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VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES AUXILLARY

EIN 44-0319970 KANSAS CITY, MO

Revenue 2024
$10,464,794
Expenses 2024
$7,000,621

As filed

Subsection
19
Classification
1000
Street
406 W 34TH 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).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE AUXILIARY'S OBJECTIVES ARE FRATERNAL, PATRIOTIC, HISTROICAL AND EDUCATIONAL. THEY INCLUDE ASSISTING THE POSTS AND MEMBERS OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, MAINTAINING TRUE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND FIDELITY TO ITS CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, FOSTERING TRUE PATRIOTISM, MAINTAINING AND EXTENDING THE INSTITUTIONS OF AMERICAN FREEDOM AND EQUAL RIGHTS AND JUSTICE TO ALL MEN AND WOMEN, AND PRESERVING AND DEFENDING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FROM ALL HER ENEMIES WHOMSOEVER.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE VFW AUXILIARY HAS BEEN SUPPORTING AND HONORING THE MILITARY, VETERANS, AND THEIR FAMILIES SINCE 1914.

  • CANCER AID AND RESEARCH PROGRAM: 1,333 GRANTS TOTALING $733,150 WERE GIVEN TO CANCER-STRICKEN MEMBERS; AND $100,000 WAS DONATED TO CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS.

  • OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES: AUXILIARY AND VFW MEMBERS AROUND THE COUNTRY CONDUCT HUNDREDS OF JOINT ACTIVITIES TO BENEFIT THEIR COMMUNITIES, LIKE DONATING ITEMS TO HOMELESS SHELTERS, CONDUCTING FOOD DRIVES, GIVING GIFTS TO CHILDRENS HOSPITALS, AIDING VICTIMS OF ABUSE, AND CLEANING UP PARKS, MEMORIALS, AND HIGHWAYS. MEMBERS ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS' VETERANS HISTORY PROJECT, MAKE-A-DIFFERENCE DAY, AND MANY OTHER NATIONAL VOLUNTEER INITIATIVES.

  • VETERANS & FAMILY SUPPORT: THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, MEMBERS HELP VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE NOT HOSPITALIZED BUT HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS SUCH AS ASSISTANCE WITH UTILITY BILLS, CHILDCARE, FOOD, CLOTHING, HOUSEHOLD GOODS & TRANSPORTATION. AUXILIARIES ALSO ASKED VETERAN SERVICE OFFICERS TO PRESENT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ON VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Celeste Leigh Nicholas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Jackson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Dallatezza

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Millie Hayes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Danetta G Wakefield

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tina Lynn Hicks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cindy Kohrs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paulette Murray

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandra S Johnson Leu

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amanda Pipkin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Renee M Quinn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vivian Bernotas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tessa K Butcher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gale L Bestland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Betty L Decker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amy L Vukasin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Renee June West

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ginamarie Rodriguez Doherty

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary F Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erin Mezek

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Worth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bonnie S Drake

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carrie S Turner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda S Misuraca

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Teresa L Singh

    DIRECTOR

    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
    $10,464,794
    Expenses
    $7,000,621
    Contributions
    $543,052
    Grants paid
    $1,078,994
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,676,668
    Expenses
    $6,873,425
    Contributions
    $561,017
    Grants paid
    $1,227,160
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,247,370
    Expenses
    $6,927,821
    Contributions
    $713,761
    Grants paid
    $1,194,703

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
    $13,500,016
    Expenses
    $7,042,254
    Assets (EOY)
    $115,995,007
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,323,185
    Expenses
    $6,771,665
    Assets (EOY)
    $134,252,122
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,505,491
    Expenses
    $6,704,474
    Assets (EOY)
    $114,324,958
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,797,966
    Expenses
    $7,285,803
    Assets (EOY)
    $107,504,192
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,784,025
    Expenses
    $6,932,666
    Assets (EOY)
    $106,896,345
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,525,946
    Expenses
    $7,015,828
    Assets (EOY)
    $99,359,691
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,963,879
    Expenses
    $7,286,045
    Assets (EOY)
    $88,057,037
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $8,157,587
    Assets (EOY)
    $78,345,732
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $7,011,019
    Assets (EOY)
    $73,972,104
  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $6,527,708
    Assets (EOY)
    $70,879,552

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 2023

Tax period
1 September 2023 to 31 August 2024
Principal officer
Melody felton
Mailing address
406 W 34TH STKANSAS CITY MO 641112721

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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.