American Legion
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO PROVIDE SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR MEMBERS, SPONSORING AND PARTICIPATING IN PATRIOTIC ACTIVITIES, ASSISTING NEEDY AND DISABLED VETERANS, WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF DECEASED VETERANS, PROVIDING ENTERTAINMENT, CARE AND ASSISTANCE TO HOSPITALIZED VETERANS AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
- Income
- $477,309
- Spending
- $476,414
- Employees
- 10
- Volunteers
- 160
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 (3)
- $151,587 spent. PROVIDED SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO FURTHER THE COMRADESHIP AMONG MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN HONORABLY DISCHARGED WAR-TIME VETERANS INCLUDING, DINNERS AND DANCES, OPERATION OF A SEVICE BAR, AND ENTERTAINMENT. HONORED THE MEMORY OF DECEASED VEERAMS AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND AIDE IN COMFORTING THEIR SURVIVORS. ENCOURAGED PATRIOTISM BY SPONSORING AND PARTICIPATING IN ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY EVENTS. PROMOTED THE SOCIAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY AND VARIOUS OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH AS SCHOOLS AND OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS, ALSO PARTICPATED IN COLOR GUARDS.
- ASSISTED IN AIDING THE HOSPITALIZATION, DISABLED AND NEEDY WAR VETERANS AND THIR DEPENDENTS, INCLUDING THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF DECEASED MEMBERS. PROVIDED COLOR GUARDS AT FUNERALS OF VETERANS AND MEMORIAL SERVICES, VISITED SICK OR HOSPITALIZED MEMBERS, VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES, PROVIDED EQUIPMENT, SERVICES, ENTERTAINMENT AND SUPPORT TO PATIENTS IN VERTERANS HOMES AND VETERANS HOSPITALS.
- $61,253 spent. PROVIDED PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH MEMBERS AND THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING CHILDRENS HOLIDAY AND PATRIOTIC DAY PARTIES, SCHOOL AMERICANISM AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS SPONSORING ATHLETIC TEAMS, BOY AND GIRL SCOUTS, SEA CADETS, 4-H GROUPS, BOYS AND GIRLS HOSPITALS AND CHILD WELFARE PROGRAMS.
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)(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? 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 March 1946.
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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