AMERICAN LEGION: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: AMERICAN LEGION (EIN 11-6104909)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-08-13
IRS object ID: 201212269349302656
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	2012-08-13T14:35:43-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GEORGE E MILHIM CPA	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	320 HEMPSTEAD AVE	AddressLine1
City	WEST HEMPSTEAD	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	115522043	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	116104909	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	AMERICAN LEGION POST 1533	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	AMER	NameControl
Phone	6313951981	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 72	AddressLine1
City	MASTIC BEACH	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	11951	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	ROBERT MOHN	Name
Title	COMMANDER	Title
Phone	6313951981	Phone
Date Signed	2012-08-13	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	GEORGE E MILHIM	Name
Phone	5164814800	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-08-13	DatePrepared
Self Employed	X	SelfEmployed

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)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	JOHN G BRABAND	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	569 LONG ISLAND AVE	AddressLine1
City	MEDFORD	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	11763	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	343703	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	N/A	WebSite
Type Of Organization Trust	X	TypeOfOrganizationTrust
Year Formation	1946	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NY	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	PROVIDES AND MAINTAINS A BUILDING WHICH HOUSES A BAR AND HALL FOR SOCIAL GATHERINGS FOR THE MEMBERS AND THEIR GUESTS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	25	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	25	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	25	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	8926	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	6930	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	2	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	42968	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	74072	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	51894	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	81004	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	1720	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	12338	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Current Year	0	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	24649	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	56877	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	26369	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	69215	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	25525	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	11789	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	23139	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	26524	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	23139	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	26524	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A BUILDING WHICH HOUSES A BAR	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Description	DONATIONS TO VETERANS.	Description
Described In501 C3	false	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
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	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	true	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	true	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
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	0	NumberOfEmployees
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
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	25	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	25	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	JOHN BRABAND	NamePerson
Telephone Number	6313951981	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	110 MASTIC BEACH RD	AddressLine1
City	MASTIC BEACH	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	11951	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (6 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
ROBERT MOHN
COMMANDER	0.00	X	0	0	0
WALTER CARNERY
1ST VICE PRESIDENT	0.00	X	0	0	0
BILL MIMS
2ND VICE PRESIDENT	0.00	X	0	0	0
JOHN DOWLING
3RD VICE PRESIDENT	0.00	X	0	0	0
MIKE KUJAN
ADJUDENT	0.00	X	0	0	0
JOHN G BRABAND
FINANCIAL OFFICER	0.00	X	0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Membership Dues	3360	MembershipDues
Fundraising Events	3570	FundraisingEvents
Total Contributions	6930	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	2	TotalRevenueColumn

Gross Rents GrossRents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	13100	Real

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	13100	Real

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	13100	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	13100	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events	3570	CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents
Gross Income Gaming	265800	GrossIncomeGaming
Gaming Direct Expenses	225998	GamingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	39802	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	39802	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	57871	GrossSalesOfInventory
Cost Of Goods Sold	36701	CostOfGoodsSold

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	21170	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	21170	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	81004	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	74074	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12338	Total
Program Services	12338	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	300	Total
Management And General	300	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1904	Total

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9601	Total
Management And General	9601	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal
REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE	7186
LICENSE & PERMITS	2404
BANK CHARGES	105
SECURITY EXPENSE	975

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	34402	Total
Management And General	34402	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	69215	Total
Program Services	12338	ProgramServices
Management And General	44303	ManagementAndGeneral

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	17403	BOY
EOY	18746	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3358	BOY
EOY	5451	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2378	BOY
EOY	2327	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	23139	BOY
EOY	26524	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	23139	BOY
EOY	26524	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	23139	BOY
EOY	26524	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	23139	BOY
EOY	26524	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	11789	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	-8404	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
States Where Gaming Conducted	NY	StatesWhereGamingConducted
Licensed	true	Licensed
License Suspended Etc	false	LicenseSuspendedEtc
Gaming With Nonmembers	false	GamingWithNonmembers
Member Of Other Entity	false	MemberOfOtherEntity
Contract With3rd Party For Gam Rev	false	ContractWith3rdPartyForGamRev

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

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

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt VI, Line 11a	N/A
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24f	AUTO EXPENSE 275. 275. SCHOLARSHIPS 7900. 7900. TELEPHONE 2453. 2453. NEWSLETTER 999. 999. DUES 2921. 2921. FUNDRAISING SUPPLIES 7957. 7957. UTILITIES 8663. 8663. CARTAGE EXPENSE 3234. 3234.