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DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS VFW AUXILIARY INC

EIN 26-2252006 SOMONAUK, IL

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Revenue 2024
$334,720
Expenses 2024
$298,844

Program services were 0.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
19
NTEE code
W30
Classification
1000
Street
140 W ANN 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 5621), covering 134 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 · 2024

Mission

PROVIDE SERVICE TO VETERANS AND ACTIVE-DUTY MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES; FOSTER TRUE PATRIOTISM; TO MAINTAIN AND EXTEND THE INSTITUTION OF AMERICAN FREEDOM AND EQUAL RIGHTS AND JUSTICE TO ALL MEN AND WOMEN

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE SERVICE TO VETERANS AND ACTIVE MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES; PROMOTE AND FOSTER TRUE PATRIOTISM; TO MAINTAIN AND EXTEND THE INSTITUTIONS OF AMERICAN FREEDOM AND EQUAL RIGHTS AND JUSTICE TO ALL MEN AND WOMEN

  • VFW AUXILIARY HOSPITAL FUNDING: THESE FUNDS PROVIDE NEEDED PERSONAL ITEMS, ENTERTAINMENT, RECREATION AND ASSISTANCE TO THE ILLINOIS VETERANS HOMES AND THE VA HOSPITALS IN ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI AS WELL AS SUPPORT TO THE HOMELESS VETERANS PROGRAMS RUN IN/BY THESE FACILITIES.

    Expenses $63,111 · Revenue $77,202

  • VFW National Home - Provide funds for upkeep of the playgrounds and equipment for veterans and their families residing at the VFW National Home.

    Expenses $12,300 · Revenue $7,758

  • THIS ABLE VETERAN PROVIDES SERVICE DAGS AND TRAUMA RESILIENCE PROGRAM FOR VETERANS LIVING WITH PTSD BY UTILIZING AN EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF PROFESSIONAL DOG TRAINERS, VETERINARIANS, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL.

    Expenses $23,859 · Revenue $28,753

  • Cancer Aid and Research contributions to the VFW Auxiliary National

    Expenses $1,795 · Revenue $625

  • Project Diehard provides comprehensive support serv ices such as jobs placement assistance, career counseling and mentorship programs to empower veterans to reclaim their independence and a sense of purpose by connecting them with resources and opportunities.

    Expenses $1,855

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.

  • Linda Lorenz

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $18,120
    From this org
    $18,120
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Rhonda Borkgren

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $18,120
    From this org
    $14,520
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,600
    Hours/week
    30

  • Cindy Watters

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Diane Ahrens

    Sr Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Danielle Krull

    Jr Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Terry Adams

    Chaplain

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Michael Maruszak

    Conductor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jennifer Hunter

    Guard

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • John Watters

    Chief of Staff

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Lynn Smith

    Past Department President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Colette Bishop

    Past National President

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $334,720
    Expenses
    $298,844
    Contributions
    $327,218
    Grants paid
    $32,324
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $298,450
    Expenses
    $304,668
    Contributions
    $290,608
    Grants paid
    $32,324
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $326,983
    Expenses
    $294,780
    Contributions
    $321,814
    Grants paid
    $35,909

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
    $267,178
    Expenses
    $282,882
    Assets (EOY)
    $265,823

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $262,231
    Expenses
    $244,111
    Assets (EOY)
    $281,201

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $483,783
    Expenses
    $561,488
    Assets (EOY)
    $290,171

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $539,994
    Assets (EOY)
    $359,677

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $483,473
    Assets (EOY)
    $411,248

  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $266,045
    Assets (EOY)
    $568,090

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.

Grants made

  • VFW NATIONAL HOME

    $57,833

    2022 Provide Funds for the upkeep of the playgrounds and equipment for Veterans and their families residing at the VFW National Home.

  • This Able Veteran

    $23,859

    2024 This grant was to provide the cost to obtain a service dog(s), provide professional dog training, veterinarian service as needed, and support for veterans(s) living with PTSD by providing them with a match to a service dog and training.

  • VFW National Home

    $18,486

    2023 Provide funds to replace playground from the ground up and provide the equipment and seating near the playground for Veterans and their families residing at the VFW National Home.

  • Rush Road H0me Program

    $18,332

    2022 Provide mental health care to Veterans. Service Members and families in need.

  • Project Diehard

    $13,838

    2023 Project Diehard provides comprehensive support services such as job placement assistance, career counseling and mentorship programs. This organization aims to empower veterans to reclaim their independence and a sense of purpose by connecting them with resources and opportunities. This donation was given to h elpthem with their mission.

  • VFW National Home

    $12,000

    2024 Provide funds to assist with the purchase of needed equipment to maintain the grounds used by the Veterans and their families residing at the VFW National Home.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.