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VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATE DEPT

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATE DEPT (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,306,149 to it, the largest being LEGUM FOUNDATION INC ($4,306,149). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$178k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$4.3M
Net assets
$484k
1/1 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United State Dept does

Mission

To provide activities to honor veterans

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Provided services for funerals of veterans, delivered food to homebound veterans, provided flags for deceased veterans, promoted patriotism, donated fund to various nonprofit organizations

    $154,071 spentof which $18,781 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $154,071.

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 ($103k) Expenses 100 ($80k) Net assets 100 ($272k)2018 Revenue 129 ($132k) Expenses 140 ($112k) Net assets 106 ($289k)2019 Revenue 132 ($135k) Expenses 125 ($100k) Net assets 120 ($327k)2020 Revenue 115 ($118k) Expenses 85 ($68k) Net assets 139 ($378k)2021 Revenue 107 ($109k) Expenses 123 ($98k) Net assets 143 ($389k)2022 Revenue 51 ($52k) Expenses 142 ($113k) Net assets 120 ($328k)2023 Revenue 249 ($255k) Expenses 274 ($219k) Net assets 134 ($364k)2024 Revenue 257 ($263k) Expenses 205 ($164k) Net assets 170 ($464k)2025 Revenue 173 ($178k) Expenses 197 ($157k) Net assets 178 ($484k)
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Revenue (173)Expenses (197)Net assets (178)

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 $369k to $468k (+27%).

$275k
$294k
$331k
$381k
$393k
$331k
$369k
$468k
$489k
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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

Government-grant reliance: 2021 9% · 2023 29% · 2024 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$23k
’17
$20k
’18
$35k
’19
$51k
’20
$11k
’21
−$61k
’22
$37k
’23
$100k
’24
$20k
’25
25
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Listed121113131313111111
Joined·+1+4+1+3+3+0+3+0
No longer listed·22133230
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1.1M → $375k.

Funder
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
$4.3M
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATE DEPT’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 OF THE UNITED STATE DEPT's grant income comes from Maryland funders.

MD

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

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Maryland 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 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATE DEPT

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 Maryland

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
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 OF THE UNITED STATE DEPT?
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATE DEPT (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,306,149 to it, the largest being LEGUM FOUNDATION INC ($4,306,149). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATE DEPT have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $4,306,149 in grants to VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATE DEPT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATE DEPT?
LEGUM FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,306,149 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATE DEPT find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 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