AMERICAN LEGION: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization: AMERICAN LEGION (EIN 11-6105102)
Tax period: 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed: 2020-05-12
IRS object ID: 202041339349301109
Schema version: 2019v5.1
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	2020-05-12T07:10:12-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

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	2171 JERICHO TPKE SUITE 110	AddressLine1Txt
City	COMMACK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	117252937	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2019-01-01	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	2020-04-27	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	MAURA AIMEE	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00970683	PTIN
Phone	6315091933	PhoneNum
Preparation	2020-05-12	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	47.18.156.29	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2020-05-12	IPDt
IP Tm	07:10:04	IPTm
IP Timezone	PD	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	8EAB6EE58FD14982D27C48F4FD76461C254DD76E	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	8EAB6EE58FD14982D27C48F4FD76461C254DD76E	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2019	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-04-22 16:20:28Z	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	$114,323	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Trust	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationTrustInd
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	$91,142	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$106,299	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$4	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$4,254	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$91,146	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$110,553	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$2,270	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
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	$64,301	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$60,503	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$66,571	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$60,503	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$24,575	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$50,050	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$48,693	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$98,743	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$48,693	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$98,743	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)
LAWRENCE DONOHUE
TREASURER	10.00			$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
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Membership Dues	$3,979	MembershipDuesAmt
Government Grants	$33,200	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$69,120	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$106,299	TotalContributionsAmt
Fundraising Gross Income	$8,024	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$0	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$3,770	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,254	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$4,254	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$110,553	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$4,254	ExclusionAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,375	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,375	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$540	TotalAmt
Program Services	$540	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,189	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,909	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,909	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
HALL MAINTENANCE	$9,819	$9,819	$0	$0
SUPPLIES	$9,315	$9,315	$0	$0
REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE	$9,790	$0	$9,790	$0
UTILITIES	$5,664	$0	$5,664	$0

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,902	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,283	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,619	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$60,503	TotalAmt
Program Services	$29,957	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$29,357	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$12,754	BOYAmt
EOY	$51,315	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,522	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$124,571	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$77,143	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$33,417	BOYAmt
EOY	$47,428	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$48,693	BOYAmt
EOY	$98,743	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

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

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	$48,693	BOYAmt
EOY	$98,743	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$48,693	BOYAmt
EOY	$98,743	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$48,693	BOYAmt
EOY	$98,743	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$50,050	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	$37,000	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$954	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$36,046	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$12,571	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,189	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$11,382	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$47,428	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (12 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt VI, Line 11b	NO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e	BANK CHARGES 1394. 1394.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e	CREDIT CARD FEES 1478. 1478.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e	DUES 3485. 3485.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e	EQUIPMENT LEASE 913. 913.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e	LICENSE & PERMITS 840. 840.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e	POSTAGE & MAILINGS 3998. 3998.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e	CONTRIBUTIONS 305. 305.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e	SCHOLARSHIPS 500. 500.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e	SMALL TOOLS 1616. 1616.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e	SPONSORSHIP 2300. 2300.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e	MISCELLANEOUS 1073. 1073.