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VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS FOUNDATION

EIN 43-1758998 KANSAS CITY, MO

Largest nonprofits in Missouri

Revenue 2024
$6,199,818
Expenses 2024
$7,004,785

Program services were 86.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
J20I
Classification
1200
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 VFW FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO SERVE AND ENHANCE THE LIVES OF MILITARY VETERANS, SERVICE MEMBERS, AND THEIR FAMILIES BY SECURING RESOURCES TO PROMOTE POSITIVE OUTCOMES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

See Schedule O

  • Veterans Service Activities - The mission is to secure, manage and distribute resources to support veterans, active-duty personnel, the National Guard and reserve, their families, and communities. The VFW Foundation, in support of this mission, assisted over 12 military families in need of financial assistance with disbursements of $27,245 through the Un-Met Needs program to help families experiencing financial hardships with mortgage, car loans, utilities and other payments. The VFW Foundation provided grants of $200,000 that were used for recognition events for military members and their families and other programs to assist veterans. The VFW Foundation provided grants of $583,000 to the VFW that were or will be used to help veteran families impacted by natural disasters. The VFW Foundation expended $1,375,000 to provide scholarships for the VFW's Help-A-Hero Scholarship program. This program provides up to $5,000 in scholarships to veterans or current military personnel with a rank of E-5 or below. Additionally, the VFW Foundation expended $2,150,000 to support VFW Service Officers. These officers play a key role in assisting veterans in dealing with the Department of Veterans Affairs and other agencies. These officers are formally trained and accredited to represent veterans and their dependents or survivors. This structure ensures that no veteran, dependent or survivor needs to deal with the agencies administering veteran's programs without expert representation. For the 2025 federal fiscal year, the Department of Veterans Affairs reported over 608,000 veterans and eligible dependents represented by VFW Service Officers received more than $16.2 billion in earned benefits.

    Expenses $5,010,513 · Grants $4,883,515

  • Community Service & Public Awareness - The mission supports programs that foster patriotism, citizenship education and volunteerism, community improvement and youth development programs. The VFW Foundation made grants of $650,000 to assist VFW Posts and Auxiliaries with outreach projects in their respective communities, so that VFW Posts could continue to be a resource for their local communities. Additionally, the VFW Foundation provided a grant of $145,000 to help support a trip that recognizes high school students that were awarded scholarships based on essays they wrote on a patriotic theme.

    Expenses $1,028,744 · Grants $821,250

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.

  • Richard Freiburghouse

    Manager

    Total calculated
    $138,229
    From this org
    $116,664
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,565
    Hours/week
    45

  • Dan West

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Marc Garduno

    Secretary/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Alfred Lipphardt

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ann Panteleakos

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gordon Logan

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael DeRosa

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jordan Drury

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Prasad Reddy

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Wallace

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hal Roesch

    Exec. Director hired 1/1/2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

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
    $6,199,818
    Expenses
    $7,004,785
    Contributions
    $5,509,025
    Grants paid
    $5,704,765
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,276,524
    Expenses
    $4,703,402
    Contributions
    $6,388,016
    Grants paid
    $3,315,338
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,641,559
    Expenses
    $4,821,481
    Contributions
    $4,797,779
    Grants paid
    $3,230,059

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
    $5,347,334
    Expenses
    $4,854,560
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,866,324

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,485,072
    Expenses
    $4,878,773
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,003,890

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,967,969
    Expenses
    $4,182,841
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,881,793

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,464,782
    Expenses
    $4,937,322
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,425,048

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,086,433
    Expenses
    $5,943,380
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,104,343

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,550,482
    Expenses
    $5,213,406
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,036,598

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,947,303
    Expenses
    $3,183,780
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,343,241

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,399,143
    Expenses
    $2,130,640
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,426,445

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,684,233
    Expenses
    $2,615,876
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,594,177

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,194,236
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,952,254

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 2024

Tax period
1 September 2024 to 31 August 2025
Principal officer
Aaron David Moses
Mailing address
1721 3rd Ave EBig Stone Gap VA 24219

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

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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 2022 return

Declared as related by

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 PC.

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.