Norman Mcleod Post 26 American Legion

Overview

Mission

To enhance the well-being of america's veterans, their families, our military, and our communities by our devotion to mutual helpfulness. The american legion's vision statement is "the american legion: veterans strengthening america. The american legion's value principles are as follows: a veteran is a veteran - which means the american legion embraces all current and former members of the military and endeavors to help them transition into their communities. Selfless service - which means the american legion celebrates all who contribute to something larger than themselves and inspires others to serve and strengthen america. American values and patriotism - which means the american legion advocates for upholding and defending the united states constitution, equal justice and opportunity for everyone and discrimination against no one, youth education, responsible citizenship and honoring military service by observing and participating in memorial events. Family and community engagement

Operating model

Revenue model

Earned-program. 72% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.

Distribution model

Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and the available information about grant readiness automatic revocation leaves an important question unanswered.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 98
• Transparency & Controls: 82
• Sustainability: 41
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.4% of spending went to programs
• Governance: Filed governance answers
• Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $159K in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
• Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
• Schedules: 2 filed schedules
• Filing history: 9 filing years from 2010 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.

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 16/100.
• High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.