUTE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO NUMEROUS COMMUNITY CHARITIES. WE SERVE NOT JUST AS A LEGION POST BUT AS A COMMUNITY FACILITY WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS USING OUR BUILDING. OUR LEGIONNAIRES ARE FIRST IN THE STATE FOR MEMBERSHIP AND OUR MEMBERSHIP CONTINUES TO GROW. HAVING AN ACCOUNTING FIRM HANDLE ALL OF OUR ACCOUNTING AND BOOKKEEPING HAS PROVIDED AN EXTRA LAYER OF ACCOUNTABILITY AS WE GROW.
- $14,831 spent. AT A TIME WHEN MANY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS ARE FOLDING DUE TO AN AGING MEMBERSHIP, OUR LEGION CONTINUES TO THRIVE AND GROW. OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT HAS ATTRACTED YOUNGER MEMBERS IN RECORD NUMBERS. WE ANTICIPATE CONITINUED GROWTH OVER THE COMING YEARS, AS WE FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF OUR VETERANS AND THE COMMUNITY IN THE YEARS TO COME.
- AT A TIME WHEN MANY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS ARE FOLDING DUE TO AN AGING MEMBERSHIP, OUR LEGION CONTINUES TO THRIVE AND GROW. OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT HAS ATTRACTED YOUNGER MEMBERS IN RECORD NUMBERS. WE ANTICIPATE CONITINUED GROWTH OVER THE COMING YEARS, AS WE FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF OUR VETERANS AND THE COMMUNITY IN THE YEARS TO COME.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 1946.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 21, 2026.
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