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ROOD WILLIAMS POST NO 271 INC AMERICAN LEGION
ROOD WILLIAMS POST NO 271 INC AMERICAN LEGION (Florida) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being United Way of Palm Beach County Inc ($14,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $132k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $20k
- Net assets
- $293k
What Rood Williams Post No 271 Inc American Legion does
Mission
The american legion is a patriotic veterans organization devoted to mutual helpfulness. Committed to mentoring youth and sponsorship of wholesome programs in our communities, advocating patriotism and honor, promoting strong national security, and continued devotion to veterans
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Promotion of american legion sponsored ativities including coordination with other american legion posts and organiations such as warrior renewal coalition and standdown house which assist with housing and resources. Members visit the local va hospital to celebrate veterans birthdays. These gatherings show appreciation and offer companionship to long term residences. Service officers assist with disability claims and benefits
$114,378 spent100% of program spendingCasual help to assist members and veterans to support va hospital and local charities post 271 sponsors youth participation in boys state and girls state, makes annual donations of school supplies to local shools and provides military honors for funerals and patriotic events.
Portion of occupancy costs for members to gather, socialize, attend meetings, special events. Our charter was started in 1944 by 2 wwii veterans who are the namesake of the post. This building is more than a structure it is a gathering place for the community and a hub for vital services. The post also collects worn flags from the local community for patriotic disposal of unserviceable flags. Hold events that support local first responders and promotes americanism throughout the community.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $114,378.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $371k to $307k (−17%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 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
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $16k → $2k.
From the IRS filings of ROOD WILLIAMS POST NO 271 INC 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.
How concentrated its funding is
ROOD WILLIAMS POST NO 271 INC AMERICAN LEGION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% 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
70% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ROOD WILLIAMS POST NO 271 INC AMERICAN LEGION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 88% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
70% of ROOD WILLIAMS POST NO 271 INC AMERICAN LEGION's grant income comes from Florida 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.
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In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ROOD WILLIAMS POST NO 271 INC AMERICAN LEGION: 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 ROOD WILLIAMS POST NO 271 INC AMERICAN LEGION?
- ROOD WILLIAMS POST NO 271 INC AMERICAN LEGION (Florida) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being United Way of Palm Beach County Inc ($14,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ROOD WILLIAMS POST NO 271 INC AMERICAN LEGION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $20,000 in grants to ROOD WILLIAMS POST NO 271 INC AMERICAN LEGION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROOD WILLIAMS POST NO 271 INC AMERICAN LEGION?
- United Way of Palm Beach County Inc is the largest funder on record, with $14,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROOD WILLIAMS POST NO 271 INC AMERICAN LEGION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 2017–2025), 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