NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

EIN 53-0116355 LOUISVILLE, KY

Revenue 2024: $7,776,797
Expenses 2024: $3,252,333

Program services were 73.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: A800
Classification: 2000
Street: 809 W MAIN ST

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 0690), covering 530 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.

ALABAMA SOCIETY SAR
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION EIN 63-6045565 ALABASTER, AL
CAHABA-COOSA
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION EIN 20-4745535 ALABASTER, AL
RICHARD HENRY LEE
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION EIN 31-1456532 AUBURN, AL
LITTLE RIVER
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION EIN 63-1010852 CROSSVILLE, AL
ETOWAH
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION EIN 63-1143680 GADSDEN, AL
BLACK WARRIOR RIVER
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION EIN 63-1185153 GORDO, AL
TENNESSEE VALLEY
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION EIN 63-6055570 HUNTSVILLE, AL
GENERAL GALVEZ
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION EIN 63-0835456 MOBILE, AL
GENERAL RICHARD MONTGOMERY
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION EIN 63-6055569 MONTGOMERY, AL
LADIES AUXILIARY OF ALABAMA SOC SAR
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION EIN 35-2381050 MONTGOMERY, AL

All 530 subordinates →

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO EDUCATE THE MEMBERSHIP AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND ITS PATRIOTS AND TO FOSTER PATRIOTISM AND APPRECIATION OF AMERICAN FREEDOMS

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND FOSTER PATRIOTISM.

PATRIOTIC - THE ORGANIZATION INSPIRES THE COMMUNITY WITH THE PRINCIPLES ON WHICH OUR NATION WAS FOUNDED BY PARTICIPATING IN CIVIC AND PATRIOTIC EVENTS WITH COLOR GUARDS THAT WEAR REVOLUTIONARY WAR UNIFORMS. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES RECOGNITION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE BY PRESENTING THOUSANDS OF AWARDS EACH YEAR TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS AND OTHER CITIZENS WHO EXEMPLIFY THE BEST CIVIC TRADITIONS OF OUR NATION.

Expenses $382,947 · Revenue $116,087
GENEALOGY - THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS RESEARCH AND PRESENTATIONS RELATED TO THE HISTORY AND PEOPLE OF THE PERIOD 1750-1800. THROUGH GENEALOGY RESEARCH, ORGANIZATION MEMBERS PROVE THEY ARE LINEAL DESCENDANTS OF AN ANCESTOR WHO WAS AT ALL TIMES UNFAILING IN LOYALTY TO, AND RENDERED ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE CAUSE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. THE ORGANIZATION HELPS PRESERVES THESE MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS ALONG WITH RECORDS RELATING TO THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO AND DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

Expenses $1,316,381 · Revenue $399,049
EDUCATION - EDUCATION OUTREACH IS USED TO PERPETUATE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR FOUNDING DOCUMENTS AND STORIES OF PATRIOTISM, COURAGE, SACRIFICE, TRAGEDY, AND TRIUMPH OF THE PATRIOTS WHO ACHIEVED THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THE BELIEF THAT THESE STORIES ARE UNIVERSAL ONES OF MAN'S ETERNAL STRUGGLE AGAINST TYRANNY, RELEVANT TO ALL TIME, AND WILL INSPIRE AND STRENGTHEN EACH SUCCEEDING GENERATION AS IT TOO IS CALLED UPON TO DEFEND OUR FREEDOMS ON THE BATTLEFIELD AND IN OUR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS YOUTH AWARD CONTESTS THAT PROMOTE CHARACTER AND FOSTER CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY.

Expenses $694,093 · Revenue $210,407

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.

BOBBIE ARTHUR HULSE

VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL 23-24

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
BRIAN STEPHENS

VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL 24-25

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
BROOKS LYLES

REGISTRAR GENERAL 24-25

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

10
BRUCE A WILCOX

PRESIDENT GENERAL 2007-2008

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
C BRUCE PICKETTE

PRESIDENT GENERAL 2022-2023

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5 + 1 related
C LOUIS RABORG JR

TRUSTEE 23-24

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CHARLES HENRY MCLEMORE

TRUSTEE 24-25

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CHARLES WHITE

TRUSTEE 19-24

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CHRISTOPER WILLARD MOBERG

VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL 19-25

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
CHRISTOPHER THOMAS SMITHSON

TRUSTEE 24-25

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DARRYL ADDINGTON

PRESIDENT GENERAL 24-25

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

10 + 5 related
DAVID ARTHUR LUDLEY

TRUSTEE 24-25

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DAVID C CHAFFIN

SURGEON GENERAL 23-24

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
DAVID CURTIS CHAFFIN

TRUSTEE 24-25

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DAVID JESSEL

TRUSTEE 19-25

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DAVID M WITTER

TRUSTEE 23-25

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DAVID NELS APPLEBY

PRESIDENT GENERAL 2008-2009

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DAVID ROY SHAUL

TRUSTEE 24-25

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DAVID W POWELL

TRUSTEE 23-25

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DAVID W VANHOOF

VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL 23-24

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
DAVIS LEE WRIGHT

PRESIDENT GENERAL 2021-2022

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5 + 1 related
DEREK J BROWN

VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL 22-24/TRUSTEE 24-25

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
DONALD DENNIS SKARDS

TRUSTEE 24-25

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DONALD GEORGE MILLER

TRUSTEE 24-25

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DOUGLASS MABEE

TRUSTEE 23-25

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

$7,776,797

Expenses

$3,252,333

Contributions

$6,426,508

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$2,902,340

Expenses

$3,140,756

Contributions

$2,040,281

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$11,398,282

Expenses

$2,731,968

Contributions

$10,439,808

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$7,776,797	$3,252,333	$6,426,508	$0
2023	$2,902,340	$3,140,756	$2,040,281	$0
2022	$11,398,282	$2,731,968	$10,439,808	$0

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

2024 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2023 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2022 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2021 · 990

Revenue

$3,280,473

Expenses

$2,497,749

Assets (EOY)

$17,436,890
2021 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2020 · 990

Revenue

$2,986,592

Expenses

$2,395,045

Assets (EOY)

$16,631,721
2020 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2019 · 990

Revenue

$2,933,839

Expenses

$2,403,162

Assets (EOY)

$15,939,131
2018 · 990

Revenue

$2,934,145

Expenses

$2,268,959

Assets (EOY)

$15,335,635
2017 · 990

Revenue

$2,357,386

Expenses

$2,257,317

Assets (EOY)

$14,929,850

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2024	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2023	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2022	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2021	990	$3,280,473	$2,497,749	$17,436,890
2021	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2020	990	$2,986,592	$2,395,045	$16,631,721
2020	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2019	990	$2,933,839	$2,403,162	$15,939,131
2018	990	$2,934,145	$2,268,959	$15,335,635
2017	990	$2,357,386	$2,257,317	$14,929,850

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: Lee Herron
Mailing address: 1097 INDIAN TRAIL ROADSylvania GA 30467

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

SAR FOUNDATION INC

$8,830,456

2022 TO ASSIST THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND PROMOTING PATRIOTISM.
SAR FOUNDATION INC

$3,992,822

2024 TO ASSIST THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND PROMOTING PATRIOTISM.
SAR FOUNDATION INC

$160,027

2023 TO ASSIST THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND PROMOTING PATRIOTISM.
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$108,500

2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

$25,000

2022 LIBERTY TREE
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

$12,500

2023 EDUCATION
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$9,000

2024 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$8,650

2022 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$7,400

2023 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$7,000

2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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

THE SAR FOUNDATION INC

501(C)(3) · TO RECEIVE AND ADMINISTER FUNDS FOR THE NSSAR · KY · controlled entity

Declared as related by

SAR FOUNDATION INC

On its 2024 return

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 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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.