South Carolina · Nonprofit
AMERCIAN LEGION
AMERCIAN LEGION (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $23,880 to it, the largest being PALMETTO ELECTRIC TRUST ($23,880). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $23k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $24k
- Net assets
- $9k
What Amercian Legion does
Mission
Support Boys State Program, Junior ROTC, Wreaths Across America and recognize those who have served during war or conflict.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Sent multiple high school age students to Boys State events to teach about civic pride and the function of Government. Sent additional students to Leadership Academy .
$4,897 spentof which $5,800 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $4,897.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $5k to $9k (+82%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
27% of AMERCIAN LEGION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of AMERCIAN LEGION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of AMERCIAN LEGION's grant income comes from South Carolina funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMERCIAN LEGION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,247 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,247 public benefit nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like AMERCIAN LEGION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERCIAN LEGION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERCIAN LEGION?
- AMERCIAN LEGION (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $23,880 to it, the largest being PALMETTO ELECTRIC TRUST ($23,880). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERCIAN LEGION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $23,880 in grants to AMERCIAN LEGION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERCIAN LEGION?
- PALMETTO ELECTRIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $23,880 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERCIAN LEGION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing