American Legion Dalton-Wanzel Post 0646
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 236391126
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Paoli, PA, USA
- Rating
- 41
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $32,520
- Expenses
- $149,502
- Assets
- $276,571
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- Daniel McLaughlin (Commander)
- Joseph Socha (Service Officer)
- David Lew (Second 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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Veterans Organization 501c19: American Legion Post 646 is part of the National American Legion which was chartered by Congress in 1919. The Posts primary purpose is to enhance the well being of American veterans their families our military and our communities by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.
What it reported doing in 2025
Supports the community and veterans by providing resources and information upon request placing flags on veteran graves in the local area cemeteries including the historic Philadelphia Memorial Cemetery participating in memorial events including the Malvern Memorial Parade which is the oldest memorial parade in America maintaining the flag at the Paoli train station and retiring flags for the community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Investment-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 88% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 8
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 11%; rating input score 11
- Program expense ratio: 2.3%; rating input score 2
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -359.7%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.85; rating input score 64; 64th 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: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 11% of revenue deployed · 2.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 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 11/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.