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American Legion Post 165

American Legion Post 165 (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $669,764 to it, the largest being AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF OHIO CHARITIES INC ($669,764). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$408k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$670k
Net assets
$771k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 68%
01What it does

What American Legion Post 165 does

Mission

For God and Country, we uphold the Constitution of the US, law & order, preserve the memories of our Veterans, be involved in the community, promote peace and goodwill, safeguard and transmit principles of justice, freedom, & democracy, and helpfulness to our community & others.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. American Legions provide assistance and General Welfare of Veterans in the VA and other participation in National programs, as well as other programs for other members in our communities. For Example, March of Dimes, Cancer Society, local groups and schools.

    $174,202 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $174,202.

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 ($247k) Expenses 100 ($198k) Net assets 100 ($711k)2018 Revenue 45 ($113k) Expenses 92 ($181k) Net assets 101 ($718k)2019 Revenue 58 ($143k) Expenses 114 ($226k) Net assets 90 ($643k)2020 Revenue 52 ($130k) Expenses 81 ($159k) Net assets 104 ($739k)2021 Revenue 54 ($133k) Expenses 98 ($193k) Net assets 103 ($732k)2022 Revenue 31 ($76k) Expenses 102 ($202k) Net assets 95 ($677k)2023 Revenue 75 ($184k) Expenses 104 ($205k) Net assets 95 ($672k)2024 Revenue 165 ($408k) Expenses 141 ($279k) Net assets 108 ($771k)
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Revenue (165)Expenses (141)Net assets (108)

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 $672k to $771k (+15%).

$714k
$724k
$650k
$745k
$732k
$677k
$672k
$771k
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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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$50k
’17
−$68k
’18
−$83k
’19
−$29k
’20
−$60k
’21
−$126k
’22
−$21k
’23
$129k
’24
19
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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Listed87775868
Joined·+1+0+0+0+3+2+7
No longer listed·2002045
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $35k → $82k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of American Legion Post 165’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 Post 165's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

OH

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’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 Post 165

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

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

62% of spending goes to programs.

Program 62%Management 38%Fundraising 0%

Governance

200
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OH

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for American Legion Post 165: 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 165?
American Legion Post 165 (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $669,764 to it, the largest being AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF OHIO CHARITIES INC ($669,764). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does American Legion Post 165 have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $669,764 in grants to American Legion Post 165, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of American Legion Post 165?
AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF OHIO CHARITIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $669,764 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like American Legion Post 165 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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