California · Public charity
American Legion Post 283
AMERICAN LEGION POST 283 was organized to provide benefits for past and present members of the armed forces of the united states, as well as provide donations to charitable organizations.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 34
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 51
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 16%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $14,128
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $314,053
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 66
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $17M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 16% of the organizations American Legion Post 283 funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 34 | $1.1M | 35% |
| FY2023 | 51 | $1.2M | 16% |
| FY2022 | 55 | $1.1M | 18% |
| FY2021 | 54 | $1.1M | 39% |
| FY2020 | 42 | $1.7M | 31% |
| FY2019 | 66 | $1.4M | 100% |
| FY2017 | 22 | $1.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village for Vets | $398,098 | 6 | 5% |
| Palisades Americanism Parade Association | $210,000 | 7 | 38% |
| Homeless Not Toothless | $207,000 | 7 | 5% |
| New Directions Inc | $176,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Pepperdine University | $165,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels West | $165,000 | 7 | 4% |
| The California State Guard Foundation | $150,000 | 3 | 53% |
| Veterans in Media & Entertainment | $125,000 | 2 | 65% |
| Your Palisades Park Improvement Corporation | $97,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Heroes Movement | $80,000 | 7 | 13% |
Show all 43 grantees
Plus 109 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
American Legion Post 283 supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Annenberg Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Johnny Carson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Gary E Milgard Family Foundation-Lori · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · United Way Inc · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation
How this is measured
About American Legion Post 283
- How much does American Legion Post 283 give?
- American Legion Post 283 reported 34 itemized grants totaling $1,107,724, out of $1,142,724 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 66 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does American Legion Post 283 fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (52%), Education (8%), Public Safety & Disaster (7%).
- Who are American Legion Post 283's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Village for Vets ($398k), Palisades Americanism Parade Association ($210k), Homeless Not Toothless ($207k).
- Does American Legion Post 283 fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Legion Post 283?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, The Annenberg Foundation.
- Where is American Legion Post 283 based?
- American Legion Post 283 is based in CA.
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