Iowa · Nonprofit
AMERICAN LEGION
AMERICAN LEGION (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being MISSOURI RIVER HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT INC ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $30k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $15k
- Net assets
- $36k
What American Legion 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 nation's 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 service members and veterans.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Thunder on the Missouri motorcycle rally and ride to honor the sacrifice veterans lost in service to the United States
$287 spentof which $1,100 as grants16% of program spendingProvision of military honors at funerals of local veterans throughout the year
$897 spent50% of program spendingSponsorship of Boys State scholarship
$600 spentof which $600 as grants34% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $1,784.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $136k to $19k (−86%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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 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 Iowa 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.
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 Iowa
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 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 (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being MISSOURI RIVER HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT INC ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN LEGION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $15,000 in grants to AMERICAN LEGION.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN LEGION?
- MISSOURI RIVER HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 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 Iowa. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), 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