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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPT OF MINNESOTA.

Totals

Total revenue
$323,352
Total expenses
$301,539
Contributions and grants received
$15,388
Grants paid
$10,756
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$307,964
Total assets, end of year
$294,366
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,501
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$280,865
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$0
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Program services were 0.0% 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

    $37

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $15,351

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $20,077

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $6,023

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $14,054

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $14,054 · related or exempt $7,027 · unrelated business $7,027

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $8,810

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,158

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $7,652 · unrelated business $3,826 · excluded $3,826

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $3,261,243

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $3,259,886

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $1,357 · related or exempt $678 · unrelated business $678

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $438,963

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $205,735

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $233,228 · related or exempt $116,614 · unrelated business $116,614

  • 11a · Other revenue: ERC Refund Includes Int

    total $51,673 · related or exempt $51,673

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $51,673

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $4,524

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $6,232

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $153,487

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,119

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $10,335

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,700

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $670

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $39,635

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $205

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,094

  • 24a · Other expenses: Music

    total $10,150

  • 24b · Other expenses: Repairs & Maint

    total $19,517

  • 24c · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $20,475

  • 24d · Other expenses: All Other - Misc

    total $3,396

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $40,511 · end of year $50,848

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $8,004 · end of year $10,000

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $23,507 · end of year $19,901

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

    $480,326

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

    $266,709

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $218,393 · end of year $213,617

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,293 · end of year $8,942

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $24,710 · end of year $4,559

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $258,412 · end of year $280,865

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

To maintain a a facility to be used by veterans of foreign wars to gather for social events and to conduct veteran related business.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To maintain a facility to be used by veterans of foreign wars to gather for social events and to conduct veteran related business

  • Social club operation for recreation and dining facilities to benefit veterans and their spouses.

  • Minnesota lawful gambling consisting of pull tabs, bingo, and paddle tickets, as well as eGaming and sports tipboards. Provides entertainment for veterans and their guests, and provides a source of revenue that pays for state allowed operating expenses and for donations to worthy causes.

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bruce Heil

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Matthew Kaszas

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Scott Bawek

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • David Staehlin

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Donald Pelton

    Sr Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dennis Mitchell

    Chaplain

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Melissa Phinney

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Yvonne Miller

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jordan Ales Jr

    Jr Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2025
Filed
12 March 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202600719349301610

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