AMERICAN LEGION CHARITIES INC

2024 · Form 990 · revenue $17.1M · expenses $18.3M · assets $8.6M

EIN

90-1017997

Address

700 N PENNSYLVANIA ST, INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46204-1129

NTEE code

T30

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)

Ruling date

September 2014 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗

Tax-deductible donations

Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗

Foundation status

Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))

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Mission

The American Legion Charities mission is to raise money to help support patriotic programs and services for veterans, youth, military personnel and communities.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

4 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

16 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

State business registration

• American Legion Charities, Inc. CO, FNC, Good Standing, formed 2015-03-27

The same business name in the same state, from the state’s official registry data.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

• The American Legion Charities Indianapolis, IN · 10 people in common (Gaither M Keener Jr, George C Lussier Jr, Hon Vincent M Gaughan) · related organization (Schedule R)
• AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL EMERGENCY FUND Indianapolis, IN · 7 people in common (Daniel S Wheeler, Gaither M Keener Jr, George C Lussier Jr) · related organization (Schedule R)
• AMERICAN LEGION CHILD WELFARE FOUNDATION INC Indianapolis, IN · 5 people in common (George C Lussier Jr, Hon Vincent M Gaughan, Robert Lee Morrill) · related organization (Schedule R)
• AMERICAN LEGION Aurora, CO · 4 people in common (Daniel S Wheeler, George C Lussier Jr, Rodney Rolland) · related organization (Schedule R)
• AMERICAN LEGION SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP TR FUND Indianapolis, IN · 4 people in common (Daniel S Wheeler, Gaither M Keener Jr, John D Monahan) · related organization (Schedule R)
• AMERICAN LEGION ENDOWMENT FUND CORPORATION Indianapolis, IN · 2 people in common (Hon Vincent M Gaughan, Shawn T Long) · related organization (Schedule R)
• CITIZENS FLAG ALLIANCE INC Indianapolis, IN · 1 person in common (Shawn T Long) · related organization (Schedule R)

Funders of this organization

41 grantors reported grants to this organization, $2,123,780 in all, tax years 2013 to 2025; the 25 largest shown (all 41). Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.