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THE AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF NC INC

THE AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF NC INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,090 to it, the largest being CHIVE CHARITIES ($41,090). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.0M
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$51k
Net assets
$3.8M
0/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What The American Legion Department of Nc Inc does

Mission

To promote the social welfare of the community; to assist disabled war veterans and members of the united states armed forces; to carry on programs to perpetuate the memory of deceased veterans and members of the armed forces; to conduct programs for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes; to sponsor or participate in activities of a patriotic nature; and to provide social and recreational activities for our members

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Youth programs - sporting activities, participatory government education programs, mentoring activities fund drives for community betterment, safety programs and school related activites

  2. Conferences and various meetings which enhance member awareness of departmental issues and encourage networking

  3. Members are provided various publications which keep them informed of matters pertinent to the department

  4. Membership and correspondence for the sons of the american legion

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

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 ($961k) Expenses 100 ($1.1M) Net assets 100 ($1.9M)2018 Revenue 104 ($995k) Expenses 126 ($1.4M) Net assets 78 ($1.5M)2019 Revenue 413 ($4.0M) Expenses 117 ($1.3M) Net assets 222 ($4.1M)2020 Revenue 76 ($729k) Expenses 98 ($1.1M) Net assets 204 ($3.8M)2021 Revenue 95 ($909k) Expenses 80 ($891k) Net assets 209 ($3.9M)2022 Revenue 104 ($998k) Expenses 83 ($924k) Net assets 199 ($3.7M)2023 Revenue 78 ($751k) Expenses 90 ($1.0M) Net assets 193 ($3.6M)2024 Revenue 97 ($933k) Expenses 78 ($863k) Net assets 203 ($3.8M)2025 Revenue 106 ($1.0M) Expenses 87 ($968k) Net assets 207 ($3.8M)
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Revenue (106)Expenses (87)Net assets (207)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $1.7M to $4.3M (+159%).

$2.0M
$1.7M
$4.3M
$4.0M
$4.0M
$3.9M
$3.7M
$3.9M
$4.0M
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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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$153k
’17
−$409k
’18
$2.7M
’19
−$366k
’20
$18k
’21
$74k
’22
−$249k
’23
$69k
’24
$54k
’25
13
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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Listed393637363537615860
Joined·+19+15+13+4+22+35+21+23
No longer listed·221414520112421
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'17
'25*
total
Chive Charitiesunclassified
$41k
funders
2
1

From the IRS filings of THE AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF NC INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 2 of 3 funders by total. 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

THE AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF NC INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% 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

100% 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 THE AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF NC INC.

80%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

“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

THE AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF NC INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 2 states in all.

KY
TX

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 THE AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF NC 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 North Carolina

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Governance

35
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 2 related entities

  • The American Legion National Convention Corporation of Nc Inc · exempt
  • The American Legion Department of North Carolina Charities Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF NC INC?
THE AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF NC INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,090 to it, the largest being CHIVE CHARITIES ($41,090). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF NC INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $51,090 in grants to THE AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF NC INC.
Who is the largest funder of THE AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF NC INC?
CHIVE CHARITIES is the largest funder on record, with $41,090 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF NC INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 3 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