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VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT HARRY E ANDERSON VFW POST 9545

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT HARRY E ANDERSON VFW POST 9545 (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being WOMEN'S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$801k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$20k
Net assets
$1.3M
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What Veterans of Foreign Wars Department Harry E Anderson VFW Post 9545 does

Mission

To support veterans in need and other veteran organizations, sponsor patriotic activities and provided social and recreational activities for mebers and their families

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Provided youth scholarships and patriotic contests

  2. Provided financial and non-cash support to other veteran organizations

  3. Provided financial assistance to Head Strong a suiside awareness and prevention program for veterans.

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($414k) Expenses 100 ($434k) Net assets 100 ($1.3M)2022 Revenue 157 ($650k) Expenses 140 ($607k) Net assets 103 ($1.4M)2023 Revenue 159 ($656k) Expenses 157 ($681k) Net assets 101 ($1.4M)2024 Revenue 178 ($738k) Expenses 171 ($741k) Net assets 101 ($1.3M)2025 Revenue 194 ($801k) Expenses 193 ($836k) Net assets 98 ($1.3M)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (194)Expenses (193)Net assets (98)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.3M to $1.4M (+3%).

$1.3M
$1.4M
$1.4M
$1.3M
$1.3M
20212022202320242025
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2024 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$20k
’21
$43k
’22
−$25k
’23
−$4k
’24
−$36k
’25
8.4
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.

20212022202320242025
Listed77778
Joined·+1+1+1+2
No longer listed·1111
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

Funder
'21
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT HARRY E ANDERSON VFW POST 9545’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 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT HARRY E ANDERSON VFW POST 9545's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL

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 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT HARRY E ANDERSON VFW POST 9545

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In Illinois

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Governance

7
board members
86%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT HARRY E ANDERSON VFW POST 9545?
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT HARRY E ANDERSON VFW POST 9545 (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being WOMEN'S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT HARRY E ANDERSON VFW POST 9545 have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,000 in grants to VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT HARRY E ANDERSON VFW POST 9545.
Who is the largest funder of VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT HARRY E ANDERSON VFW POST 9545?
WOMEN'S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT HARRY E ANDERSON VFW POST 9545 find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2021–2025), 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