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American Legion

278 Kent Island
  • Stevensville, MD
  • Tax-exempt since March 1946
  • EIN: 52-6115670

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
$428k (2023)

Expenses
$339k (2023)

Total Assets
$1.1M (2023)

Total Liabilities
$21.3k (2023)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2011 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 Form 990
Revenue
$428,372
Expenses
$338,911
Net Income
$89,461
Net Assets
$1,079,545
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $36,084
8.4%
Program Services $12,881
3.0%
Investment Income $1,764
0.4%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income -$58,332
Net Fundraising $17,471
4.1%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $120,097
28.0%
Other Revenue $24,762
5.8%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $121,090
35.7%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $1,100,882
Total Liabilities $21,337
Net Assets $1,079,545
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Jason Rusticelli (Commander) $0 $0 $0
Chuck Lewis (2 Nd Vice Com) $0 $0 $0
John Grimes (3 Rd Vice Com) $0 $0 $0
Nikki Randolph (Finance Offi) $0 $0 $0
Richard Randolph (Adjutant) $0 $0 $0
Mark Kirwan (Judge Advoca) $0 $0 $0
Mark Hamilton (Chaplain) $0 $0 $0
Ian Chitwood (Sgt At Arms) $0 $0 $0
Nick Hoover (Historian) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Nov. 7, 2024

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

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$401,231
Expenses
$342,371
Net Income
$58,860
Net Assets
$990,084
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $65,770
16.4%
Program Services $24,682
6.2%
Investment Income $452
0.1%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income -$50,257
Net Fundraising $17,605
4.4%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $94,573
23.6%
Other Revenue $17,633
4.4%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $112,499
32.9%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $1,012,552
Total Liabilities $22,468
Net Assets $990,084
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Jason Rusticelli (Commander) $0 $0 $0
Chuck Lewis (1 St Vice Com) $0 $0 $0
John Grimes (3 Rd Vice Com) $0 $0 $0
Nikki Randolph (Finance Offi) $0 $0 $0
Richard Randolph (Adjutant) $0 $0 $0
Thomas Fountain (Judge Advoca) $0 $0 $0
Ed Tolson (Chaplain) $0 $0 $0
Mark Hamilton (Sgt At Arms) $0 $0 $0
Mark Kirwan (Historian) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Nov. 15, 2023

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

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$339,336
Expenses
$288,435
Net Income
$50,901
Net Assets
$931,224
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $14,528
4.3%
Program Services $10,175
3.0%
Investment Income $336
0.1%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income -$53,235
Net Fundraising $12,552
3.7%
Sales of Assets -$4,092
Net Inventory Sales $102,362
30.2%
Other Revenue $22,740
6.7%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $107,108
37.1%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $953,851
Total Liabilities $22,627
Net Assets $931,224
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Ralph Bateman (Service Offi) $0 $0 $0
Thomas Fountain (Judge Advoca) $0 $0 $0
John Grimes (3 Rd Vice Com) $0 $0 $0
Mark Hamilton (Sgt At Arms) $0 $0 $0
Mark Kirwan (Historian) $0 $0 $0
Chuck Lewis (Commander) $0 $0 $0
Nikki Randolph (Finance Offi) $0 $0 $0
Richard Randolph (Adjutant) $0 $0 $0
Jason Rusticelli (2 Nd Vice Com) $0 $0 $0
Ed Tolson (Chaplain) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on June 23, 2022

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

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PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$163,424
Expenses
$272,209
Net Income
-$108,785
Net Assets
$880,323
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $18,571
11.4%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $379
0.2%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income -$48,456
Net Fundraising $27,713
17.0%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $57,876
35.4%
Other Revenue $5,463
3.3%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $103,976
38.2%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $925,633
Total Liabilities $45,310
Net Assets $880,323
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
John Davis (Finance Offi) $0 $0 $0
Thomas Fountain (Judge Advoca) $0 $0 $0
Chuck Lewis (Commander) $0 $0 $0
Chris Malm (1 St Vice Com) $0 $0 $0
Nikki Randolph (2 Nd Vice Com) $0 $0 $0
Richard Randolph (Adjutant) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Nov. 10, 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 Form 990
Revenue
$326,947
Expenses
$273,832
Net Income
$53,115
Net Assets
$989,108
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $14,420
4.4%
Program Services $4,310
1.3%
Investment Income $369
0.1%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income -$50,851
Net Fundraising $10,866
3.3%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $106,830
32.7%
Other Revenue $6,314
1.9%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $106,473
38.9%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $1,010,562
Total Liabilities $21,454
Net Assets $989,108

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990

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

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$356,804
Expenses
$295,392
Net Income
$61,412
Net Assets
$935,993
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $15,342
4.3%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $467
0.1%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income -$42,140
Net Fundraising $21,884
6.1%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $110,642
31.0%
Other Revenue $2,227
0.6%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $104,217
35.3%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $959,165
Total Liabilities $23,172
Net Assets $935,993

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990

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

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$299,713
Expenses
$291,027
Net Income
$8,686
Net Assets
$874,581
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $16,955
5.7%
Program Services $19,883
6.6%
Investment Income $457
0.2%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income -$55,323
Net Fundraising $23,236
7.8%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $85,924
28.7%
Other Revenue $5,654
1.9%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $101,363
34.8%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $896,408
Total Liabilities $21,827
Net Assets $874,581

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990

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

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2016

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$312,117
Expenses
$263,845
Net Income
$48,272
Net Assets
$871,199
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $29,874
9.6%
Program Services $22,479
7.2%
Investment Income $407
0.1%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income -$57,466
Net Fundraising $13,271
4.3%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $80,541
25.8%
Other Revenue $53
0.0%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $94,388
35.8%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $895,235
Total Liabilities $24,036
Net Assets $871,199

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990

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

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2015

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$292,964
Expenses
$270,937
Net Income
$22,027
Net Assets
$826,927
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $11,792
4.0%
Program Services $21,925
7.5%
Investment Income $397
0.1%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income -$54,953
Net Fundraising $25,861
8.8%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $74,678
25.5%
Other Revenue $1,054
0.4%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $93,265
34.4%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $855,917
Total Liabilities $28,990
Net Assets $826,927

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990

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

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2014

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$292,171
Expenses
$268,103
Net Income
$24,068
Net Assets
$804,900
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $47,223
16.2%
Program Services $23,145
7.9%
Investment Income $443
0.2%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income -$53,402
Net Fundraising $9,655
3.3%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $82,178
28.1%
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $84,813
31.6%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $826,304
Total Liabilities $21,404
Net Assets $804,900

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990

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

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2013

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$265,040
Expenses
$264,042
Net Income
$998
Net Assets
$780,832
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $20,670
7.8%
Program Services $22,250
8.4%
Investment Income $547
0.2%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income -$51,484
Net Fundraising $1,376
0.5%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $81,030
30.6%
Other Revenue $13,436
5.1%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $82,697
31.3%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $801,673
Total Liabilities $20,841
Net Assets $780,832

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990

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

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2012

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$238,100
Expenses
$244,931
Net Income
-$6,831
Net Assets
$779,834
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $9,015
3.8%
Program Services $39,923
16.8%
Investment Income $852
0.4%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income -$48,388
Net Fundraising $2,770
1.2%
Sales of Assets $200
0.1%
Net Inventory Sales $83,355
35.0%
Other Revenue $109
0.0%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $81,162
33.1%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $801,614
Total Liabilities $21,780
Net Assets $779,834

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990

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

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2011

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$288,789
Expenses
$288,264
Net Income
$525
Net Assets
$786,665
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $11,265
3.9%
Program Services $39,031
13.5%
Investment Income $619
0.2%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income -$51,000
Net Fundraising $18,545
6.4%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $94,593
32.8%
Other Revenue $321
0.1%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $78,138
27.1%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $807,163
Total Liabilities $20,498
Net Assets $786,665

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990

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

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
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

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

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
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

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

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
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-EZ

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

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
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 Dec.
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

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2004

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

Primary 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.

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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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