American Legion Post 75

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
580874248
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Lagrange, GA, USA
Phone
7064162749
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$75,148
Expenses
$76,340
Assets
$7,552
Liabilities
$56,938

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • CHARLIE MCCAMEY (POST COMMANDER)
  • TANIA GRIFFIN (POST ADJUTANT)
  • JACOB CHRISTMAN (POST SENIOR VICE-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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To assist veterans when they are in financial need. To help members of post 75 in filing claims to the veterans administration. To carry out the programs of the american legion, both federal and state.

What it reported doing in 2023

Assisting disabled and needy war veterans and their families with financial assistance with necessary expenses including rent, utilities, and bills.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 60% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% 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. Assets have declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.7%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 79.5%; rating input score 79

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.6%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 7.54; rating input score 1; 1st 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: -17% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.7% of revenue deployed · 79.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $61K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 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.

  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.