Indiana · Nonprofit
INDIANA AMERICAN LEGION FOUNDATION INC
INDIANA AMERICAN LEGION FOUNDATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $103,470 to it, the largest being MCHALE PAST COM SCHOLARSHP TRUST ($92,870). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $535k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $103k
- Net assets
- $3.0M
What Indiana American Legion Foundation Inc does
Mission
To receive and administer funds for the charitable support of the activities and programs of veterans organizations duly qualified under code section 501(c)(19) or corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The indiana american legion legacy foundation, inc. Is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to provide a tax-deductible charitable organization to benefit the american legion department of indiana
$505,957 spentof which $418,973 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $505,957.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $594k to $3.0M (+399%).
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.
88% of INDIANA AMERICAN LEGION FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $91k → $2k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $978k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American Legion Department of Indiana). These are real filings, and they are not money INDIANA AMERICAN LEGION FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of INDIANA AMERICAN LEGION FOUNDATION 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.
How concentrated its funding is
INDIANA AMERICAN LEGION FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2020 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“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
INDIANA AMERICAN LEGION FOUNDATION INC draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside Indiana, across 2 states in all.
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
INDIANA AMERICAN LEGION FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like INDIANA AMERICAN LEGION FOUNDATION 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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Hoosier Boys State · exempt
- American Legion Department of Indiana · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INDIANA AMERICAN LEGION FOUNDATION 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 INDIANA AMERICAN LEGION FOUNDATION INC?
- INDIANA AMERICAN LEGION FOUNDATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $103,470 to it, the largest being MCHALE PAST COM SCHOLARSHP TRUST ($92,870). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INDIANA AMERICAN LEGION FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $103,470 in grants to INDIANA AMERICAN LEGION FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INDIANA AMERICAN LEGION FOUNDATION INC?
- MCHALE PAST COM SCHOLARSHP TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $92,870 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INDIANA AMERICAN LEGION FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 2 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