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Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Colorado

EIN 84-6043690 · Ordway, CO

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

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthNot ratedToo small or too little detailGovernanceNot ratedToo small or too little detailImpact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

PROVIDE SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND TO FOSTER TRU PATRIOTISM

Income
$14,381
Spending
$34,131
Employees
0

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 (4)
  1. $550 spent. VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION TO INCLUDE VOICE OF DEMOCRACY AND PATRIOTS PEN ESSAY CONTEST. MONETARY PRIZES ARE AWARDED TO THE FIRST THREE PLACE WINNERS IN EACH CONTEST. VETERANS ARE ACKNOWLEDGED AND A MEAL IS SERVED TO VETERANS, THEIR FAMILIES AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS INCLUDING THE STUDENT CONTEST WINNERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. APPROXIMATELY 95 PERSONS ATTENDED. POST MEMBERS AND AUXILIARY MEMBERS VOLUNTEERED TO COOK, SERVE AND CLEAN UP. TOTAL VOLUNTEERS WERE 12 MEMBERS AND 4 COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
  2. $300 spent. MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION. POST AND AUXILIARY MEMBERS TRAVEL TO THREE CEMETERIES IN THE COUNTY TO PLACE FLAGS ON EVERY HEAD STONE OF A DECEASED VETERAN AND A VFW AUXILIARY BANNER ON DECEASED AUXILIARY MEMBERS HEAD STONE. A SHORT CEREMONY IS HELD AT EACH CEMETERY ALONG WITH A 21 GUN SALUTE. NEW FLAGS AND FLAG HOLDERS ARE PURCHASED EACH YEAR. THE POST ALSO DONATED 100 NEW FLAGS TO THE TOWN OF OLNEY SPRINGS. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 20 MEMBERS AND FAMILY MEMBER VOLUNTEERS.
  3. $150 spent. ANNUAL VET WALK FROM OLNEY SPRINGS IS HELD ANNUALLY. THE POST FURNISHES A CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST TO THOSE PARTICIPATING IN THE WALK, WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES. POST AND AUXILIARY MEMBERS VOLUNTEER TO COOK, SERVE AND CLEAN.
  4. Program Service Expenses 33,131, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since February 1965.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.

  6. 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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