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American Legion Post 235 at a glance

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American Legion Post 235

Us armed forces veterans' organization to provide recreation and support to the local veterans, support for various local charities and community support groups, support for other veteran organizations, and the head organization of american legion

$14k
Granted FY2018
14
Grants FY2018
3
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2018 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $12,619, the rows itemized in this filing. The $14,219 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,600 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$357k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF FLORIDA$1,875
HOMELESS VETERAN STAND DOWN$1,599
CLIFFORD CHESTER SIMS STATE VETERANS NURSING HOME$1,500
THE AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS$1,045
CATHOLIC CHARITIES NORTHWEST FLORIDA$1,000
AIR FORCE ENLISTED VILLAGE INC$1,000
FLORIDA SHERIFFS YOUTH RANCHES INC$1,000
GULF COAST COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC$1,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$1,000
FEEDING GULF COAST INCORPORATED$500
SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA INC$500
KIWANIS CLUB OF BIG LAGOON INC$250
SPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION$250
THE MEMORIAL DAY FOUNDATION$100
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–18) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 27% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%THE MEMORIAL DAY FOUNDATION: $100 → 20%HOMELESS VETERAN STAND DOWN: $2k → 8%FEEDING GULF COAST INCORPORATED: $500 → 9%SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA INC: $500 → 10%CLIFFORD CHESTER SIMS STATE VETERANS NURSING HOME: $2k → 12%AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF FLORIDA: $2k → 13%KIWANIS CLUB OF BIG LAGOON INC: $250 → 16%FLORIDA SHERIFFS YOUTH RANCHES INC: $1k → 19%THE AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS: $1k → 16%AIR FORCE ENLISTED VILLAGE INC: $1k → 8%GULF COAST COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $1k → 16%THE SALVATION ARMY: $1k → 8%CATHOLIC CHARITIES NORTHWEST FLORIDA: $1k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Amvets Department of Florida Inc

Veterans serving veterans.

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2
Disabled American Veterans Department of Florida Inc

To uphold and maintain the constitution and the laws to the united states; to realize the true american ideals and aims for which those eligible to membership fought; to advance the interests and work for the betterment of all wounded,…

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3
The American Legion

As the nation's largest wartime veterans service organization, the federally chartered American Legion is committed to lifelong assistance and support for men and women who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, significant activities of…

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4
American Legion Endowment Fund Corporation

The American Legion Endowment Fund provides financial support for the organization's Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation services and Children & Youth programs, including Temporary Financial Assistance in the form of cash grants to provide…

Public Benefit
5
American Legion Auxiliary Dept of Minnes

In the spirit of service, not self, the mission of the american legion auxiliary is to support the american legion and to honor the sacrifice of those who serve by enhancing the lives of our veterans, military, and their families, both at…

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6
The American Legion September 11 Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund

The September 11th Memorial Scholarship Trust provides higher education funds for any qualified applicant who lost a parent to death while serving in the active-duty military since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and those who…

Education
7
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States

The organization's purpose is to provide fraternal, patriotic, historical, and educational services; to preserve and strengthen comradeship among members; to assist worthy veterans; to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead, and to…

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8
Air & Space Forces Association

The air & space forces association (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. the association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. air and space forces as the foundation of a strong…

Education
9
Global Special Operations Forces Foundation Corporation
Education
10
Navy League of the United States Fort Lauderdale Council Inc

The navy league of the united states fort lauderdale council is a civilian organization that is military oriented, dedicated to the education of our citizens, including elected officials, it supports the men and women of the sea services…

Public Benefit
11
Soldiers of America
Human Services
12
Amvets (American Veterans)

Amvets is a veterans service organization whose members, having served or now serving in the u.s. armed forces, are united to uphold and defend the constitution of the united states; to safeguard the principles of freedom, liberty and…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Legion Depart of Florida Inc; the most unlike its peers is Memorial Day Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 14 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN LEGION DEPART OF FLORIDA INC: $1,875 · OtherAMERICAN LEGION DEPART OF FLORIDA INCCLIFFORD CHESTER SIMS STATE VETERANS NURSING HOME: $1,500 · OtherCLIFFORD CHESTER SIMS STATE VETERANS NURSING HOMECATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA: $1,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDATHE SALVATION ARMY: $1,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYGULF COAST COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $1,000 · OtherGULF COAST COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICAFEEDING GULF COAST INCORPORATED: $500 · OtherFEEDING GULF COAST INCORPORATEDKIWANIS INTERNATIONAL INC: $250 · OtherASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY: $1,599 · Public BenefitASSOCIATION OF …MEMORIAL DAY FOUNDATION: $100 · Public BenefitMEMORIAL DAY FO…The American Legion National Emergency Fund: $1,045 · PhilanthropyThe Ameri…Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentAIR FORCE ENLISTED VILLAGE INC: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterSPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc: $500 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $250 · Education
Other$7,125Public Benefit$1,699Philanthropy$1,045Youth Development$1,000Housing & Shelter$1,000Recreation & Sports$500Education$250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe American Legion National Emergency Fund: $1,045 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGULF COAST COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFlorida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAIR FORCE ENLISTED VILLAGE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL DAY FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE5.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization American Legion Post 235 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Legion Post 235. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 14 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record and reports $24k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2018, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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