American Legion 781 Mountain Post Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 231663861
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Mountaintop, PA, USA
- Phone
- 5706787105
- Rating
- 53
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $132,709
- Expenses
- $119,984
- Assets
- $504,984
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- Martine Columbo (Commander)
- George Columbo (Finance Officer)
- Al Finn (2ND Vice Commander)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To foster and perpetuate Americanism, to preserve the memories of our associations in the Great Wars, to incorporate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation, to promote peace and good will on earth, to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.
What it reported doing in 2025
4th of July/Scholastic Awards/Baseball
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 13
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 66
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 14.2%; rating input score 14
- Program expense ratio: 15.4%; rating input score 15
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9.6%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.21; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 14.2% of revenue deployed · 15.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 507 of 507 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $19K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- 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 14/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.