Amercian Legion
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 396075430
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Chippewa Falls, WI, USA
- Rating
- 42
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $26,118
- Expenses
- $19,100
- Assets
- $242,251
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
People named in this filing
- Gary Loew (Commander)
- Roger Lillevold (Adjutant)
- Leroy Jansky (Finance Officer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Post 77 is a nonprofit veteran service organization dedicated to providing essential support to veterans their families and the broader community. Through various initiatives and programs Post 77 offers a range of services aimed at enhancing the well-being and quality of life of veterans and their loved ones. The organizations mission is centered on ensuring that veterans receive the care resources and assistance they deserve while fostering a strong sense of community and camaraderie among all those who have served.
What it reported doing in 2024
Our organization actively engages in the annual Poppy distribution event a key fundraiser supporting veteran relief and American Legion programs that directly assist veterans and their families in need. The impact of our efforts fluctuates based on the number of veterans seeking assistance each year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 65% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 11
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 17.6%; rating input score 18
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 26.9%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.68; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 17.6% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 4 of 5 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 18/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.