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AMERICAN LEGION

EIN 35-0144250 AURORA, CO

Largest nonprofits in Colorado

Revenue 2024
$58,574,189
Expenses 2024
$71,495,314

As filed

Subsection
19
Classification
1000
Street
14735 E GUNNISON PL

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 0925), covering 7,388 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.

All 7,388 subordinates →

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

As the nation's largest wartime veterans service organization, the federally chartered American Legion is committed to lifelong assistance and support for men and women who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, significant activities of which include free benefits counseling, education (continued on schedule O)

Activities or mission (Part I)

As the nation's largest wartime veterans service organization, the federally chartered American Legion is committed to lifelong (continued on schedule O)

  • Member magazines and newsletters: The American Legion Magazine exists to publish professionally written, accurate and relevant articles that promote the growth of American Legion programs, the attainment and understanding of American Legion policy objectives and a sense of esprit de corps and pride in being a veteran and member of The American Legion.

  • One purpose of the American Legion National Headquarters is to contribute to Americanism, veteran's affairs, children, and youth programs. Various committees and commissions are organized to provide programs in these areas. Youth programs available to the public include a nationwide baseball program; the educational program called Boys Nation where participants learn about the federal government through intense workshops; support for the Boy Scouts of America to build character and positive traits among the youth of America; and the junior shooting sports program that teaches marksmanship and hosts competitions.

  • The American Legion National Headquarters provides scholarships and other financial assistance to veterans, dependents of veterans, and participants in various youth programs. The organization is raising funds to ensure that higher education will be a reality for these families. Providing for the children our military personnel left behind is our civic duty. An education is a powerful way to show our thanks.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Andres Jaimes Jr

    National Executive Committee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Berley Hanna Jr

    National Executive Committee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles D Aucoin

    Vice Commander (Thru Aug 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles K Robbins

    Vice Commander

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles O'leary

    National Executive Committee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher V Herndon

    National Executive Committee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan K Wiley

    National Executive Committee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel Depozo

    Chaplain

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel J Seehafer

    National Commander (Thru AUG 2024)

    Total calculated
    $135,758
    From this org
    $133,979
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,779
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

  • David S Shore

    National Sargent at Arms

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dean Overby

    National Executive Committee (Thru Aug 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dennis J Soppe

    National Executive Committee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dennis O Brenden

    National Executive Committee (Thru Aug 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • E Michael Stelacio

    National Executive Committee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edward Cheatham Jr

    National Executive Committee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edward Degumbia

    Historian (Thru Aug 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Everett G Shepard III

    National Sargent at Arms

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Francis E Riddell Jr

    National Executive Committee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Frank Carr

    Chaplain (Thru Aug 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Frederick C Craigie

    National Executive Committee (Thru Aug 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Frederick N Nelson

    National Executive Committee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary B Leach

    Vice Commander

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • George E Scarborough

    National Executive Committee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hans J Stockenberger

    National Executive Committee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hardwick O Hall Sr

    National Executive Committee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $58,574,189
    Expenses
    $71,495,314
    Contributions
    $5,447,685
    Grants paid
    $2,172,190
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $62,587,362
    Expenses
    $68,079,465
    Contributions
    $7,725,832
    Grants paid
    $2,067,079
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $58,111,463
    Expenses
    $68,608,547
    Contributions
    $3,148,022
    Grants paid
    $1,234,215

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
    $82,016,470
    Expenses
    $77,167,260
    Assets (EOY)
    $141,288,704

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $72,657,830
    Expenses
    $65,735,517
    Assets (EOY)
    $142,329,994

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $78,627,568
    Expenses
    $76,094,191
    Assets (EOY)
    $129,354,473

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $76,844,360
    Expenses
    $75,217,101
    Assets (EOY)
    $119,933,577

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $79,615,824
    Expenses
    $77,053,496
    Assets (EOY)
    $118,340,621

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $71,228,134
    Expenses
    $72,450,439
    Assets (EOY)
    $118,445,274

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $72,257,030
    Expenses
    $73,633,625
    Assets (EOY)
    $114,410,454

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $69,748,889
    Expenses
    $66,090,411
    Assets (EOY)
    $124,206,040

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $68,462,702
    Expenses
    $65,925,886
    Assets (EOY)
    $113,738,244

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $68,695,073
    Expenses
    $68,292,175
    Assets (EOY)
    $101,960,979

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 January 2025 to 31 December 2025
Principal officer
Nickolus Wells
Mailing address
PO Box 908Fort Vallet GA 31030
Website
legionpost76pcga.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

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 on its 2024 return

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.

  • AUTOMOTIVE RECOVERY SERVICES INC

    $122,700 raised

    2019 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $87,485 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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.