AMERICAN LEGION: Form 990, tax year 2024

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Organization: AMERICAN LEGION (EIN 11-6105102)
Tax period: 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Filed: 2025-05-06
IRS object ID: 202541269349302564
Schema version: 2024v5.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2025-05-06T12:00:43-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	113478091	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	James Kalaitzis CPA PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	22 Lawrence Ave - Ste 211	AddressLine1Txt
City	Smithtown	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11787	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2024-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	116105102	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	AMERICAN LEGION WEST ISLIP POST 1738	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	AMER	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6314227138	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	340 UNION BOULEVARD	AddressLine1Txt
City	WEST ISLIP	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11795	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	GREGORY BUCK	PersonNm
Person Title	COMMANDER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6314227138	PhoneNum
Signature	2025-05-05	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (true)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	MAURA AIMEE	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00970683	PTIN
Phone	6315091933	PhoneNum
Preparation	2025-05-06	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2024	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	GREGORY BUCK	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	340 UNION BLVD	AddressLine1Txt
City	WEST ISLIP	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11795	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$152,001	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1948	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO SERVE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AND THEIR FAMILIES	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	8	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	8	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	8	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$30,935	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$38,313	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$106,609	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$104,818	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$3,775	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$4,633	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$141,319	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$147,764	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$141,226	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$148,863	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$141,226	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$148,863	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$93	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$1,099	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$71,438	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$70,339	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$71,438	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$70,339	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	TO SERVE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AND THEIR FAMILIES	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Desc	TO SERVE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AND THEIR FAMILIES	Desc
Described In Section501c3	false	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	8	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	8	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GREGORY BUCK	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	6314227138	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	340 UNION BLVD	AddressLine1Txt
City	WEST ISLIP	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11795	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (8 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Institutional TrusteeInstitutionalTrusteeInd
GREGORY BUCK
COMMANDER	10.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KEVIN CRUMLISH
1ST VICE COMMANDER	10.00			$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
PHILIP R BRUCKNER
2ND VICE COMMANDER	10.00			$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
KEN MOSES
3RD VICE COMMANDER	10.00			$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
JERRY MOSES
ADJUNTANT	10.00			$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
BARTOLO VERUSO
CHAPLIN	10.00			$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
ROBERT STEPHANS
SERVIE OFFICER	10.00			$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
WILLIAM PYSZCZYMUKA
TREASURER	10.00			$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Membership Dues	$2,088	MembershipDuesAmt
Government Grants	$5,000	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$31,225	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$38,313	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	HALL RENTAL	Desc
Business	531110	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$104,818	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$104,818	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt
Fundraising Gross Income	$8,870	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$4,237	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,633	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$4,633	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$147,764	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$104,818	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$4,633	ExclusionAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$525	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$525	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,859	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,744	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,744	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
HALL MAINTENANCE	$10,961	$10,961	$0	$0
SUPPLIES	$69,716	$69,716	$0	$0
REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE	$9,254	$9,254	$0	$0
UTILITIES	$12,693	$12,693	$0	$0

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,111	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,506	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,605	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$148,863	TotalAmt
Program Services	$108,130	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$19,874	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$31,191	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,412	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$221,532	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$173,605	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$40,247	BOYAmt
EOY	$47,927	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$71,438	BOYAmt
EOY	$70,339	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$71,438	BOYAmt
EOY	$70,339	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$71,438	BOYAmt
EOY	$70,339	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$71,438	BOYAmt
EOY	$70,339	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$1,099	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$75,000	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$75,000	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$128,761	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$80,834	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$47,927	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$5,200	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$5,200	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$12,571	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$12,571	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$47,927	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Pt VI, Line 11b	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	NO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED	ExplanationTxt