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Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Louisiana

EIN 72-6033354 · New Iberia, LA

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

What it says it does

TO PROMOTE PATRIOTISM.

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 (1)

$44,257 spent. *THE POST HONOR GUARD PERFORMED 17 MILITARY HONOR FUNERALS WITH A FULL DETACHMENT WITH BUGLE AND CEREMONIAL RIFLES.*DONATED 23 AMERICAN FLAGS TO VARIOUS SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONS. *DONATED 1 DOZEN CHRISTMAS HAMS AND 130 THANKSGIVING TURKEYS. *DONATED 2 WHEELCHAIRS, 5 SHOWER SEATS, 6 WALKERS, AND 1 MOBILITY SCOOTER TO DISABLED CITIZENS. *CEREMONINALLY RETIRED 1,500 AMERICAN FLAGS. *SPONSORS TWO SCOUTING AMERICAN UNITS (TROOP 133 AND PACK 463). POST MEMBERS ARE LEADERS OF THESE UNITS WITH MEETINGS RANGING FROM 1 TO 7 PER MONTH AT THE POST AND 12 EVENTS AT SOUTING AMERICA CAMPS.*SPONSORS THE ACADIANA REGION DIVISION OF THE US NAVAL SEA CADET CORPS WITH MEMBER LEADERSHIP. THE UNIT DRILLS AT THE POST 11 WEEKENDS A YEAR AND ATTENDS A WEEK DRILL AT CAMP BEAUREGARD.*SPONSORSHIPS INCLUDE PROVIDING OF RESOURCES, LEADERSHIP, AND A MEETING PLACE. *ASSISTED IN 2 PATRIOTIC DAY EVENTS WITH FULL HONOR GUARD WITH RIFLES AND BUGLE WITH 16 MEMBERS ASSISTING AT EACH EVENT.*THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE ACHIEVMENTS OF THIS ORGANIZATION CANNOT BE ESTIMATED.

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 1967.
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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