AMVETS: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: AMVETS (EIN 39-0940733)
Tax period: 2011-08-01 to 2012-07-31
Filed: 2012-12-11
IRS object ID: 201203469349300525
Schema version: 2011v1.2
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	2012-12-11T14:31:03-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-07-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

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	2011-08-01	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	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	2012-11-29	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	CHARLES J FINK	Name
Phone	4144536600	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-12-06	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	669235	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 VA 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	662532	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	638758	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	4736	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	1796	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	16774	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	17542	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	684042	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	658096	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	4574	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	8900	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	26860	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	26771	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year	541329	TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	521484	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	545572	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	97669	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	109204	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	670432	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	666359	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	13610	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-8263	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	210662	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	202450	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	508	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	557	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	210154	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	201893	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	FOR THE GOOD AND WELFARE OF MILITARY VETERANS PROVIDE SUPPORT TO VETERANS THROUGH SERVICE PROGRAMS VOLUNTEERS AT THE VA HOPSITALS AND VETERANS HOMES	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	8900	Expense
Description	AMVETS GRANTED 900 TO START NEW POSTS AND 8000 TO AMVETS HOSPITAL & SERVICE FOUNDATION	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	3767	Expense
Description	AMVETS SPONSORS MANY PROGRAMS INCLUDING AMERICANISM FLAG DRAWING ALCOHOL & 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	4000	Expense
Description	AMVETS DONATES TO MANY AREA HOSPITALS VA CENTERS AND MILITARY CHARITIES	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expense	16667	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		8455	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		7685	0	0	X
MIKE MAHONEY
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	25.00		8455	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	24595	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	9875	MembershipDues
Fundraising Events	623510	FundraisingEvents
All Other Contributions	5373	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	638758	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1796	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1796	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	19964	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events	623510	CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	11139	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	8825	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$8,825	ExclusionAmount

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
DEPARTMENT CONVENTION	900099	8717	8717
	900099
	900099

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	8717	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	658096	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	10513	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$8,825	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8900	Total
Program Services	8900	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	24595	Total
Management And General	24595	ManagementAndGeneral

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2176	Total
Management And General	2176	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2850	Total
Management And General	2850	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	521484	Total
Fundraising	521484	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	135	Total
Fundraising	135	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	18095	Total
Management And General	18095	ManagementAndGeneral

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	758	Total
Management And General	758	ManagementAndGeneral

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12023	Total
Management And General	12023	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5473	Total
Management And General	5473	ManagementAndGeneral

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	35037	Total
Management And General	35037	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	956	Total
Management And General	956	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	Program ServicesProgramServices
MISCELLANEOUS	791	791
PARKING	1366	1366
AWARDS	3767		3767
DONATIONS	4000		4000

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	23953	Total
Fundraising	23953	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	666359	Total
Program Services	16667	ProgramServices
Management And General	104120	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	545572	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	11541	BOY
EOY	11276	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	155311	BOY
EOY	122437	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	43810	BOY
EOY	68737	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	210662	BOY
EOY	202450	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	508	BOY
EOY	557	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	508	BOY
EOY	557	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	210154	BOY
EOY	201893	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	210154	BOY
EOY	201893	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	210662	BOY
EOY	202450	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-8263	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	2	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	true	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone Solicitations	X	PhoneSolicitations
Agreement Ref Fundraising	true	AgreementRefFundraising

Fundraiser Activity Information FundraiserActivityInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Individual	XENTEL INC	NameOfIndividual
Activity	TELE MARKETING	Activity
Fundraiser Control Of Funds	true	FundraiserControlOfFunds
Gross Receipts	623510	GrossReceipts
Amount Retained By Contractor	521484	AmountRetainedByContractor
Net To Organization	102026	NetToOrganization

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	623510	TotalGrossReceipts
Total Retained By Contractors	521484	TotalRetainedByContractors
Total Net To Organization	102026	TotalNetToOrganization

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	RAFFLE	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	18344	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	18344	GrossRevenueEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	9653	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Gross Receipts Total	18344	GrossReceiptsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	18344	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	9653	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	9653	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	8691	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	8000	AmountOfCashGrant

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
01. Form 990 governing body review (Part VI, line 11)	RETURN AVAILABLE PRIOR TO FILING
02. Governing documents, etc, available to public (Part VI, line 19)	RECORDS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
03. Explanation of other changes in net assets or fund balances (Part XI, line 5)	ROUNDING 2