American Legion 294 Eden Stanley

Overview

Mission

To enhance the well-being of America's veterans, their families, our military, and our communities by our devotion to mutual helpfulness. The American Legion's vision statement is The American Legion: Veterans Strengthening America. The American Legion's value principles are as follows: A VETERAN IS A VETERAN - which means The American Legion embraces all current and former members of the military and endeavors to help them transition into their communities. SELFLESS SERVICE - which means The American Legion celebrates all who contribute to something larger than themselves and inspires others to serve and strengthen America. AMERICAN VALUES AND PATRIOTISM - which means The American Legion advocates for upholding and defending the United States Constitution, equal justice and opportunity for everyone and discrimination against no one, youth education, responsible citizenship and honoring military service by observing and participating in memorial events. FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Operating model

Revenue model

Earned-program. 82% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.

Distribution model

Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 52
• Transparency & Controls: 71
• Accountability: 58
• Sustainability: 30
• Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• Where the money goes: 59.8% of revenue deployed · 55.6% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $173K in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
• Consistency: 17 of 19 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
• Schedules: 2 filed schedules · includes grants
• Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
• 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

• High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
• Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 47/100.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
• High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
• Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
• High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
• High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.