American Legion Post 257

Nonprofit profile at a glance

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

12 people listed

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Veteran's organization

Contributions to schools and other non-profit organizations.

Revenue model: Other-operating. 98% 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 available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: 7.5%; rating input score 7; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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

Operating margin: 30.1%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.97; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $621K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
Consistency: 9 of 10 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
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.

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 7/100.
High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.