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VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA INC

EIN 13-2929110 SILVER SPRING, MD

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Revenue 2025
$8,396,930
Expenses 2025
$12,510,623

Program services were 56.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
19
NTEE code
W30Z
Classification
1000
Street
8719 COLESVILLE RD STE 100

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Group exemption

The central organization of an IRS group exemption (group number 3202), covering 589 subordinate organizations. matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

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Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO SUPPORT A FULL RANGE OF ISSUES AFFECTING VIETNAM VETERANS, AS WELL AS, ALL VETERANS. VVA IS THE ONLY CONGRESSIONALY CHARTERED ORGANIZATION EXCLUSIVELY DEDICATED TO VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SUPPORT A FULL RANGE OF ISSUES AFFECTING VIETNAM VETERANS, AS WELL AS, ALL VETERANS. VVA IS THE ONLY CONGRESSIONALLY CHARTERED ORGANIZATION EXCLUSIVELY DEDICATED TO VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

  • FOUNDED IN 1978, VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA VVA IS ONE OF OUR NATIONS MOST RESPECTED AND SUCCESSFUL VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS ON THE NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS. OUR MEMBERSHIP GREW OVER 1 PERCENT, TO 93,547 MEMBERS, AND SIX NEW CHAPTER WAS CHARTERED. OUR MEMBERS REMAIN ACTIVE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, MEETING REGULARLY AND ENGAGING IN PROJECTS. VVAS 46 STATE COUNCILS AND 544 CHAPTERS ARE LOCATED IN ALL 50 STATES, AS WELL AS GUAM, PUERTO RICO, THE PHILIPPINES, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. VVAS NATIONAL ACTIVITIES ARE CLOSELY COORDINATED WITH THE WORK OF THE CHAPTERS AND STATE COUNCILS VICTORIES GAINED AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL ARE IMPLEMENTED LOCALLY. OUR AFFILIATED, SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION, THE ASSOCIATES OF VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, HAS OVER 11,783 MEMBERS. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $7,030,688 · Grants $1,606,515 · Revenue $316,565

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

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Margaret Porter

    DIRECTOR COMMUNICATION

    Total calculated
    $174,623
    From this org
    $125,608
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,015
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,608
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,815
    Filer's total
    $174,623

  • Anthony Powell

    DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING

    Total calculated
    $174,015
    From this org
    $137,504
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,511
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,504
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,511
    Filer's total
    $174,015

  • James McCormick

    EXECUTIVE DIR GOV AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $133,164
    From this org
    $131,556
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,608
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sean Venables

    EDITOR VVA VETERAN

    Total calculated
    $132,677
    From this org
    $101,475
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,202
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jacy Smith

    DIRECTOR/ADMIN HR

    Total calculated
    $122,275
    From this org
    $100,842
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,433
    Hours/week
    40

  • Nicole Kennedy

    DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP

    Total calculated
    $112,063
    From this org
    $100,959
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,104
    Hours/week
    40

  • Thomas Burke

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $70,454
    From this org
    $70,454
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Bill Meeks Jr

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $50,662
    From this org
    $50,662
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • John Riling III

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $21,291
    From this org
    $21,291
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dottie Barickman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $20,929
    From this org
    $20,929
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Elizabeth Liz Cannon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Charlie Montgomery Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Charlie Hobbs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Terry Courville

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Ken Holybee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Justin Latini

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Gary Estermyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    28

  • Steven Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Gumersindo Gomez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Frederick Gasior

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    17

  • Dennis Howland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    11

  • John Margowski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Marc Goodell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    18

  • Chuck Odom

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Chuck Renevier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

The first 25 listed. 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $8,396,930
    Expenses
    $12,510,623
    Contributions
    $3,523,563
    Grants paid
    $1,606,515
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $8,147,433
    Expenses
    $11,124,515
    Contributions
    $3,319,039
    Grants paid
    $1,932,878
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $10,274,842
    Expenses
    $11,677,389
    Contributions
    $4,313,605
    Grants paid
    $2,258,525
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $11,383,740
    Expenses
    $10,823,138
    Contributions
    $4,710,114
    Grants paid
    $1,994,167

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,930,074
    Expenses
    $9,437,626
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,711,920

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,220,556
    Expenses
    $7,358,446
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,384,615

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,191,073
    Expenses
    $9,642,194
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,980,870

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,497,440
    Expenses
    $9,225,386
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,773,108

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,929,877
    Expenses
    $8,836,793
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,744,146

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,711,296
    Expenses
    $8,330,058
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,115,940

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,086,273
    Expenses
    $8,017,769
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,987,398

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,601,436
    Expenses
    $7,841,118
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,419,182

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,179,343
    Expenses
    $8,149,891
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,666,088

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $7,786,725
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,359,090

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2025

Tax period
1 March 2025 to 28 February 2026
Principal officer
Walter H Schley Jr
Mailing address
10820 NORTHRIDGE DRKANSAS CITY KS 66109
Website
Something was entered that is not a web address, so it is not shown.

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared as related by

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

  • VALLEY THRIFT STORE LLC

    $34,429,237 in sales

    2024 CF Thrift Store - Cost of Goods

    $582,019 to charity

  • VALLEY THRIFT STORE LLC

    $34,429,237 in sales

    2024 CF Thrift Store - Cost of Goods

    $582,019 to charity

  • COMMUNITY THRIFT STORE LLC

    $10,871,150 in sales

    2024 CF Thrift Store - Cost of Goods

    $207,761 to charity

  • COMMUNITY THRIFT STORE LLC

    $10,871,150 in sales

    2024 CF Thrift Store - Cost of Goods

    $207,761 to charity

  • VALLEY THRIFT STORE LLC

    $34,010,424 in sales

    2023 CF Thrift Store - Cost of Goods

    $466,580 to charity

  • COMMUNITY THRIFT STORE LLC

    $14,353,813 in sales

    2023 CF Thrift Store - Cost of Goods

    $195,064 to charity

  • VALLEY THRIFT STORE LLC

    $31,227,180 in sales

    2022 CF Thrift Store - Cost of Goods

    $450,777 to charity

  • COMMUNITY THRIFT STORE LLC

    $13,556,685 in sales

    2022 CF Thrift Store - Cost of Goods

    $180,346 to charity

  • ECO THRIFT LLC

    $45,363 in sales

    2022 CF Thrift Store - Cost of Goods

    $44,479 to charity

  • VALLEY THRIFT STORE INC.

    $28,928,874 in sales

    2021 CF Thrift Store - Cost of Goods

    $447,342 to charity

  • COMMUNITY THRIFT STORE

    $11,740,118 in sales

    2021 CF Thrift Store - Cost of Goods

    $171,592 to charity

  • ECO THRIFT CORPORATION

    $50,492 in sales

    2021 CF Thrift Store - Cost of Goods

    $49,482 to charity

  • VALLEY THRIFT STORE INC.

    $19,961,890 in sales

    2020 CF Thrift Store - Cost of Goods

    $2,762,719 to charity

  • COMMUNITY THRIFT STORE

    $7,541,339 in sales

    2020 CF Thrift Store - Cost of Goods

    $963,962 to charity

  • ECO THRIFT CORPORATION

    $362,896 in sales

    2020 CF Thrift Store - Cost of Goods

    $332,942 to charity

  • VALLEY THRIFT STORE INC.

    $25,847,928 in sales

    2019 CF Thrift Store - Cost of Goods

    $3,971,157 to charity

  • COMMUNITY THRIFT STORE

    $9,514,873 in sales

    2019 CF Thrift Store - Cost of Goods

    $1,269,631 to charity

  • ECO THRIFT CORPORATION

    $707,393 in sales

    2019 CF Thrift Store - Cost of Goods

    $714,808 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility EO, GROUP.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.