Disabled American Veterans
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
SINCE ITS FOUNDING MORE THAN 90 YEARS AGO, THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS DAV HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO A SINGLE PURPOSE. BUILDING BETTER LIVES FOR AMERICAS DISABLED VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. FIDELITY TO THAT MISSION HAS REQUIRED DAV TO RESPOND CREATIVELY AND FLEXIBLY TO CHANGING AND SOMETIMES UNPREDICTABLE CHALLENGES FACED BY ITS CONSTITUENCY. WHETHER DISABLED VETERANS HAVE NEEDED A VOICE ON CAPITAL HILL, A NATIONWIDE SERVICE PROGRAM, A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK OR UNIQUE REHABILITION OPPORTUNITIES, DAV HAS FOCUSED ITS ATTENTION AND RESOURCES TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.
- Income
- $446,432
- Spending
- $447,090
- Employees
- 4
- Highest pay
- $46,077, chairman
Source: Form 990 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 990 for the year ending June 30, 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 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)
- $93,946 spent. CONVENTIONS AND CONFERENCES - THE DEPARTMENT HOLDS AN ANNUAL CONVENTION AND A FALL AND SPRING CONFERENCE AS WELL AS OTHER MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THESE MEETINGS HELP ESTABLISH A FEELING OF DEVOTION AND COMRADESHIP AMONG THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS.
- $85,945 spent. SERVICE FOUNDATION - THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES SUPPORT TO ADVANCE THE INTERESTS AND WORK FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ALL DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS. THE MAJORITY OF THIS SUPPORT IS PROVIDED THROUGH TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO LOCAL VA HOSPITALS.
Source: Form 990 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)(4) social welfare 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 November 6, 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 June 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 June 1942.
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 November 4, 2026.
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