American Legion Post 208
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 941082596
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2008
- Location
- Dixon, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7076786308
- Rating
- 37
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $114,139
- Expenses
- $117,071
- Assets
- $5,237
- Liabilities
- $23,916
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- WAYNE HOLLAND (Finance Officer)
- GREG YOUNG (VICE COMMANDER)
- Roger Schaller (Judge Advocate)
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
Service to veterans, community, state and nation, to further the programs of the national and state american legion families and to continue the highest traditions of the american legion.in dixon, California the american legion post 208 primary mission is of helping veterans and their families while continually spreading the word of benefits available to those who have served their country.
What it reported doing in 2024
The american legion in dixon, California has held numerous recruiting events involving its commissary, coffee counter, meeting hall and members bar in order to educate, inform, involve, and invite local and out of town veterans to seek the legion hall as a place to mourn their dead and remember their loss. Over 9 deceased veterans per day are now being interred in the nearby sacramento valley national cemetary. Along with the sacramento valley national cemetary support committee, the legion has made its facilities available as a place for family and friends to celebrate final military honors for those lost in battle and to honor all veterans of the united states of america who have been discharged under honorable conditions.the legion has gained approval to host tuesday night bingo games in the hall as long as there is no reservation for funeral gatherings. The legion commander has obtained the necessary licenses and the event is supervised by the gaming provider. Excess profits from this activity are dedicated to local not-for-profit organizations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 2
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 4.3%; rating input score 4
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.6%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.04; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 4.57; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -4.9% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 4.3% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 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 4/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.