Disabled American Veterans

53 Chapter
  • Des Moines, IA
  • Tax exemption issued: Feb. 1946
  • EIN: 45-3768649

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a Civic leagues, social welfare organizations and local associations of employees, created to promote community welfare for charitable, educational or recreational purposes.

Category: Public, Society Benefit — Multipurpose and Other / Military, Veterans' Organizations (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

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. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Organizations with gross receipts of less than $50,000 can file the form 990-N postcard filing, which doesn’t include financial details. All Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending June
2025

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$93,068
Expenses
$46,026
Net Income
$47,042
Net Assets
$303,166
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $92,323
99.2%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $303,166
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $303,166
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Gary Schmerbeck (Commander) $0 $0
John Shimko (Adjutant) $0 $0
Jame Christiansen (Treasurer) $0 $0
Bill Burch (Senior Vice Commander) $0 $0
Earl Comstock (First Jr Vice Commander) $0 $0
Cheryl Kieffer (Benefits Protection Team Leader) $0 $0
Vern Guthrie (Chaplain/judge Advocate) $0 $0
Bill Burch (Membership Chair) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Oct. 23, 2025

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

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2024

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$100,325
Expenses
$21,921
Net Income
$78,404
Net Assets
$256,124
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $0
Investment Income $129
0.1%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $99,614
99.3%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $256,124
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $256,124
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
John Shimko (Commander) $0 $0
Gary Schmerbeck (Adjutant) $0 $0
Jame Christiansen (Treasurer) $0 $0
Thomas Mahedy (Senior Vice Commander) $0 $0
Randy Brown (First Jr Vice Commander) $0 $0
Courtney Brown (Judge Advocate) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Sept. 30, 2024

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$101,785
Expenses
$129,535
Net Income
-$27,750
Net Assets
$177,720
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $1,406
1.4%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $282
0.3%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $100,097
98.3%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $177,720
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $177,720
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
John Shimko (Commander) $0 $0
Jamie Mccalley (Adjutant) $0 $0
Jerome Fitzsimons (Treasurer) $0 $0
Thomas Mahedy (Senior Vice Commander) $0 $0
Gary Schmerbeck (First Jr Vice Commander) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Nov. 13, 2023

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$153,174
Expenses
$88,470
Net Income
$64,704
Net Assets
$205,470
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $544
0.4%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $728
0.5%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $151,902
99.2%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $205,470
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $205,470
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Tom Mahedy (Commander) $0 $0
John Shimko (Sr Vice Commander) $0 $0
Gary Schmerbeck (1st Jr Vice Commander) $0 $0
Jerome Fitzsimons (Adjutant & Treasurer) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on April 11, 2023

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

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$83,451
Expenses
$67,014
Net Income
$16,437
Net Assets
$140,766
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $0
Investment Income $466
0.6%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $82,026
98.3%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $140,766
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $140,766

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990-EZ

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

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$61,697
Expenses
$37,766
Net Income
$23,931
Net Assets
$124,329
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $120
0.2%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $453
0.7%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $60,771
98.5%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $124,329
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $124,329

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990-EZ

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

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$61,890
Expenses
$86,132
Net Income
-$24,242
Net Assets
$100,398
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $0
Investment Income $312
0.5%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $61,305
99.1%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $100,398
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $100,398

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990-EZ

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

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$62,688
Expenses
$55,853
Net Income
$6,835
Net Assets
$124,640
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $0
Investment Income $205
0.3%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $61,636
98.3%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $124,640
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $124,640

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990-EZ

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

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$55,721
Expenses
$109,809
Net Income
-$54,088
Net Assets
$117,805
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $0
Investment Income $118
0.2%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $55,415
99.5%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $117,805
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $117,805

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990-EZ

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

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2016

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$54,915
Expenses
$12,185
Net Income
$42,730
Net Assets
$171,893
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $0
Investment Income $160
0.3%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $54,597
99.4%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $171,893
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $171,893

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990-EZ

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

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2015

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$64,486
Expenses
$51,942
Net Income
$12,544
Net Assets
$129,163
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $0
Investment Income $7
0.0%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $64,327
99.8%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $129,163
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $129,163

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990-EZ

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

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2013

Gross receipts
Less than $50,000

Postcard filings do not ask for a specific revenue amount and provide no additional financial details.

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990-N

Postcard filing for an organization with gross receipts less than $50,000. These filings do not generate a downloadable form.

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The summary data contains financial information from tax returns processed by the IRS since the 2012 calendar years, as well as data extracted from digital filings. IRS summary data also includes limited older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

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