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Veterans Of Foreign Wars Of The United States Department Of Ohio

9520 Vfw
  • Brunswick, OH
  • Tax-exempt since Dec. 1940
  • EIN: 23-7157048

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a Posts or organizations of past or present members of the armed forces.

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$284k (2024)

Expenses
$168k (2024)

Total Assets
$314k (2024)

Total Liabilities
$1.53k (2024)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2012 to 2024

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending June
2024

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$284,068
Expenses
$167,964
Net Income
$116,104
Net Assets
$312,890
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $48,932
17.2%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $1,525
0.5%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $133,828
47.1%
Other Revenue $6,030
2.1%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $54,109
32.2%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $314,418
Total Liabilities $1,528
Net Assets $312,890
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Kirk Scharein (Quartermaster) $4,141 $0 $0
Charles Semosky (2 Year Trustee) $0 $0 $0
Joseph Hovan (1 Year Trustee) $0 $0 $0
Lawrence Jones (3 Year Trustee) $0 $0 $0
Douglas Seckt (Service Officer) $0 $0 $0
Gabriel Bewley (Adjutant) $0 $0 $0
Thomas Fenske (Junior Vice Commander) $0 $0 $0
Jason Plesko (Senior Vice Commander) $0 $0 $0
Brian Schmitt (Commander) $0 $0 $0
Dennis Smith (Surgeon) $0 $0 $0
Cheylene Vasquez (Judge Advocate) $0 $0 $0
Thomas Altman (Chaplain) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on May 13, 2025

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$216,885
Expenses
$164,205
Net Income
$52,680
Net Assets
$196,786
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $8,771
4.0%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $80,717
37.2%
Other Revenue $4,113
1.9%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $45,043
27.4%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $196,786
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $196,786
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Lawrence Jones (Quartermaster) $900 $0 $0
Charles Semosky (2 Year Trustee) $0 $0 $0
Joseph Hovan (1 Year Trustee) $0 $0 $0
Kirk Scharein (3 Year Trustee) $0 $0 $0
Douglas Seckt (Service Officer) $0 $0 $0
Kirk Scharein (Quartermaster) $0 $0 $0
Dennis Smith (Surgeon) $0 $0 $0
Rick Smith (Senior Vice Commander) $0 $0 $0
Brian Schmitt (Commander) $0 $0 $0
Thomas Fenske (Junior Vice Commander) $0 $0 $0
Cheylene Vasquez (Judge Advocate) $0 $0 $0
Thomas Altman (Chaplain) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Oct. 6, 2023

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$163,466
Expenses
$141,956
Net Income
$21,510
Net Assets
$144,106
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $8,408
5.1%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $61,075
37.4%
Other Revenue $5,430
3.3%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $38,187
26.9%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $144,106
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $144,106
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Joseph Hovan (1 Year Trustee) $0 $0 $0
Charles Semosky (2 Year Trustee) $0 $0 $0
Kirk Scharein (3 Year Trustee) $0 $0 $0
Dennis Smith (Surgeon) $0 $0 $0
Douglas Seckt (Service Officer) $0 $0 $0
Cheylene Vasquez (Judge Advocate) $0 $0 $0
Brian Schmitt (Commander) $0 $0 $0
Lawrence Jones (Quartermaster) $0 $0 $0
Rick Smith (Senior Vice Commander) $0 $0 $0
Thomas Altman (Chaplain) $0 $0 $0
Thomas Fenske (Junior Vice Commander) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Aug. 30, 2022

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$136,229
Expenses
$95,249
Net Income
$40,980
Net Assets
$122,596
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $10,474
7.7%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $50,496
37.1%
Other Revenue $9,643
7.1%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $15,178
15.9%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $122,596
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $122,596
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Thomas Scheiman (1 Year Trustee) $0 $0 $0
Joseph Hovan (2 Year Trustee) $0 $0 $0
Charles Semosky (3 Year Trustee) $0 $0 $0
Dennis Smith (Surgeon) $0 $0 $0
Douglas Seckt (Adjutant Service Officer) $0 $0 $0
Cheylene Vasquez (Judge Advocate) $0 $0 $0
Brian Schmitt (Commander) $0 $0 $0
Lawrence Jones (Quartermaster) $0 $0 $0
Rick Smith (Senior Vice Commander) $0 $0 $0
Thomas Altman (Chaplain) $0 $0 $0
Thomas Fenske (Junior Vice Commander) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on March 17, 2022

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$121,159
Expenses
$94,797
Net Income
$26,362
Net Assets
$81,616
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $5,113
4.2%
Program Services $3,734
3.1%
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $32,947
27.2%
Other Revenue $25,893
21.4%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $19,161
20.2%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $81,616
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $81,616
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Leonard T Bouman (Commander) $0 $0 $0
Ricky D Smith (Sr. Vice Com) $0 $0 $0
Thomas A Fenske Sr (Jr. Vice Com) $0 $0 $0
Charles E Semosky (Quartermaste) $0 $0 $0
Robert C Merrill (Chaplain) $0 $0 $0
Thomas Scheiman (1 Year Trust) $0 $0 $0
Charles P Scheiman (2 Year Trust) $0 $0 $0
Joseph D Hovan (3 Year Trust) $0 $0 $0
Douglas E Seckt (Adjutant) $0 $0 $0
Robert C Merrill (Service Offi) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Feb. 27, 2021

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$109,163
Expenses
$97,606
Net Income
$11,557
Net Assets
$55,254
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $10,527
9.6%
Program Services $2,745
2.5%
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $28,084
25.7%
Other Revenue $7,118
6.5%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $19,734
20.2%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $58,967
Total Liabilities $3,713
Net Assets $55,254
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Leonard T Bouman (Commander) $0 $0 $0
Ricky D Smith (Sr. Vice Com) $0 $0 $0
Thomas A Fenske Sr (Jr. Vice Com) $0 $0 $0
Charles E Semosky (Quartermaste) $0 $0 $0
Robert C Merrill (Chaplain) $0 $0 $0
Thomas Scheiman (1 Year Trust) $0 $0 $0
Charles P Scheiman (2 Year Trust) $0 $0 $0
Joseph D Hovan (3 Year Trust) $0 $0 $0
Douglas E Seckt (Adjutant) $0 $0 $0
Robert C Merrill (Service Offi) $0 $0 $0
Brian M Schmitt (Judge Advoca) $0 $0 $0
Lawrence R Jones (Surgeon) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Nov. 12, 2019

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$102,534
Expenses
$100,533
Net Income
$2,001
Net Assets
$43,697
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $8,678
8.5%
Program Services $2,909
2.8%
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $25,900
25.3%
Other Revenue $7,771
7.6%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $20,858
20.7%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $58,269
Total Liabilities $14,572
Net Assets $43,697
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Norman J Cerny (Commander) $0 $0 $0
Robert C Merrill (Sr. Vice Com) $0 $0 $0
Thomas A Fenske Sr (Jr. Vice Com) $0 $0 $0
Thomas M Chester (Quartermaste) $0 $0 $0
Leonard T Bouman (Chaplain) $0 $0 $0
William A Bland (Judge Advoca) $0 $0 $0
Roger F Mack (Surgeon) $0 $0 $0
Charles P Scheiman (1 Year Trust) $0 $0 $0
Thomas Scheiman (2 Year Trust) $0 $0 $0
Joseph D Hovan (3 Year Trust) $0 $0 $0
Thomas M Chester (Adjutant) $0 $0 $0
Leonard T Bouman (Service Offi) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Nov. 9, 2018

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$100,231
Expenses
$104,592
Net Income
-$4,361
Net Assets
$41,696
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $7,548
7.5%
Program Services $2,591
2.6%
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $18,317
18.3%
Other Revenue $7,094
7.1%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $15,467
14.8%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $66,597
Total Liabilities $24,901
Net Assets $41,696

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990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2016

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$94,746
Expenses
$103,098
Net Income
-$8,352
Net Assets
$46,057
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $10,000
10.6%
Program Services $3,064
3.2%
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $21,904
23.1%
Other Revenue $4,508
4.8%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $15,425
15.0%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $80,767
Total Liabilities $34,710
Net Assets $46,057

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990

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2015

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$111,951
Expenses
$151,519
Net Income
-$39,568
Net Assets
$54,409
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $14,484
12.9%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $56,786
50.7%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $32,045
28.6%
Other Revenue $4,989
4.5%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $98,441
Total Liabilities $44,032
Net Assets $54,409

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990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2014

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$132,479
Expenses
$124,079
Net Income
$8,400
Net Assets
$93,977
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $18,051
13.6%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $1
0.0%
Net Fundraising $53,913
40.7%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $45,282
34.2%
Other Revenue $10,395
7.8%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $93,977
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $93,977

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990-EZ

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2013

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$101,690
Expenses
$99,517
Net Income
$2,173
Net Assets
$85,577
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $8,826
8.7%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $1
0.0%
Net Fundraising $36,139
35.5%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $44,678
43.9%
Other Revenue $8,185
8.0%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $85,577
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $85,577

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990-EZ
Filed on Aug. 22, 2013

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2012

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$79,976
Expenses
$84,043
Net Income
-$4,067
Net Assets
$83,405
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $8,782
11.0%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $2
0.0%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $63,134
78.9%
Other Revenue $6,440
8.1%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $83,405
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $83,405

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990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2011

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2010

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2009

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2008

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2007

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2006

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2005

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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What Is This Data?

Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

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Every organization that has been recognized as tax exempt by the IRS has to file Form 990 every year, unless they make less than $200,000 in revenue and have less than $500,000 in assets, in which case they have to file form 990-EZ. Organizations making less than $50,000 don’t have to file either form but do have to let the IRS they’re still in business via a Form 990N "e-Postcard."

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

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