Indiana · Public charity
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 which include free benefits counseling, education (continued on schedule O)
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2023
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $40k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $116M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The American Legion funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 1 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $575k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $140k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $30k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $355k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Legion Endowment Fund Corporation | $500,000 | 1 | 11% |
| United States Foundation for the Commemoration of World Wars | $293,957 | 1 | 4% |
| Cleveland County ALWS Baseball | $180,000 | 2 | 19% |
| Operation Democracy Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Legiondepartment of Virginia | $30,000 | 1 | 4% |
| American Overseas Memorial Day Association Inc | $5,725 | 1 | n/a |
| American Legion Child Welfare Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About The American Legion
- How much does The American Legion give?
- The American Legion reported 1 itemized grants totaling $40,000, out of $2,067,079 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The American Legion fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Human Services (47%), Arts & Culture (26%), Recreation & Sports (16%).
- Who are The American Legion's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: American Legion Endowment Fund Corporation ($500k), United States Foundation for the Commemoration of World Wars ($294k), Cleveland County ALWS Baseball ($180k).
- Does The American Legion fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The American Legion?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Legion Charities Inc.
- Where is The American Legion based?
- The American Legion is based in IN.
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