Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Florida
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Assist veterans and military personnel and their families; direct public attention to the needs of these groups; promote and assist in funding programs sponsored by the VFW, its affiliates, and other non-profit groups.
- Income
- $58,771
- Spending
- $61,557
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 350
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 (3)
- $61,557 spent. Support local youth programs, county wide to include scholarships through the Voice of Democracy and Pen programs as well as JROTC programs and Boy Scout Ranger Days. 2,500 total hours to support community your activities. Programs support county youth population of 18,000 children between the ages of 5 and 18.
- - Support the Chester Simms Veterans nursing home through visitation and donations as well as sponsoring day on the town lunches and the Independence Day Festival. 1924 total nursing home and hospital hours annually, supporting approximately 500 veterans
- Organized multiple volunteer teams to provide support in the form of property mitigation and transporting food and supplies to veterans and other members of the community. Members supported neighborhoods throughout the county with a total population of 250,287
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)(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 June 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 August 1964.
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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