American Legion Frank Gladd Post No 20 Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
736103368
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Fort Gibson, OK, USA
Phone
9185778738
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Military, Veterans' Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$90,305
Expenses
$88,079
Assets
$571,933
Liabilities
$74,068

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JESS FOREMAN (COMMANDER)
  • JOHN COOPER (SGT-AT-ARMS)
  • CARLOS DAVILA (2ND VICE COM)

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

The mission of frank gladd post 20 is the following; to establish programs that assist in veteran's rehabilitation; provide programs that enhance veteran's widows and orphans lives; ensure all measures are being accomplished to maintain strong national security, and lastly remote 100% americanism throughout the community, state, and nation.

What it reported doing in 2025

Veterans rehabilitation: frank gladd post 20 has a long history of veterans rehabilitation 1. Members volunteer more than 1300 hours a year for the last 12 years 2. Post disperses 5,000 annually to veterans needing financial aid. 3. 1,000 annually to oncology clinic va hosp. For snacks 4. 15,000 meals to flood victims and first responders flood 2019 5. Sponsors 4 blood drives per year. Community involvement: 1. Participates in fort gibson chamber of commerce events a. Car show b. Smokin the fort c. Christmas parade d. Gathering on the green e. Trunk or treat 2. Community events sponsored by frank gladd post 20 a. Father daughter dance b. Fort gibson sweet corn festival c. Monthly breakfast d. Monthly fish fry 3. Post programs for legion family a. Legion outdoors (hiking, kayaking, fishing etc,) b. Legion rifles (marksmanship, gun safety comradery) c. Honor guard/color guard (250 funerals annually)

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 32
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.5%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 3.9%; rating input score 4; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.5%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.49; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -67.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 37.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 180 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $88K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.

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: Independent voting board scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.