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AMERICAN LEGION POST 431

AMERICAN LEGION POST 431 (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $290,012 to it, the largest being AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF OHIO CHARITIES INC ($290,012). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$167k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$290k
Net assets
$241k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 44%
01What it does

What American Legion Post 431 does

Mission

The american legion is 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 community, advocating patriotism and honor, promoting strong national security, and continued devotion to our fellow servicemembers and veterans.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The american legion is 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 community, advocating patriotism and honor, promoting strong national security, and continued devotion to our fellow servicemembers and veterans.

    $55,878 spent
    57% of program spending

  2. The american legion is 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 community, advocating patriotism and honor, promoting strong national security, and continued devotion to our fellow servicemembers and veterans.

    $32,284 spent
    33% of program spending

  3. The american legion is 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 community, advocating patriotism and honor, promoting strong national security, and continued devotion to our fellow servicemembers and veterans.

    $4,171 spent
    4% of program spending

  4. The american legion is 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 community, advocating patriotism and honor, promoting strong national security, and continued devotion to our fellow servicemembers and veterans.

    $6,247 spent
    6% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $98,580.

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 ($81k) Expenses 100 ($75k) Net assets 100 ($145k)2018 Revenue 89 ($73k) Expenses 91 ($68k) Net assets 103 ($149k)2019 Revenue 84 ($69k) Expenses 97 ($72k) Net assets 101 ($146k)2020 Revenue 80 ($65k) Expenses 80 ($60k) Net assets 104 ($151k)2021 Revenue 113 ($92k) Expenses 114 ($85k) Net assets 109 ($158k)2022 Revenue 116 ($94k) Expenses 113 ($85k) Net assets 115 ($167k)2023 Revenue 128 ($104k) Expenses 129 ($97k) Net assets 120 ($175k)2024 Revenue 205 ($167k) Expenses 135 ($101k) Net assets 166 ($241k)
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Revenue (205)Expenses (135)Net assets (166)

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 $179k to $245k (+37%).

$146k
$151k
$147k
$153k
$159k
$168k
$179k
$245k
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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

Government-grant reliance: 2020 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$7k
’17
$4k
’18
−$3k
’19
$5k
’20
$6k
’21
$9k
’22
$7k
’23
$66k
’24
14
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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Listed999810888
Joined·+0+1+0+2+1+0+0
No longer listed·0110300
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $17k → $46k.

Funder
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'20
'21
'22
'23
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'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of AMERICAN LEGION POST 431’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 431's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

OH

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

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’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 431

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 Fairfield Post 1187%American Legion Saner Post 22886%American Legion Post 29086%American Legion Post 68 Wooster84%Amerian Legion Post 36084%American Legion Post 43 Clifford Thompson84%American Legion Post 420 Po Box 16784%American Legion Post 28684%

Nationally

Rood Williams Post No 271 Inc American Legion88%American Legion Post 11988%American Legion Post #3087%American Legion Fairfield Post 1187%American Legion Post 26187%American Legion Post 201 of the American Legion Inc87%American Legion Post 491 Hesley Jensen87%American Legion Saner Post 22886%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

146
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 POST 431: 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 431?
AMERICAN LEGION POST 431 (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $290,012 to it, the largest being AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF OHIO CHARITIES INC ($290,012). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does AMERICAN LEGION POST 431 have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $290,012 in grants to AMERICAN LEGION POST 431, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN LEGION POST 431?
AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF OHIO CHARITIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $290,012 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like AMERICAN LEGION POST 431 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