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American Legion

EIN 34-4411445 · Ottawa, OH

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

What it says it does

TO OPERATE A NON-PROFIT CLUB FOR MEMBERS. ALL OF WHOM ARE VETERANS. 215 SERVED.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

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, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (5)

SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION SQUADRON. TO OPERATE A LOCAL SQUADRON OF SONS, GRANDSONS, AND GREAT GRANDSONS OF VETERANS TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION. LARGEST EVENT IS TO RAISE MONEY FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS.
TYPE III BINGO OPERATIONS. PROFITS USED TO FUND CHILDREN AND YOUTH, AND OTHER COMMUNITY AND LEGION PROGRAMS INCLUDING OTTAWA-GLANDORF ATHLETIC BOOSTERS, OTTAWA-GLANDORF BAND BOOSTERS, AND THE AMERICAN LEGION BUCKEYE BOYS STATE.
MEMBERSHIP. TO OPERATE A LOCAL AMERICAN LEGION POST. MISSION STATEMENT OF THE AMERICAN LEGION: THE AMERICAN LEGION WAS CHARTERED BY CONGRESS IN 1919 AS A PATRIOTIC, WAR-TIME VETERANS ORGANIZATION, DEVOTED TO MUTUAL HELPFULNESS. IT IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT COMMUNITY-SERVICE ORGANIZATION WHICH NOW NUMBERS OVER 2 MILLION MEMBERS, MEN AND WOMEN, IN NEARLY 15,000 AMERICAN LEGION POSTS WORLDWIDE.
BASEBALL: TO OPERATE A LOCAL AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL TEAM FOR YOUTHS 19 AND UNDER. MORE THAN 3,400 TEAMS AND NEARLY 55,000 YOUTH PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM YEARLY FROM ALL 50 STATES AND CANADA.
BASEBALL: TO OPERATE A LOCAL AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL TEAM FOR YOUTHS 19 AND UNDER. MORE THAN 3,400 TEAMS AND NEARLY 55,000 YOUTH PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM YEARLY FROM ALL 50 STATES AND CANADA.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

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 2025.
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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