AMERICAN LEGION: Form 990, tax year 2020

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Organization: AMERICAN LEGION (EIN 23-7333643)
Tax period: 2020-06-01 to 2021-05-31
Filed: 2022-05-10
IRS object ID: 202201309349300010
Schema version: 2020v4.1
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 G
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2022-05-10T08:07:10-04:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2021-05-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GOODMAN SERVICES LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	905 CHESTNUT ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	Dresden	CityNm
State Abbreviation	OH	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	43821	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2020-06-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	237333643	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE AMERICAN LEGION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

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

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 399	AddressLine1Txt
City	DRESDEN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	OH	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	43821	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JOHN CROWN	PersonNm
Person Title	FISCAL OFFICER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7402521908	PhoneNum
Signature	2022-06-01	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	JOHN	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	CROWN	PersonLastNm

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Erin Goodman	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00391496	PTIN
Phone	7402521908	PhoneNum
Preparation	2022-05-10	PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	0	TrustedCustomerCd
OOB Security Verification	00	OOBSecurityVerificationCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2020	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$100,809	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Type Of Organization Assoc	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationAssocInd
Formation	1986	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	OH	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	PROVIDE REVENUE TO FUND MAINTENANCE & OPERATION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR SOCIAL & RECREATION ACTIVITIES & MAINTAIN MEMBERSHIPS IN LOCAL, STATE & NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	175	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	175	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	4	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$62,076	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$2,880	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$2,880	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$97,209	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$62,076	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$100,089	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$64,956	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$19,000	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$20,636	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$68,594	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$34,581	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$87,594	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$55,217	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$12,495	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$9,739	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$528,727	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$538,466	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$528,727	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$538,466	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	PROVIDE REVENUE TO FUND MAINTENANCE & OPERATION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR SOCIAL & RECREATION ACTIVITIES & MAINTAIN MEMBERSHIPS IN LOCAL, STATE & NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$2,640	ExpenseAmt
Desc	PROVIDE REVENUE TO FUND MAINTENANCE OF COMMUNITY RECREATIONAL & SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FACILITIES AND PROVIDE REVENUE AND PAY EXPENSES FOR MILITARY VETERANS LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$2,640	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
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	Yes (true)	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
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	4	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
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
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	175	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	175	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	false	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JOHN CROWN	PersonNm
Phone	7407501399	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5995 AIRRY VIEW DR	AddressLine1Txt
City	DRESDEN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	OH	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	43821	ZIPCd

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (3 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
FRANCIS HOLZSC
ADJDENT	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KANE TIGNOR
COMMANDER	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JOHN CROWN
FISCAL OFFICER	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$0	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Membership Dues	$2,880	MembershipDuesAmt
Total Contributions	$2,880	TotalContributionsAmt
Fundraising Gross Income	$97,929	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$97,929	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$97,929	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Direct Expenses	$35,853	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$35,853	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	-$35,853	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$64,956	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$62,076	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,000	TotalAmt
Management And General	$19,000	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,636	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,636	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,200	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,200	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,041	TotalAmt
Management And General	$8,041	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,700	TotalAmt
Management And General	$22,700	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,640	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,640	ProgramServicesAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$55,217	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,640	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$52,577	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,757	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,496	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$142,361	BOYAmt
EOY	$142,361	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$378,609	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$378,609	BOYAmt
EOY	$378,609	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$528,727	BOYAmt
EOY	$538,466	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow FASB117	Yes (X)	OrgDoesNotFollowFASB117Ind

Pd In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PdInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$378,609	BOYAmt
EOY	$378,609	EOYAmt

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$150,118	BOYAmt
EOY	$159,857	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$528,727	BOYAmt
EOY	$538,466	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$528,727	BOYAmt
EOY	$538,466	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$9,739	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	Yes (true)	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd

Acct Compile Or Review Basis AcctCompileOrReviewBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$378,609	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$378,609	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$378,609	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	RECREATION R	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$72,586	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$72,586	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$32,431	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$72,586	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$72,586	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$32,431	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$32,431	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$40,155	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Governing body meeting documentation Part VI line 8a	FORM 990 PG 5 PART V & PART VIQUESTIONS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIOANL REVENUE SERVICES GUIDES AND REQUESTS. THE ORGANIZATIONOPERATES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE AMERICAN LEGIONS NATL ORGANIZATIONS RULE PERTAINING TO CONFLICT OF INTEREST & WHISLEBLOWER POLICY
Committee meeting documentation Part VI line 8b	FORM 990 PG 2 LN 4 & LN 4BTHE ORGANIZATIONS SOURCES OF REVENUE & CORRESPONDING EXPENSES ARE COMPLETED ON ORGANIZATIONS SITE. REASONS FOR SOLOCITATION IS TO PROVIDE VARIOUS FORMS OF RECREATION AND SOCIAL ATMOSPHERE FOR 1ST VETERANS AND 2ND COMMUNITY.
Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11	THE ORGANIZATIONS SOCICITATION FOR MRMBERSHIP TO LOCAL STATE AND NATIONAL VETERANS ASSOCIATION IS AN ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN & INCREASE MEMBERSHIP IN NATL ASSOCIATION
Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19	FORM 990 PG 6 PART VI, LN 19ALL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
Explanation of other changes in net assets or fund balances Part XI line 9	FORM 990 PART XI PG 12 LN 9A WITHDRAW FROM INVESTMENT ACCOUNT FOR OPERATING EXPENSES.A CHANGE IN VALUE FROM STOCK ACCOUNTS HELD.