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American Legion Karl Ross Post No 16 Inc

American Legion Karl Ross Post No 16 Inc (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being MILDRED LUCK LEWIS FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$146k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$5k
Net assets
$609k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What American Legion Karl Ross Post No 16 Inc does

Mission

To enhance the well being of Americas Veterans, their families, our military, and our community by our devotion to mutual helfulness

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Program

  1. Military Post Non-Profit Organization sole purpose to enhance the well being of Americas Veterans, their families, our military, and our communities by our devotion to mutual helpfullnes.

    $74,199 spentof which $1,843 as grants$88,008 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $74,199.

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 ($77k) Expenses 100 ($99k) Net assets 100 ($141k)2018 Revenue 92 ($70k) Expenses 64 ($63k) Net assets 88 ($124k)2019 Revenue 106 ($82k) Expenses 62 ($61k) Net assets 104 ($146k)2020 Revenue 77 ($59k) Expenses 69 ($69k) Net assets 97 ($136k)2021 Revenue 170 ($130k) Expenses 90 ($89k) Net assets 271 ($383k)2022 Revenue 76 ($58k) Expenses 76 ($76k) Net assets 258 ($364k)2023 Revenue 144 ($110k) Expenses 102 ($102k) Net assets 264 ($373k)2024 Revenue 614 ($471k) Expenses 92 ($92k) Net assets 402 ($567k)2025 Revenue 484 ($371k) Expenses 211 ($210k) Net assets 394 ($555k)2026 Revenue 190 ($146k) Expenses 75 ($74k) Net assets 432 ($609k)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26
Revenue (190)Expenses (75)Net assets (432)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $373k to $665k (+78%).

$145k
$129k
$146k
$239k
$383k
$364k
$373k
$665k
$731k
$691k
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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: 2024 80% · 2025 71% · 2026 56%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.

−$23k
’17
$7k
’18
$20k
’19
−$10k
’20
$41k
’21
−$17k
’22
$9k
’23
$380k
’24
$162k
’25
$71k
’26
12
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.

202420252026
Listed455
Joined·+1+0
No longer listed·00
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

Funder
'17
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of American Legion Karl Ross Post No 16 Inc’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 Karl Ross Post No 16 Inc's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

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 Karl Ross Post No 16 Inc

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 California

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for American Legion Karl Ross Post No 16 Inc: 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 Karl Ross Post No 16 Inc?
American Legion Karl Ross Post No 16 Inc (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being MILDRED LUCK LEWIS FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does American Legion Karl Ross Post No 16 Inc have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,000 in grants to American Legion Karl Ross Post No 16 Inc.
Who is the largest funder of American Legion Karl Ross Post No 16 Inc?
MILDRED LUCK LEWIS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like American Legion Karl Ross Post No 16 Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 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