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← VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF WISCONSIN

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF WISCONSIN.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,035,799
Total expenses
$1,104,305
Contributions and grants received
$366,933
Grants paid
$129,773
Program service revenue
$370,186
Investment income
$20,799
Other revenue
$277,881
Total assets, end of year
$1,487,830
Total liabilities, end of year
$38,408
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,449,422
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $17,224

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $2,350

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $347,359

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ANNUAL DUES

    total $145,697 · related or exempt $145,697

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SERVICE OFFICE

    total $101,877 · related or exempt $101,877

  • 2c · Program service revenue: QUARTERMASTER BOND REVENUE

    total $70,283 · related or exempt $70,283

  • 2d · Program service revenue: WISCONSIN VFW CONVENTION

    total $39,308 · related or exempt $39,308

  • 2e · Program service revenue: WI VFW NEWS

    total $10,191 · related or exempt $10,191

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $2,830 · related or exempt $2,830

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $20,799 · excluded $20,799

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $47,557

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $17,224

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $50,763

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$3,206 · excluded -$3,206

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $327,890

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $123,031

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $204,859 · excluded $204,859

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $209

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $2,297

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$2,088 · excluded -$2,088

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $78,316 · excluded $78,316

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $78,316

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $21,226

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $108,547

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $156,511

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $326,391

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $8,200

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $10,199

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $17,894

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,613

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $3,375

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,056

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $31,325

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $41,363

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,828

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,213

  • 17 · Travel

    total $114,759

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $42,330

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,849

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,304

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLICATIO

    total $94,139

  • 24b · Other expenses: QUARTERMASTER BOND EXPE

    total $51,659

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $24,524

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $152,331 · end of year $82,165

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $425,496 · end of year $347,069

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $101,877

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,821 · end of year $0

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

    $487,460

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

    $110,146

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $386,163 · end of year $377,314

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $279,767 · end of year $314,662

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $50 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $260,113 · end of year $264,743

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,242 · end of year $22,760

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $15,850 · end of year $15,648

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $915,270 · end of year $920,334

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $566,379 · end of year $529,088

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF THIS CORPORATION SHALL BE 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 WIDOWS AND ORPHANS; TO MAINTAIN TRUE ALLEGIANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND FIDELITY TO ITS CONSTITUTION AND LAWS; TO FOSTER TRUE PATRIOTISM; TO MAINTAIN AND EXTEND THE INSTITUTIONS OF AMERICAN FREEDOM; AND TO PRESERVE AND DEFEND THE UNITED STATES FROM ALL HER ENEMIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE THE PRINCIPLES OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES. THESE OBJECTIVES 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 CONSTITUTION AND LAWS; TO FOSTER TRUE PATRIOTISM; TO MAINTAIN AND EXTEND THE INSTITUTIONS OF AMERICAN FREEDOM, AND TO PRESERVE AND DEFEND THE UNITED STATES FROM ALL ENEMIES.

  • TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN COOPERATION AND COORDINATION OF EFFORTS BETWEEN ALL POSTS WITHIN WISCONSIN TO CARRY OUT NATIONAL AND DEPARTMENT ORDERS, PROGRAMS, AND POLICIES.

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Adam Wallace

    STATE ADJUTANT

    Total calculated
    $61,186
    From this org
    $58,786
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,400
    Hours/week
    40

  • Thomas Heath

    STATE QUARTERMASTER

    Total calculated
    $90,852
    From this org
    $86,168
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,684
    Hours/week
    40 + 0.1 related

  • Ron Ramos

    STATE COMMANDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.1 related

  • Michele Rathke

    IMMEDIATE PAST DEPT COMMANDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.1 related

  • Mary Ann Christopherson

    STATE SR VICE COMMANDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6 + 0.1 related

  • Ty Letto

    STATE JR VICE COMMANDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.1 related

  • Ilein Taipe

    STATE CHAPLAIN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Angela Thomsen

    STATE SURGEON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mitch Cline

    STATE CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Manuel Salas

    1ST DISTRICT COMMANDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Karen Singer

    2ND DISTRICT COMMANDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Carla McAndrew

    3RD DISTRICT COMMANDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Donald Lynch

    4TH DISTRICT COMMANDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Robert Buehler

    6TH DISTRICT COMMANDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Doug Mauritz

    7TH DISTRICT COMMANDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Aaron Volling

    8TH DISTRICT COMMANDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Randy Engness

    9TH DISTRICT COMMANDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Georg Cusick

    10TH DISTRICT COMMANDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Willie Stokes

    11TH DISTRICT COMMANDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • George Stoeber

    JUDGE ADVOCATE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.1 related

  • Leroy Jansky

    INSPECTOR

    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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • WISCONSIN VFW FOUNDATION INC

    501(C)(3) · TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF THE DEPT OF WI VFW OF THE UNITED STATES · WI · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by DEPARTMENT OF WISCONSIN OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
3 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202520989349301917

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