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Form 990 for tax year 2024

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

Totals

Total revenue
$3,230,976
Total expenses
$3,034,415
Contributions and grants received
$1,974,573
Grants paid
$74,025
Program service revenue
$646,642
Investment income
$585,244
Other revenue
$24,517
Total assets, end of year
$12,472,814
Total liabilities, end of year
$790,699
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,682,115
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,563,814
Management and general expenses
$391,065
Fundraising expenses
$79,536
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,563,814

Program services were 84.5% 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

    $374,839

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,599,734

  • 2a · Program service revenue: NAT'L COOPERATIVE

    total $426,996 · related or exempt $426,996

  • 2b · Program service revenue: BUDDY POPPY

    total $66,643 · related or exempt $66,643

  • 2c · Program service revenue: VETERAN ASSITANCE

    total $63,880 · related or exempt $63,880

  • 2d · Program service revenue: BOND SALES

    total $36,033 · related or exempt $36,033

  • 2e · Program service revenue: SCHOLARSHIPS

    total $16,045 · related or exempt $16,045

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $37,045 · related or exempt $37,045

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $426,414 · excluded $426,414

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $4,800

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $4,800

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $4,800 · unrelated business $4,800

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,111,674 · other assets $111,332

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,064,176 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $47,498 · other assets $111,332

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $158,830 · related or exempt $158,830

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $60,653

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $45,420

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $15,233 · excluded $15,233

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC. REVENUE-RELATED-990

    total $4,484 · related or exempt $4,484

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,484

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $74,025 · program services $74,025

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $81,362 · program services $49,779 · management and general $31,583

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,465,487 · program services $1,347,808 · management and general $117,679

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $32,496 · program services $31,672 · management and general $824

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $48,263 · program services $48,048 · management and general $215

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $182,366 · program services $163,451 · management and general $18,915

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $69,861 · program services $69,861

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $35,500 · program services $8,000 · management and general $27,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,532 · program services $3,878 · management and general $1,654

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $178,405 · program services $158,883 · management and general $14,464 · fundraising $5,058

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,168 · program services $2,889 · management and general $3,279

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $70,699 · program services $20,460 · management and general $50,239

  • 17 · Travel

    total $99,613 · program services $99,348 · management and general $265

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $53,180 · program services $53,180

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,065 · management and general $3,065

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $103,579 · program services $34,181 · management and general $69,398

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $63,586 · program services $31,726 · management and general $31,860

  • 24a · Other expenses: COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATI

    total $95,503 · program services $95,503

  • 24b · Other expenses: AWARDS & DECORATIONS

    total $87,837 · program services $87,837

  • 24c · Other expenses: DEPARTMENT NEWSPAPER

    total $74,478 · fundraising $74,478

  • 24d · Other expenses: TRAINING & COMMITTEE EX

    total $72,159 · program services $72,159

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $131,251 · program services $111,126 · management and general $20,125

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $138,483 · end of year $135,899

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $758,196 · end of year $722,136

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $43,516 · end of year $34,099

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $179,374 · end of year $104,972

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

    $1,908,687

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

    $1,048,473

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $902,477 · end of year $860,214

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $9,174,422 · end of year $10,182,748

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $460,252 · end of year $432,746

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $178,965 · end of year $164,816

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $184,508 · end of year $190,331

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $462,551 · end of year $435,552

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,846,465 · end of year $9,676,614

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,984,231 · end of year $2,005,501

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION SERVES, REPRESENTS, AND SUPPORTS VETERANS, TROOPS, THEIR FAMILES, AND COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES PROVIDES VETERANS SERVICES FOR ITS 134,000 MEMBERS AND OTHER VETERANS.

  • THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES VETERANS SERVICES FOR 134,000 MEMBERS AND OTHER VETERANS. THE DEPARTMENT SPONSORS PATRIOTIC ACTIVITIES IN THE MEMBERS' COMMUNITIES AND AMONG THE YOUTH OF THE STATE.

    Expenses $2,563,814 · Grants $74,025 · Revenue $809,956

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Barbara Loncar

    COMMANDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • John B Getz Jr

    QUARTERMASTER AND ADJUTANT

    Total calculated
    $81,405
    From this org
    $77,899
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,506
    Hours/week
    40

  • William Roland

    SENIOR VICE COMMANDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ruth Fairchild

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Robert Hinkle

    INSPECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • William Stellfox

    SURGEON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Dave Brady

    CHAPLAIN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Frank J McGovern

    JUDGE ADVOCATAE

    Total calculated
    $37,000
    From this org
    $37,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jim Brown

    JR VICE COMMANDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Thomas Hanzes

    PARLIAMENTARIAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • David Gyger

    IMMEDIATE PAST COMMANDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Glenn Umberger

    NATIONAL COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513219349304311

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