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AMERICAN LEGION

AMERICAN LEGION (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $183,749 to it, the largest being AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF OHIO CHARITIES INC ($183,749). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$164k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$184k
Net assets
$178k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 14%
01What it does

What American Legion does

Mission

Community Service for children and youth programs churches and local supportive agencies pertaining to veterans.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Elementary School supplies

    $4,000 spent
    57% of program spending

  2. Veterans health education

    $3,000 spent
    43% of program spending

  3. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,000.

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 ($126k) Expenses 100 ($103k) Net assets 100 ($198k)2021 Revenue 80 ($100k) Expenses 95 ($99k) Net assets 69 ($136k)2022 Revenue 77 ($96k) Expenses 93 ($96k) Net assets 69 ($136k)2023 Revenue 130 ($164k) Expenses 118 ($122k) Net assets 90 ($178k)
2017202120222023
Revenue (130)Expenses (118)Net assets (90)

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 $136k to $178k (+30%).

$198k
$141k
$136k
$178k
2017202120222023
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
2021
2022
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$22k
’17
$1k
’21
$0
’22
$41k
’23
8.9
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.

2017202120222023
Listed4333
Joined··+0+2
No longer listed··02
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $12k → $20k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of AMERICAN 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 AMERICAN LEGION's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

OH

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’21
’22
’23
Ohio out of state home

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

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 Ohio

American Legion 459 Atwood-Mauck77%American Legion Saner Post 22877%American Legion 678 Willowick-Eastlake75%American Legion Post 43175%American Legion Jeromesville Post 74975%Leland M Barnett Post 123 the American Legion75%American Legion Post 20074%American Legion AEEEW Post 37374%

Nationally

American Legion Post 011381%American Legion 659 Bellizzi Macrae79%American Legion 403 Austin L Grove Inc78%American Legion 459 Atwood-Mauck77%Grantsville Post No 214 the American Legion Inc77%American Legion 95 William E Blair77%American Legion Roy L Vingers Post 5277%
05Profile & governance

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

Governance

4
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN 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 AMERICAN LEGION?
AMERICAN LEGION (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $183,749 to it, the largest being AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF OHIO CHARITIES INC ($183,749). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does AMERICAN LEGION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $183,749 in grants to AMERICAN LEGION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN LEGION?
AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF OHIO CHARITIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $183,749 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like AMERICAN LEGION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), 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