Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by AMERICAN LEGION.

Totals

Total revenue: $36,578
Total expenses: $22,002
Contributions and grants received: $0
Grants paid: $10,000
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $35,135
Other revenue: $1,443
Total assets, end of year: $868,421
Total liabilities, end of year: $0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $868,421
Program services expenses (Part IX): $0
Management and general expenses: $0
Fundraising expenses: $0
Program service expenses (Part III): $4,429

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.

3 · Investment income

total $35,135 · related or exempt $35,135 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
5 · Royalties

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $0 · personal property $0
7c · Gain or loss

securities $0 · other assets $0
11d · All other revenue

total $1,443 · related or exempt $1,443 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11e · Other revenue, total

$1,443

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $10,000
4 · Benefits paid to or for members

total $1,850
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $365
13 · Office expenses

total $1,314
14 · Information technology

total $84
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $2,737
23 · Insurance

total $1,223
24e · All other expenses

total $4,429

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $853,845 · end of year $868,421
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
7 · Other notes and loans receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
13 · Investments: program-related

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
14 · Intangible assets

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
18 · Grants payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $0
29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

beginning of year $853,845 · end of year $868,421
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 $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

To support The American Legion in its efforts to help veterans and their families, we are committed to the mentoring and sponsorship of youth programs in our communities, advocating patriotism and honor, promoting a strong national security, and continued devotion to our fellow service members and their families.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To support the American Legion in it's efforts to help veterans and their families. We are committed to the mentoring and sponsorship of youth programs in our community, advocating patriotism and honor, promoting a strong national security, and continued devotion to our fellow service members and veterans.

Baseball is a program of the American Legion, we sponsor a junior team for players 17 years old and under. This team is geared for the serious player who intends to play baseball at the collegiate level. American Legion Baseball is also a champion of equality, making teammates out of young athletes from all socioeconomic backgrounds. The program has been a stepping stone to adulthood for millions of young people who would go on to serve their country, raise families or play the sport at the highest levels.

Expenses $3,679
Boys State is a program of the American Legion developed from the concept that youth should be offered a better perspective of the practical operation of government: that the individual is an integral part and commensurately responsible for the character and success of their government. As such, it is an activity of high educational value, born of a need for youth training in practical citizenship. To elaborate Boys State is easily classified as a leadership action program where qualified male high school juniors take part in a practical government course designed to develop in the young citizen a working knowledge of the structure of government, it is an objective citizenship training program.

Expenses $750
The American Legion, Department of Massachusetts sponsors a Student Trooper Program in cooperation with the Massachusetts State Police Academy. The goal is to recruit youths representing all communities and cultural backgrounds and to increase their understanding of the job of police officers. The program is designed to expose young adults to the demands of policy training and to develop better relationships with the police that serve our communities. The program is an intensive one week, residential learning experience for young adults.
Massachusetts Girls State is a program of the American Legion Auxiliary, it is a non partisan civics program aimed at providing students with an intensive week of studying responsible citizenship, government and leadership through through experiential learning. Participants learn the importance of local and state government, how to apply this knowledge to become a participating citizen of their community, the foundation of our government and the importance of supporting our veterans.

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

Richard Dermarderosiam

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
James Martin

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Paul Mullen

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Richard D Paster

President

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
J Kenneth Foscaldo

Treasurer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Edward Richardson

Clerk

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

American Legion Charities

$9,000

Assist with quality of life for service members wounded or injured in the line of duty and their families. Provide grants to nonprofit organization that address needs of children across America. Assistance to Legion members who have suffered a natural disaster loss. Train Legion Service Officers & provide temporary financial assistance to Members. Provides grants to youth service organizations & scholarship opportunities to children.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2025
Filed: 17 March 2026
IRS schema version: 2025v4.0
Source object: 202600779349300900

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