AMERICAN LEGION: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: AMERICAN LEGION (EIN 11-6104909)
Tax period: 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed: 2011-08-08
IRS object ID: 201142209349301389
Schema version: 2010v3.2
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-08-08T15:30:34-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GEORGE MILHIM & CO	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	2010-01-01	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	JOHN BRABAND	Name
Title	FINANCIAL OFFICER	Title
Phone	6313951981	Phone
Date Signed	2011-08-08	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	GEORGE E MILHIM	Name
Phone	5164814800	Phone
Date Prepared	2011-08-08	DatePrepared
Self Employed	X	SelfEmployed

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	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	366207	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 GATHERING FOR THE MEMBERS AND THEIR GUEST OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	7	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	0	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	25	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	4335	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	8926	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	0	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	51934	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	42968	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	56269	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	51894	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	1720	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	19637	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	24649	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	19637	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	26369	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	36632	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	25525	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	18219	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	23139	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	18219	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	23139	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A BUILDING WHICH HOUSES A BAR	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	1720	Expense
Description	DONATIONS TO VETERANS.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	1720	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	false	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
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	false	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	false	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	7	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	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
ENRICO ROSSI
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	4550	MembershipDues
Fundraising Events	4376	FundraisingEvents
Total Contributions	8926	TotalContributions

Gross Rents GrossRents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	10720	Real

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	10720	Real

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	10720	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	10720	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events	4376	CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents
Gross Income Gaming	287130	GrossIncomeGaming
Gaming Direct Expenses	268648	GamingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	18482	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	18482	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	59431	GrossSalesOfInventory
Cost Of Goods Sold	45665	CostOfGoodsSold

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	13766	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	13766	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	51894	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	42968	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1720	Total
Program Services	1720	ProgramServices

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1456	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	1456	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE	10145	10145
LICENSE & PERMITS	301	301
EQUIPMENT RENTAL	436	436
SECURITY EXPENSE	2229	2229
UTILITIES	233	233

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9849	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	9849	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	26369	Total
Program Services	1720	ProgramServices
Management And General	24649	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	11678	BOY
EOY	17403	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4065	BOY
EOY	3358	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2476	BOY
EOY	2378	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	18219	BOY
EOY	23139	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	18219	BOY
EOY	23139	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	18219	BOY
EOY	23139	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	18219	BOY
EOY	23139	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	25525	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	-20605	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

Gaming Information GamingInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Revenue Pull Tabs	287130	GrossRevenuePullTabs
Cash Prizes Pull Tabs	214454	CashPrizesPullTabs
Other Direct Expenses Pull Tabs	52301	OtherDirectExpensesPullTabs
Gross Revenue Total Gaming	287130	GrossRevenueTotalGaming
Cash Prizes Total Gaming	214454	CashPrizesTotalGaming
Other Direct Expenses Total Gaming	52301	OtherDirectExpensesTotalGaming
Direct Expense Summary Gaming	266755	DirectExpenseSummaryGaming
Net Gaming Income Summary	20375	NetGamingIncomeSummary

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 O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt VI-B, Line 11a	N/A
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24f	AUTO EXPENSE 147. 0. 147. 0. SCHOLARSHIPS 2000. 0. 2000. 0. MUSIC 300. 0. 300. 0. NEWSLETTER 1044. 0. 1044. 0. DUES 4064. 0. 4064. 0. FUNDRAISING SUPPLIES 2294. 0. 2294. 0.