Cicero Post 96 The AMERICAN LEGION

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464746593
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Cicero, IL, USA
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$80,752
Expenses
$75,932
Assets
$171,557

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Eddy Portillo (Finance Officer)
  • Dolores Alvarado (Canteen Manager)
  • David Lopez (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote the welfare of veterans and their families foster patriotism and community service provide charitable and educational programs and maintain facilities and activities that benefit veterans and the surrounding community

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization maintained and operated its veteran service facility as a community gathering space used for charitable civic veteran and family-oriented programming. The facility supported meetings fundraising events educational workshops wellness activities and social programs that helped sustain the organizations exempt mission. Funds were also directed toward maintaining and improving the safety and functionality of the building including infrastructure accessibility and operational upgrades necessary to continue serving the community. The facility and related programs benefited members veterans partner organizations and local residents through regular access to affordable community space and mission-driven activities throughout the year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 98% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 29.7%; rating input score 30
  • Program expense ratio: 31.6%; rating input score 32

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.26; rating input score 68; 68th 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: 96.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 46.9% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 29.7% of revenue deployed · 31.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $24K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 32/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.