Stoughton Post 89 Inc American Legion
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
WE ARE A VETERANS FRATERNAL ORGANIAZATION PROVIDING FELLOWSHIP AND ASSISTANCE TO MEMBERS WE ALSO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY BY PARTICIPATING IN LOCAL EVENTSWE ALSO MAKE DONATIONS TO A VARIETY OF LOCAL CAUSES
- Income
- $415,772
- Spending
- $60,584
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 9
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 December 31, 2024, 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 December 31, 2024, 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)
- $12,882 spent. DONATION TO THE STOUGHTON VETERANS OF FOREIGN WASR (VFW). THE VFW POST HAS ITS OWN PHYSICAL BUILDING WITH A FUNCTION HALL AND SERVES DRINKS AND FOOD. WHEN WE LOST OUR PHYSICAL BUILDING, WE APPROACHED THE VFW ASKING TO BE A PART OF THEIR POST. THEY WELCOMED US AND, WITH THE PROCEEDS FROM OUR CIVIL LITIGATION, WE DONATE MONEY TO THE VFW TO HELP WITH THEIR EXPENSES IN LIEU OF PAYING RENT. BRIEFLY REGARDING OUR CIVIL LITIGATION. WE FILED SUIT AGAINST SEVERAL PARTIES REGARDING THE SALE OF OUR PHYSICAL POST. WE ARGUED OUR POST WAS SOLD WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION AND WITHOUT FOLLOWING THE PROPER PROCEDURES. WE SETTLED WIHT SOME OF THE PARTIES IN 2024 (THE 400000 SHOWN IN REFVENUE), BUT OUR LITIGATION IS STILL ONGOING WITH ANOTHER PARTY. WITHOUT THE SETTLEMENT WE WOULD HAVE FILED THE 990-N AS WE DID FOR 2023.
- $2,000 spent. DONATION TO THE VETERANS SERVICES OFFICE OF THE TOWN OF STOUGHTON FOR BANNERS OF STOUGHTON VETERANS. THESE BANNERS ARE HUNG ON STREET POLES SPREADING OUT FROM THE CENTER OF THE TOWN.
- $450 spent. WE PAID PRIZES TO STOUGHOTN STUDENTS IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL WHO PARTICIPATED IN ESSAY AND ORATORY CONTESTS.
- $300 spent. DONATION TO AMVETS DISTRICT 6 CONSISTING OF AMVETS POSTS FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING STOUGHTON. THE DONATION WAS USED FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS FOR HOSPITALIZED VETERANS AT THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL IN NEIGHBORING BROCKTON, MA.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 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? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, 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 January 2023.
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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