Disabled American Veterans
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO AID AND ASSIST WORTHY WAR-TIME DISABLED VETERANS, THEIR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS AND TO BUILD BETTER LIVES FOR DISABLED VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
- Income
- $203,326
- Spending
- $674,711
- Employees
- 8
- Volunteers
- 100
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)
- $344,810 spent. SERVICE CENTERS: DAV HAS TWO SERVICE CENTERS IN GRAND JUNCTION AND COLORADO SPRINGS WHICH PROVIDE FREE SERVICES TO VETERANS. THESE CENTERS ARE IN PLACE TO ASSIST ALL VETERANS FILL OUT CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION AND VA BENEFITS. THIS YEAR, THERE WERE 310 INITIAL CONTACTS, 688 PHONE CALLS, 16 FIELD VISITS, AND 540 NEW POWER OF ATTORNEYS. VA BENEFITS INFORMATION WAS GIVEN TO 905 VETERANS; THERE WERE 958 CLAIM SUBMITTALS AND CONTACT REGARDING MISCELLANEOUS BENEFITS WAS PROVIDED TO 2,002 VETERANS.
- $175,030 spent. DAV VOLUNTARY SERVICES PROGRAMS CONSIST OF OVER 100 VOLUNTEERS TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING SERVICES: - 57 VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE RIDES TO VETERANS TO AND FROM THEIR HOMES FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS. RIDES WERE PROVIDED TO 3,513 VETERANS. - 94 VOLUNTEERS DONATED 18,941 HOURS IN SUPPORT OF OUR VETERANS BY WORKING AT HOSPITALS, CLINICS, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS; DONATING JUICES AND CANDY TO VA HOSPITAL CHEMO CENTERS; DONATING FOOD, CLOTHING AND PERSONAL ITEMS TO THE HOMELESS STANDDOWN PROGRAMS AND VA NURSING HOMES; SUPPORTING LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL; FUNDRAISING; AND SERVING AT THE DEPARTMENT AND/OR CHAPTER AS SERVICE OFFICERS TO AID VETERANS IN FILING FOR THEIR VA BENEFITS - DONATIONS WERE MADE TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION TO HELP SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION EFFORTS FOR DISABLED VETERANS. DAV VOLUNTARY SERVICES PROGRAMS CONSIST OF OVER 100 VOLUNTEERS TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING SERVICES: - 57 VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE RIDES TO VETERANS TO AND FROM THEIR HOMES FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS. RIDES WERE PROVIDED TO 3,513 VETERANS. - 94 VOLUNTEERS DONATED 18,941 HOURS IN SUPPORT OF OUR VETERANS BY WORKING AT HOSPITALS, CLINICS, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS; DONATING JUICES AND CANDY TO VA HOSPITAL CHEMO CENTERS; DONATING FOOD, CLOTHING AND PERSONAL ITEMS TO THE HOMELESS STANDDOWN PROGRAMS AND VA NURSING HOMES; SUPPORTING LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL; FUNDRAISING; AND SERVING AT THE DEPARTMENT AND/OR CHAPTER AS SERVICE OFFICERS TO AID VETERANS IN FILING FOR THEIR VA BENEFITS - DONATIONS WERE MADE TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION TO HELP SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION EFFORTS FOR DISABLED VETERANS.
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 April 1985.
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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