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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

Totals

Total revenue
$255,621
Total expenses
$446,021
Contributions and grants received
$184,943
Grants paid
$11,198
Program service revenue
$62,333
Investment income
$314
Other revenue
$8,031
Total assets, end of year
$681,280
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,565
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$677,715
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$359,165
Management and general expenses
$72,135
Fundraising expenses
$14,721
Program service expenses (Part III)
$359,165

Program services were 80.5% 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

    $73,780

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $111,163

  • 2a · Program service revenue: BASEBALL

    total $45,406 · related or exempt $45,406

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONVENTIONS

    total $16,927 · related or exempt $16,927

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $314 · excluded $314

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $4,010

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $4,010

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $4,010 · excluded $4,010

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $9,927

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $5,906

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $4,021 · excluded $4,021

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,170 · program services $3,170

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $8,028 · program services $8,028

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $52,690 · program services $52,690

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $33,776 · program services $33,776

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,101 · management and general $8,101

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,300 · management and general $6,300

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $847 · program services $847

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $25,145 · program services $6,980 · management and general $3,444 · fundraising $14,721

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,745 · program services $1,745

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,820 · management and general $8,820

  • 17 · Travel

    total $89,207 · program services $89,207

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $45,180 · program services $45,116 · management and general $64

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,016 · management and general $4,016

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $90,460 · program services $90,460

  • 24b · Other expenses: BOND EXPENSE

    total $29,420 · management and general $29,420

  • 24c · Other expenses: LEAGUE EXPENSES

    total $17,676 · program services $17,676

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS

    total $8,152 · management and general $8,152

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $13,288 · program services $9,470 · management and general $3,818

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $345,210 · end of year $199,470

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $37,077 · end of year $37,715

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $420,388 · end of year $444,095

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,054 · end of year $3,565

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $797,621 · end of year $677,715

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

VFW WAS ESTABLISHED TO ASSIST VETERANS. OUR MISSION IS TO FOSTER CAMARADERIE AMONG UNITED STATES VETERANS OF OVERSEAS CONFLICTS AND TO SERVE OUR VETERANS, THE MILITARY, AND OUR COMMUNITIES AND ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF ALL VETERANS. THE PURPOSES OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES ARE FRATERNAL, PATRIOTIC, HISTORICAL, CHARITABLE, AND EDUCATIONAL; TO PRESERVE AND STRENGTHEN COMRADESHIP AMONG ITS MEMBERS; TO ASSIST WORTHY COMRADES; TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY AND HISTORY OF OUR DEAD, AND TO ASSIST THEIR SURVIVING SPOUSES AND ORPHANS; TO MAINTAIN TRUE ALLEGIANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND FIDELITY TO ITS INSTITUTIONS OF AMERICAN FREEDOM, AND TO PRESERVE AND DEFEND THE UNITED STATES FROM ALL HER ENEMIES.

  • OPERATIONS ARE TO OVERSEE VARIOUS DISTRICT OFFICES AND POSTS. THE STATE VFW SPONSORS ACTIVITIES AND PASSES FUNDS TO THE FEDERAL ORGANIZATION.

    Expenses $299,451 · Grants $11,198 · Revenue $16,927

  • EACH SUMMER APPROXIMATELY 175 TEAMS AND OVER 2,625 PLAYERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE VFW BASEBALL PROGRAM STATE WIDE. EACH TOURNAMENT GAME IS REQUIRED TO HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCES AND THE VFW BASEBALL SPORTSMANSHIP CODE RECITED BY THE PLAYERS BEFORE THE GAME STARTS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO CREATE FELLOWSHIP, LEADERSHIP, AND TEAMWORK AMONG THE YOUTH OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

    Expenses $59,714 · Revenue $45,406

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Anna Arnold

    TREASURER/QM

    Total calculated
    $52,690
    From this org
    $52,690
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Glynis Collier

    COMMANDER (ENDED 06/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Dr Martin Christensen

    COMMANDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Rick Vandenhoek

    SR. VICE COMMANDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Dale Greenfield

    JR. COMMANDER (STARTED 06/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
8 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202602579349301690

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