Military Order of the World Wars Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE WORLD WARS SERVES OUR NATION AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP, PATRIOTISM, YOUTH LEADERSHIP, MILITARY AND PUBLIC SERVICE, VETERAN SUPPORT, AND STRONG NATIONAL SECURITY.
- Income
- $1.4 million
- Spending
- $1.3 million
- Employees
- 4
- Volunteers
- 15
- Highest pay
- $166,460, chief of sta
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 (1)
- 1.THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE WORLD WARS' (MOWW) WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1919 TO PROVIDE VETERANS WITH THE OPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY THROUGH NUMEROUS COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON PATRIOTIC AND CIVIC EDUCATION FOR AMERICAS YOUTH. 2.MOWW'S FEATURE PROGRAM, PARTIOCTIC EDUCATION, CONSISTS OF YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES (YLC) AND YOUTH LEADERSHIP SEMINAR (YLS) AND THE MASSING OF COLORS PROGRAM. THE MOWW YLC AND YLS ARE CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES BY LOCAL CHAPTERS-MANY AT LITTLE OR NO COST TO THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ATTENDING. THESE STUDENTS RECEIVE PATRIOTIC EDUCATION ON LEADERSHIP IN A FREE SOCIETY, FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM CONCEPTS, PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY, THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS, AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH PRESERVING AMERICAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS. 3.STUDENTS ALSO DEVELOP SPEAKING, WRITING AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS, WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO BEING BETTER CITIZENS AND FUTURE LEADERS. MOWW ALSO SPONSORS AWARDS PROGRAMS FOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) AND JUNIOR ROTC CADETS (JROTC), SCOUTING AMERICA AND THE GIRL SCOUTS OF THE USA (GS-USA). ADDITIONALLY, MOWW FORMALLY HONORS THOSE WHO EXCEL IN THE NATIONAL SECURITY, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND LAW AND ORDER ARENAS. FINALLY, MOWW HOSTS "MASSING OF COLORS" CEREMONIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH FLAG DAY, THE FOURTH OF JULY, MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERANS DAY. MOWW DOES THESE THINGS AND MORE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MANY ORGANIZATIONS. THESE ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE PERSHING RIFLES GROUP, THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PERSHING RIFLES, ROTC AND JUNIOR ROTC ELEMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES, SCOUTING AMERICA, THE GIRL SCOUTS OF THE USA, THE NATIONAL SOJOURNERS, AND THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 4.MOWW SPONSORS AWARDS PROGRAMS FOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) AND JUNIOR ROTC CADETS, AND RECOGNITION PROGRAMS FOR THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND THE GIRL SCOUTS OF THE USA. THE FOLLOWING AWARDS WERE PRESENTED DURING THE YEAR; 661 ROTC AWARDS, 1851 JROTC AWARDS, 661 GSUSA AWARDS AND 1292 BSA AWARDS WERE PRESENTED DURING THE YEAR. 5.MOWW HOSTS "MASSING OF COLORS" CEREMONIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH FLAG DAY, THE FOURTH OF JULY, MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERANS DAY AND SPONSORS VARIOUS VETERANS' PROGRAMS. THE ORDER HELD TWENTY (20) MASSING OF COLORS CEREMONIES DURING THE YEAR. 6.MOWW FORMALLY CONDUCTED 987 OUTREACH EVENTS HONORING VETERANS, PUBLIC SERVANTS INVOLVED IN NATIONAL AND HOMELAND SECURITY, AS WELL AS PUBLIC SAFETY LAW AND ORDER PROFESSIONALS. 7.THE ORDER PROVIDES MEMBERS WITH A SUBSCRIPTION OF THE MOWW MAGAZINE, "OFFICER REVIEW". THE "OFFICER REVIEW" WAS PUBLISHED SIX TIMES DURING THE YEAR AND DISTRIBUTED TO 5400 READERS. 1.THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE WORLD WARS' (MOWW) WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1919 TO PROVIDE VETERANS WITH THE OPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY THROUGH NUMEROUS COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON PATRIOTIC AND CIVIC EDUCATION FOR AMERICAS YOUTH. 2.MOWW'S FEATURE PROGRAM, PARTIOCTIC EDUCATION, CONSISTS OF YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES (YLC) AND YOUTH LEADERSHIP SEMINAR (YLS) AND THE MASSING OF COLORS PROGRAM. THE MOWW YLC AND YLS ARE CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES BY LOCAL CHAPTERS-MANY AT LITTLE OR NO COST TO THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ATTENDING. THESE STUDENTS RECEIVE PATRIOTIC EDUCATION ON LEADERSHIP IN A FREE SOCIETY, FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM CONCEPTS, PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY, THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS, AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH PRESERVING AMERICAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS. 3.STUDENTS ALSO DEVELOP SPEAKING, WRITING AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS, WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO BEING BETTER CITIZENS AND FUTURE LEADERS. MOWW ALSO SPONSORS AWARDS PROGRAMS FOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) AND JUNIOR ROTC CADETS (JROTC), SCOUTING AMERICA AND THE GIRL SCOUTS OF THE USA (GS-USA). ADDITIONALLY, MOWW FORMALLY HONORS THOSE WHO EXCEL IN THE NATIONAL SECURITY, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND LAW AND ORDER ARENAS. FINALLY, MOWW HOSTS "MASSING OF COLORS" CEREMONIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH FLAG DAY, THE FOURTH OF JULY, MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERANS DAY. MOWW DOES THESE THINGS AND MORE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MANY ORGANIZATIONS. THESE ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE PERSHING RIFLES GROUP, THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PERSHING RIFLES, ROTC AND JUNIOR ROTC ELEMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES, SCOUTING AMERICA, THE GIRL SCOUTS OF THE USA, THE NATIONAL SOJOURNERS, AND THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 4.MOWW SPONSORS AWARDS PROGRAMS FOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) AND JUNIOR ROTC CADETS, AND RECOGNITION PROGRAMS FOR THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND THE GIRL SCOUTS OF THE USA. THE FOLLOWING AWARDS WERE PRESENTED DURING THE YEAR; 661 ROTC AWARDS, 1851 JROTC AWARDS, 661 GSUSA AWARDS AND 1292 BSA AWARDS WERE PRESENTED DURING THE YEAR. 5.MOWW HOSTS "MASSING OF COLORS" CEREMONIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH FLAG DAY, THE FOURTH OF JULY, MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERANS DAY AND SPONSORS VARIOUS VETERANS' PROGRAMS. THE ORDER HELD TWENTY (20) MASSING OF COLORS CEREMONIES DURING THE YEAR. 6.MOWW FORMALLY CONDUCTED 987 OUTREACH EVENTS HONORING VETERANS, PUBLIC SERVANTS INVOLVED IN NATIONAL AND HOMELAND SECURITY, AS WELL AS PUBLIC SAFETY LAW AND ORDER PROFESSIONALS. 7.THE ORDER PROVIDES MEMBERS WITH A SUBSCRIPTION OF THE MOWW MAGAZINE, "OFFICER REVIEW". THE "OFFICER REVIEW" WAS PUBLISHED SIX TIMES DURING THE YEAR AND DISTRIBUTED TO 5400 READERS.
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? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 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 April 1955.
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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