American Legion Post 153
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 630476552
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2016
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2016
- Location
- Eight Mile, AL, USA
- Phone
- 2514562944
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Military, Veterans' Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $14,257
- Expenses
- $40,042
- Assets
- $59,216
- Liabilities
- $79,108
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
People named in this filing
- TERI CHILDS (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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The american legion post follows the mission for god and country, we associate ourselves together for the following purposes: to uphold and defend the constitution of the united states of america; to maintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent americanism; preserve the memories and incidents of our associations during the great wars; to inoculate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation; to combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; to make right the master of might, to promote peace an goodwill on earth, to safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy, to participate in and contribute to the accomplishment of the aims and purposes of the american legion; to consecrate and sanctify our association by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.
What it reported doing in 2016
The american legion post follows the mission for god and country, we associate ourselves together for the following purposes: to uphold and defend the constitution of the united states of america; to maintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent americanism; to preserve the memories and incidents of our associations during the great wars; to inoculate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation; to combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; to make right the master of might, to promote peace an goodwill on earth, to safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy, to participate in and contribute to the accomplishment of the aims and purposes of the american legion; to consecrate and sanctify our association by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -180.9%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.48; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.34; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.