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AMERICAN LEGION

AMERICAN LEGION (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $108,871 to it, the largest being AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF OHIO CHARITIES INC ($108,871). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$191k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$109k
Net assets
$349k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 17%
01What it does

What American Legion does

Mission

American Legion Post 750 is a not-for-profit, patriotic, war-time veterans organization, devoted to mutual helpfulness and community service. Legion Programs serve veterans, their families, and others needing assistance in our community.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Promotion of fellowship and support among its members - Annual Ladies Night, Legion Birthday dinner, awards night for Legion members, funeral ceremonies for veterans, grave markers for veterans, Gifts for Yanks contributions, state and national American Legion functions, American Legion Riders, contributions to the Auxiliary and Sons of Legion Post 750 chapter, donations to veterans down on their luck.

    $8,597 spent
    15% of program spending
  2. Social Welfare for community youth - American Legion Buckeye boys and girls state, American Legion Baseball, Fort Frye Schools donations, Lowell community youth sports leagues, Special Olympics, LA Fire Department community Halloween Parade,

    $16,865 spent
    30% of program spending
  3. Social Welfare Activity for community members and organizations - Thanksgiving Dinners for seniors, Christmas Fruit Baskets for seniors, Lowell community flag display. LA-Adams Fire department, Lowell community general donations.

    $5,607 spent
    10% of program spending
  4. Grants to American Legion Department of Ohio Charities. This include funds generated through bingo paper ticket sales and Electronic Bingo machines.

    $25,199 spent
    45% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $56,268.

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 ($51k) Expenses 100 ($52k) Net assets 100 ($146k)2018 Revenue 99 ($51k) Expenses 117 ($60k) Net assets 94 ($136k)2019 Revenue 135 ($69k) Expenses 114 ($59k) Net assets 101 ($147k)2020 Revenue 270 ($139k) Expenses 203 ($105k) Net assets 124 ($180k)2021 Revenue 152 ($78k) Expenses 123 ($63k) Net assets 134 ($195k)2022 Revenue 187 ($96k) Expenses 159 ($82k) Net assets 144 ($209k)2023 Revenue 171 ($88k) Expenses 171 ($88k) Net assets 144 ($209k)2024 Revenue 275 ($142k) Expenses 201 ($104k) Net assets 170 ($247k)2025 Revenue 246 ($127k) Expenses 159 ($82k) Net assets 200 ($291k)2026 Revenue 371 ($191k) Expenses 256 ($132k) Net assets 240 ($349k)
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Revenue (371)Expenses (256)Net assets (240)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2025 to 2026, from $291k to $349k (+20%).

$146k
$136k
$147k
$180k
$195k
$209k
$209k
$247k
$291k
$349k
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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

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.

−$264
’17
−$9k
’18
$10k
’19
$34k
’20
$15k
’21
$14k
’22
$0
’23
$38k
’24
$44k
’25
$58k
’26
23
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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Listed3333333333
Joined·+1+2+1+0+1+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·121010000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $8k → $13k.

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

Left out of every figure on this page: $44k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest American Legion). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN LEGION raised.

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 Ohio funders.

OH

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

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’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

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.

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • The American Legion Department of Ohio · exempt

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds AMERICAN LEGION?
AMERICAN LEGION (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $108,871 to it, the largest being AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF OHIO CHARITIES INC ($108,871). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does AMERICAN LEGION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $108,871 in grants to AMERICAN LEGION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN LEGION?
AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF OHIO CHARITIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $108,871 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 Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing