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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPT OF MISSOURI.

Totals

Total revenue
$132,601
Total expenses
$136,533
Contributions and grants received
$3,010
Grants paid
$2,447
Program service revenue
$8,870
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$120,721
Total assets, end of year
$420,587
Total liabilities, end of year
$362
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$420,225
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,079
Management and general expenses
$129,454
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,079

Program services were 5.2% 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

    $3,010

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEAL RELATED FUNDRAISIN

    total $6,847 · related or exempt $6,847

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

    total $1,403 · related or exempt $1,403

  • 2c · Program service revenue: COMMUNITY CLEANINESS SV

    total $620 · related or exempt $620

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $3,158

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $3,158

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $3,158 · related or exempt $3,067 · unrelated business $91

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $14,496

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $28,991

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total -$14,495 · related or exempt -$14,495

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $200,253

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $68,195

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $132,058 · related or exempt $132,058

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,447 · program services $2,447

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $4,632 · program services $4,632

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $53,076 · management and general $53,076

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,323 · management and general $4,323

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,010 · management and general $1,010

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,708 · management and general $1,708

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $49,400 · management and general $49,400

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $806 · management and general $806

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $125 · management and general $125

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,198 · management and general $8,198

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,378 · management and general $4,378

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK AND MERCHANT CHARGES

    total $638 · management and general $638

  • 24b · Other expenses: BUSINESS REGISTRATION FEES

    total $181 · management and general $181

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $3,010 · management and general $3,010

  • 24d · Other expenses: PER CAPITA TAX

    total $43 · management and general $43

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,558 · management and general $2,558

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $18,761 · end of year $16,022

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,195

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

    $507,814

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

    $202,699

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $325,193 · end of year $305,115

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $78,008 · end of year $99,450

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $362

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $424,157 · end of year $420,587

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    end of year -$362

Mission and programs · 2024

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 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 COOKOFF WAS HELD FOR THIS FUNCTION.

    Expenses $5,139 · Revenue $6,847

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $1,320 · Revenue $1,403

  • 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. SCOTTER PROVIDED FOR DISABLED VETERAN.

    Expenses $620 · Revenue $620

As filed on the 2024 return. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Leon Kelsey

    POST COMMANDER AND BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Andy Jasso

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Warren Atchinson

    CHAPLAIN AND TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Jerry Zevecke

    JR VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Tom Finell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Jason Campbell

    QUARTERMASTER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Jim Cooper

    JUDGE ADVOCATE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Jed Cope

    SURGEON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Nancy Griego

    SR VICE AND SURGEON SERVICE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Steve Herrman

    ADJUTANT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

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
2024
Filed
9 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202601299349300225

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