American Legion
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To provide aid and assistance to veterans and families and those still in the military services, social activities for veterans and their families. Final military honors for deceased veterans.
- Income
- $355,539
- Spending
- $374,946
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 75
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 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 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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, 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 (4)
- $374,946 spent. Providing services and facilities to include hall, club room athletics field for veterans, families of veterans, active duty personnel, as well as other organizations, including veterans organizations, current military organizations, boy scouts, girl scouts, little league, civil was groups, coast guard reserves, vfw, sons of the American legion, American legion, American legion aux, and American legion riders.
- Provides food, materials, supplies, and gifts to deployed active duty personnel, provide holidday meals to veterans and their families, active duty personnel, their families, provide groceries and gifts to veterans and active duty personnel and their families during the holidays.
- The ritual team provides military honors for deceased military personnel and veterans. the post provides a funeral luncheon. Each year a "Post Everlastin" service is held to honor members who died during the prior year.
- 000
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 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 December 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 March 1946.
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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