American Legion Garden Spot Post 56
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 236297046
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Lititz, PA, USA
- Phone
- 7176269906
- Rating
- 59
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $73,432
- Expenses
- $73,564
- Assets
- $8,029
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
People named in this filing
- TROY LITZENBERGER (COMMANDER)
- CARL STEFFY (1ST VICE COM)
- CHARLIE DEUTSCH (CHAPLAIN)
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
Promoting the social welfare of the community as defined in regs. 1.501(c) (4)-1(a)(2); assisting disabled and needy war veterans and members of the u.s. Armed forces and their dependents, and the widow and orphans of deceased veterans; providing entertainment, care and assistance to hospitalized veterans or members of the u.s. Armed forces; carrying programs to perpetuate the memory of deceased veterans and members of the armed forces, and to comfort their survivors; sponsoring, performing or participating in activities of patriotic nature; and providing social and recreational activities for the organization members.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization promoted americanism by providing flags and patriotic markers for numerous community and patriotic events; sponsored youth organizations within the community; provided flowers and memorials to deceased veterans and their families; provided support to needy veterans and their dependents; visited hospitalized veterans' in local veterans' hospitals and retirement communities; performed color guard services and conducted patriotic ceremonies and functions within the community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 31
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 49.7%; rating input score 50
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.2%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 12; 12th 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: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -7.8% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 49.7% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.