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AMERICAN LEGION 27 BITTING-NORMAN

AMERICAN LEGION 27 BITTING-NORMAN (Nebraska) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,560 to it, the largest being GAGE COUNTY FOUNDATION INC ($6,560). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$498k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$7k
Net assets
$1.0M
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What American Legion 27 Bitting-Norman does

Mission

The american legion was chartered and incorporated by congress in 1919 as a patriotic veterans organization devoted to mutual helpfulness. It is the nations largest wartime veterans service organization, committed to mentoring youth and sponsorship of wholesome programs in our communities, advocating patriotism and honor, promoting strong national security, and continued devotion to our fellow servicemembers and veterans. The bitting-norman post conforms with the national constitution. Local american legion programs strengthen our community. American legion baseball is one of the nation's most successful amateur athletic programs, educating young people about the inportance of sportsmanship, citizenship and fitness. The legion also helps veterans and their families during times of need and provides college scholarship opportunities. The american legion is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization with great political influence perpetuated by its grass-roots involvement in the legislat

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Programs

  1. American legion baseball

    $14,821 spent
    97% of program spending
  2. Scholarships to youth

    $500 spent
    3% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $15,321.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($223k) Expenses 100 ($194k) Net assets 100 ($417k)2018 Revenue 108 ($240k) Expenses 97 ($188k) Net assets 113 ($469k)2019 Revenue 119 ($266k) Expenses 101 ($197k) Net assets 129 ($538k)2020 Revenue 132 ($295k) Expenses 118 ($228k) Net assets 146 ($607k)2021 Revenue 175 ($389k) Expenses 142 ($275k) Net assets 176 ($734k)2022 Revenue 152 ($339k) Expenses 155 ($300k) Net assets 184 ($767k)2023 Revenue 196 ($438k) Expenses 161 ($311k) Net assets 216 ($898k)2024 Revenue 177 ($394k) Expenses 221 ($429k) Net assets 209 ($871k)2025 Revenue 231 ($516k) Expenses 209 ($404k) Net assets 238 ($991k)2026 Revenue 223 ($498k) Expenses 240 ($465k) Net assets 248 ($1.0M)
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Revenue (223)Expenses (240)Net assets (248)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $769k to $901k (+17%).

$418k
$471k
$564k
$609k
$736k
$769k
$901k
$872k
$993k
$1.0M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.

$29k
’17
$53k
’18
$70k
’19
$67k
’20
$114k
’21
$39k
’22
$127k
’23
−$35k
’24
$112k
’25
$32k
’26
7.9
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

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Listed999101011111199
Joined·+2+2+3+0+2+3+0+0+0
No longer listed·222013020
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of AMERICAN LEGION 27 BITTING-NORMAN’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 AMERICAN LEGION 27 BITTING-NORMAN's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.

NE

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like AMERICAN LEGION 27 BITTING-NORMAN

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 Nebraska

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Governance

9
board members
67%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds AMERICAN LEGION 27 BITTING-NORMAN?
AMERICAN LEGION 27 BITTING-NORMAN (Nebraska) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,560 to it, the largest being GAGE COUNTY FOUNDATION INC ($6,560). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does AMERICAN LEGION 27 BITTING-NORMAN have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,560 in grants to AMERICAN LEGION 27 BITTING-NORMAN.
Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN LEGION 27 BITTING-NORMAN?
GAGE COUNTY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,560 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like AMERICAN LEGION 27 BITTING-NORMAN find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nebraska. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), 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