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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPT OF MISSOURI.

Totals

Total revenue
$109,967
Total expenses
$91,206
Contributions and grants received
$904
Grants paid
$400
Program service revenue
$14,585
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$94,478
Total assets, end of year
$424,157
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$424,157
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,699
Management and general expenses
$81,507
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,699

Program services were 10.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $360

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $544

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEAL RELATED FUNDRAISIN

    total $4,231 · related or exempt $4,231

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FAMILY IN NEED SERVICES

    total $8,998 · related or exempt $8,998

  • 2c · Program service revenue: COMMUNITY CLEANINESS SV

    total $1,356 · related or exempt $1,356

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $2,189

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $1,976

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $213

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $213 · related or exempt $213

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $2,437

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $20,941

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total -$18,504 · related or exempt -$18,504

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $183,508

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $70,739

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $112,769 · related or exempt $112,769

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $400 · program services $400

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $9,299 · program services $9,299

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $24,225 · management and general $24,225

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,934 · management and general $1,934

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,445 · management and general $4,445

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $308 · management and general $308

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $680 · management and general $680

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $36,316 · management and general $36,316

  • 17 · Travel

    total $18 · management and general $18

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,197 · management and general $8,197

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,327 · management and general $4,327

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK AND MERCHANT CHARGES

    total $422 · management and general $422

  • 24b · Other expenses: BUSINESS REGISTRATION FEES

    total $582 · management and general $582

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS AND DUES

    total $53 · management and general $53

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $16,742 · end of year $18,761

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,863

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,195 · end of year $2,195

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $507,814

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $182,621

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $325,193 · end of year $325,193

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $53,403 · end of year $78,008

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $405,396 · end of year $424,157

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

VETERAN OF FOREIGN WARS POST 3976 MISSION IS TO PROMOTE VETERANS ADVOCACY, HISTORY, EDUCATION AND COMMEMORATION, ENCOURAGING NATIONAL SECURITY THROUGH SUPPORT OF OUR NATIONS MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM AND BY PROMOTING GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.

  • MEMBER FUNDRAISING INCLUDING MEALS PROVIDED OPERATING REVENUE AND HELPED TO ACHEIEVE VETERAN FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THOSE IN NEED. FUNDS WERE RAISED TO HELP THE FAMILIES IN THIS PROGRAM. BUDDY POPPIES WERE SOLD FOR THIS PURPOSE. FLAGS WERE PLACED IN THE SCHOOLS TO HLP FOSTER PATRIOTISM AMONG THE YOUTH AND SUPPORTING THE YOUTH OF AMERICA. CHRISTMAS STOCKING STUFFERS WERE ALSO PROVIDED AND CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR THE NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY WERE PLACED.

    Expenses $5,848 · Revenue $8,998

  • MEMBER FUNDRAISING MEALS PROVIDING OPERATING REVENUE AND HELPED TO ACHEIEVE HELPING OF VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN NEED. ALSO HELPED MEMBER FAMILIES WITH FINANCIAL HARDSHIP ISSUES. A HOG ROAST BBQ AND COOKOFFWAS HELD FOR THIS FUNCTION. ALSO A FUNDRAISER FOR A DECEASED MEMBER.

    Expenses $3,173 · Revenue $4,231

  • ALUMINUM CANS WERE COLLECTED AND THE BOY SCOUTS RECEIVED 1/2 OF THE REVENUE AS A SERVICE PROJECT. A VETERAN BIRTHDAY BASH WAS ALSO SPONSORED. FAMILIES WERE ADOPTED FOR CHRISTMAS.

    Expenses $678 · Revenue $1,356

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Warren Atchinson

    CHAPLAIN AND TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Jerry Zevecke

    JR VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Leon Kelsey

    POST COMMANDER AND BOARD MEMB

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Andy Jasso

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Nancy Griego

    SR VICE AND SURGEON SERVICE O

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
29 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511299349303266

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