AMVETS: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: AMVETS (EIN 39-0940733)
Tax period: 2012-08-01 to 2013-07-31
Filed: 2013-12-02
IRS object ID: 201303369349300135
Schema version: 2012v2.1
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 G
Schedule I
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-12-02T14:04:05-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2013-07-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	391440132	EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CHARLES J FINK SC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1355 S 100th Street	AddressLine1
City	West Allis	City
State	WI	State
ZIP Code	53214	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-08-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	390940733	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	AMVETS AMERICAN VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II - KOREA	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	AMVE	NameControl

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	750 N LINCOLN MEMORIAL DRIVE	AddressLine1
City	MILWAUKEE	City
State	WI	State
ZIP Code	532024018	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	DENNIS MAEDER	Name
Title	FINANCE OFFICER	Title
Date Signed	2013-11-15	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	CHARLES J FINK	Name
PTIN	P00326725	PTIN
Phone	4144536600	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-12-02	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2015-11-30 17:44:51Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As DoingBusinessAs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	- VIETNAM DEPARTMENT OF WISCON	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	560800	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Group Exemption Number	0838	GroupExemptionNumber
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	AMVET-WI.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1947	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	WI	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	FOR THE GOOD AND WELFARE OF MILITARY VETERANS. PROVIDE SUPPORT TO VETERANS THROUGH SERVICE PROGRAMS. VOLUNTEERS AT THE V.A. HOPSITALS AND VETERANS HOMES.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	75	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	0	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	3	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	0	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year	638758	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	539591	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	1796	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	0	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	17542	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	11885	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	658096	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	551476	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	8900	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	7000	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	26771	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	27268	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year	521484	TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	439603	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	464276	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	109204	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	94023	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	666359	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	567894	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-8263	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-16418	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	202450	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	186029	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	557	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	555	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	201893	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	185474	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	FOR THE GOOD AND WELFARE OF MILITARY VETERANS. PROVIDE SUPPORT TO VETERANS THROUGH SERVICE PROGRAMS. VOLUNTEERS AT THE V.A. HOPSITALS AND VETERANS HOMES.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	7000	Expense
Description	AMVETS GRANTED $900 TO START NEW POSTS AND $8000 TO AMVETS HOSPITAL AND SERVICE FOUNDATION.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	3727	Expense
Description	AMVETS SPONSORS MANY PROGRAMS INCLUDING AMERICANISM, FLAG DRAWING, ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE, SAVINGS BONDS AND PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. AMVETS ALSO GIVES PALQUES AND CERTIFICATES TO VOLUNTEERS.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	6025	Expense
Description	AMVETS DONATES TO MANY AREA HOSPITALS, V.A. CENTERS AND MILITARY CHARITIES.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expense	16752	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	false	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	false	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	true	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	true	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	true	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	3	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiled
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributions
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonor
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	75	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	0	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	DENNIS MAEDER	NamePerson
Telephone Number	4143536080	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8811 W DAPHNE ST	AddressLine1
City	MILWAUKEE	City
State	WI	State
ZIP Code	53224	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (15 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
MARK REILING ST
TRUSTEE	2.00	X	0	0	0
PETER JOZEFOWSKI
TRUSTEE	2.00	X	0	0	0
TIM THIERS
TRUSTEE	2.00	X	0	0	0
ALAN WILLIS
COMMANDER	15.00		0	0	0	X
BOB DESSORT
RECORDING SECRETARY	5.00		0	0	0	X
DENNIS BARRINGTON
NATL EXEC COMM	3.00		0	0	0	X
DENNIS MAEDER
FINANCE OFFICER	25.00		8580	0	0	X
GENE WAGNER
ADMIN BOARD CHRMN	5.00		0	0	0	X
JIM RUPPEL
PROVOST MARSHAL	3.00		0	0	0	X
JIM SMEJKAL
JUDGE ADVOCATE	2.00		0	0	0	X
JIM TRATZ
ALT NATL EXEC COMM	3.00		0	0	0	X
MICHAEL S KANDZIORA
ASST EXECUTIVE OFFICER	25.00		7800	0	0	X
MIKE MAHONEY
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	25.00		8580	0	0	X
STEVE CHESNA
V-CMDR - PROGRAMS	2.00		0	0	0	X
TED STERLETSKE
V-CMDR - MEMBERSHIP	5.00		0	0	0	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	24960	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs	0	TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation	0	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Membership Dues	8736	MembershipDues
Fundraising Events	527180	FundraisingEvents
All Other Contributions	3675	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	539591	TotalContributions
Gross Income Fundraising Events	12684	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events	527180	CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	9324	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	3360	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$3,360	ExclusionAmount

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
DEPARTMENT CONVENTION	900099	8525	8525
	900099
	900099

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	8525	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	551476	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	8525	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$3,360	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7000	Total
Program Services	7000	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	24960	Total
Management And General	24960	ManagementAndGeneral

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2308	Total
Management And General	2308	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1450	Total
Management And General	1450	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	439603	Total
Fundraising	439603	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	160	Total
Management And General	160	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10118	Total
Management And General	10118	ManagementAndGeneral

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	676	Total
Management And General	676	ManagementAndGeneral

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12315	Total
Management And General	12315	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5768	Total
Management And General	5768	ManagementAndGeneral

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	25822	Total
Management And General	25822	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1053	Total
Management And General	1053	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	Program ServicesProgramServices
MISCELLANEOUS	691	691
PARKING	1545	1545
AWARDS	3727		3727
DONATIONS	6025		6025

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	24673	Total
Fundraising	24673	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	567894	Total
Program Services	16752	ProgramServices
Management And General	86866	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	464276	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	11276	BOY
EOY	13351	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	122437	BOY
EOY	129449	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	68737	BOY
EOY	43229	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	202450	BOY
EOY	186029	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	557	BOY
EOY	555	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	557	BOY
EOY	555	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Do Not Follow SFAS117	X	DoNotFollowSFAS117

Retained Earnings Endowment Etc RetainedEarningsEndowmentEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	201893	BOY
EOY	185474	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	201893	BOY
EOY	185474	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	202450	BOY
EOY	186029	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-16418	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	-1	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	true	AccountantCompileOrReview

Accountant Compile Or Review Basis AccountantCompileOrReviewBasis

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Financial Statement Consolidated	X	FinancialStatementConsolidated

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
FS Audited	false	FSAudited

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone Solicitations	X	PhoneSolicitations

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	RAFFLE	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	12684	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	12684	GrossRevenueEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	9324	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Gross Receipts Total	12684	GrossReceiptsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	12684	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	9324	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	9324	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	3360	NetIncomeSummary

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	false	RecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Name Business RecipientNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	AMVETS HOSPITAL SERVICE FOUNDA	BusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	750 N LINCOLN MEMORIAL DR	AddressLine1
City	MILWAUKEE	City
State	WI	State
ZIP Code	53202	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN Of Recipient	390949733	EINOfRecipient
IRC Section	501C3	IRCSection
Amount Of Cash Grant	7000	AmountOfCashGrant

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
O01	Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11	RETURN AVAILABLE PRIOR TO FILING
O02	Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19	RECORDS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
O03	Explanation of other changes in net assets or fund balances Part XI line 9	ROUNDING -1