American Legion Auxiliary
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 356043875
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN, United States
- Phone
- (800) 433-3318
- Rating
- 36
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,727
- Expenses
- $4,606
- Assets
- $5,896
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ERICA YOUNG (PRESIDENT)
- JARI TROTH (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ERICA YOUNG (PRESIDENT)
- JARI TROTH (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
- RACHELE YOUNG (SECRETARY)
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
In the spirit of Service, Not Self, the mission of the American Legion Auxiliary is to support The American Legion and to honor the sacrifice of those who serve by enhancing the lives of our veterans, military, and their families, both at home and abroad. For God and Country, we advocate for veterans, educate our citizens, mentor youth, and promote patriotism, good citizenship, peace and security.
What it reported doing in 2024
We support the American Legion a number of ways by holding funeral dinners, sponsoring events for veterans and their families, such as appreciation dinners, holiday parties, etc. We also assist veterans with specific needs they may have such as home repairs, food, clothing, rides, etc. We donate time and money to events, people and organizations in the community that our veterans are a part of. Our organization benefits 100's of people in the community we serve.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 65
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 19.6%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.28; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -95.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -34.7% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -11.3% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- 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 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.