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American Legion

735 Hiawatha
  • Hiawatha, IA
  • Tax-exempt since March 1946
  • EIN: 42-1468686

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
$90.1k (2023)

Expenses
$39.2k (2023)

Total Assets
$483k (2023)

Total Liabilities
$0 (2023)

Years with missing data
Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2013 to 2023

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 Dec.
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$90,099
Expenses
$39,237
Net Income
$50,862
Net Assets
$483,427
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $38,046
42.2%
Program Services $38,573
42.8%
Investment Income $13,060
14.5%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $420
0.5%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $483,427
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $483,427
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Troy Andersen (Vice Command) $0 $0
Joe Helle (Commander) $0 $0
Larry Throndson (Adjutant) $0 $0
Tim Cunningham (Finance Offi) $0 $0
Joel Kessler (Chaplain) $0 $0
Richard Pierce (Property Man) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Feb. 17, 2024

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

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XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$73,859
Expenses
$59,256
Net Income
$14,603
Net Assets
$432,565
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $36,737
49.7%
Program Services $32,519
44.0%
Investment Income $4,170
5.6%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $433
0.6%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $432,565
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $432,565
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Troy Andersen (Vice Command) $0 $0
Joe Helle (Commander) $0 $0
Larry Throndson (Adjutant) $0 $0
Tim Cunningham (Finance Offi) $0 $0
Joel Kessler (Chaplain) $0 $0
Richard Pierce (Property Man) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Feb. 3, 2023

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

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PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$71,857
Expenses
$27,651
Net Income
$44,206
Net Assets
$417,962
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $39,749
55.3%
Program Services $29,408
40.9%
Investment Income $2,197
3.1%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $503
0.7%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $417,962
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $417,962
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Troy Andersen (Vice Command) $0 $0
Joe Helle (Commander) $0 $0
Larry Throndson (Adjutant) $0 $0
Tim Cunningham (Finance Offi) $0 $0
Joel Kessler (Chaplain) $0 $0
Richard Pierce (Property Man) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Feb. 14, 2022

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

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XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$170,573
Expenses
$73,889
Net Income
$96,684
Net Assets
$373,756
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $21,193
12.4%
Program Services $33,085
19.4%
Investment Income $644
0.4%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $99,800
58.5%
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $15,851
9.3%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $373,756
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $373,756
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Troy Andersen (Commander) $0 $0 $0
Tim Cunningham (Finance Offi) $0 $0 $0
Joe Helle (Vice Command) $0 $0 $0
Joel Kessler (Chaplain) $0 $0 $0
Larry Throndson (Adjutant) $0 $0 $0
Richard Pierce (Property Man) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on May 26, 2021

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

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XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$74,376
Expenses
$72,554
Net Income
$1,822
Net Assets
$277,072
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $10,923
14.7%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $33,222
44.7%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $28,256
38.0%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $410,018
Total Liabilities $132,946
Net Assets $277,072
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Troy Anderson (Commander) $0 $0
Joe Helle (Vice Commander) $0 $0
Larry Throndson (Adjutant) $0 $0
Tim Cunningham (Finance Officer) $0 $0
Joel Kessler (Chaplain) $0 $0
Rick Pierce (Property Manager) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on March 11, 2020

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

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PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$94,878
Expenses
$53,786
Net Income
$41,092
Net Assets
$261,110
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $2,535
2.7%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $51,037
53.8%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $38,701
40.8%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $418,554
Total Liabilities $157,444
Net Assets $261,110

Document Links

990-EZ

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

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$88,803
Expenses
$51,182
Net Income
$37,621
Net Assets
$220,018
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $1,648
1.9%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $44,753
50.4%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $39,907
44.9%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $421,446
Total Liabilities $201,428
Net Assets $220,018

No Document Links

The IRS has provided extracted financial data for this filing, but has not yet released the source documents.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2016

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.

Document Links

990-EZ

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

PDF
PDF (2 of 2)

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2015

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.

Document Links

990-EZ

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

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2014

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$68,459
Expenses
$54,173
Net Income
$14,286
Net Assets
$124,621
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $315
0.5%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $45
0.1%
Net Fundraising $27,919
40.8%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $37,320
54.5%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $435,731
Total Liabilities $311,110
Net Assets $124,621

Document Links

990-EZ

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

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2013

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$75,197
Expenses
$54,256
Net Income
$20,941
Net Assets
$110,335
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $489
0.7%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $109
0.1%
Net Fundraising $33,640
44.7%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $37,779
50.2%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $454,674
Total Liabilities $344,339
Net Assets $110,335

Document Links

990-EZ

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

PDF

About 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.

Which Organizations Are Here?

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.

Types of Nonprofits

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