California · Nonprofit
AMERICAN LEGION POST 136
AMERICAN LEGION POST 136 (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $89,400 to it, the largest being LEO A & MINTA L BRISCO FOUNDATION ($50,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $81k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $89k
- Net assets
- $245k
What American Legion Post 136 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 servicemembers and veterans.hundreds of local american legion programs and activities strengthen the nation one community at a time. American legion baseball is one of the nation's most successful amateur athletic programs educating young people about the importance of sportsmanship, citizenship and fitness. The operation comfort warriors program supports recovering wounded warriors and their families providing them with comfort items and the kind of support that makes a hospital feel a bit more like home. The legion also raises millions of dollars in donations at the local, state and national lev
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The american legion's success depends entirely on active membership, participation and volunteerism. The organization belongs to the people it serves and the communities in which it thrives.
$56,059 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $56,059.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2018 to 2019, from $10k to $226k (+2226%).
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.
93% of AMERICAN LEGION POST 136’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $5k → $17k.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN LEGION POST 136’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.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN LEGION POST 136 leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 67% · 2023 58% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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 POST 136's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
AMERICAN LEGION POST 136 runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,277 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,277 public benefit nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like AMERICAN LEGION POST 136
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN LEGION POST 136: 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 POST 136?
- AMERICAN LEGION POST 136 (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $89,400 to it, the largest being LEO A & MINTA L BRISCO FOUNDATION ($50,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN LEGION POST 136 have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $89,400 in grants to AMERICAN LEGION POST 136, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN LEGION POST 136?
- LEO A & MINTA L BRISCO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN LEGION POST 136 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 4 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