American Legion
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The organization provides social and recreational activities for its members, grants scholarship assistance to students, promotes the social welfare of the community, and sponsors or participates in patriotic activities.
- Income
- $88,388
- Spending
- $92,795
- Employees
- 8
- Volunteers
- 15
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)
- $393,172 spent. Post building is generally open to members from 4:00 to 11:00 pm 360 days of the year, with food available on Monday nights. The Post offers a taco bar on many Sunday nights as well. During 2024, the Post hosted three other dinners, two of which were open to members and/or the general public.
- $1,350 spent. The Post contributes funds to local and national charities, including food banks and homeless shelters that serve needy individuals in Clatsop County. The Post may also host fundraising events for local community members with extraordinary medical costs and other financial needs.
- $500 spent. The Post funds scholarships to seniors graduating from the local high school and sponsors student attendance at Oregon Boys' State when applicable. The Post may also make contributions to local charities supporting area youth.
- $212 spent. The Post organizes the July 4 parade for the Cannon Beach community, provides patriotic merchandise to the public at cost, and hosts a picnic for parade participants. Members visit patients at the Veterans Hospital and decorate the graves of veterans in the Nehalem Cemetery on Memorial Day.
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 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 December 2024.
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 March 1946.
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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