American Legion
Revenue
$58.6m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$71.5m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$116.1m
$90.9m liabilities
Net assets
$25.1m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
85
2.4y av
Staff
250
61 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
13
named in Part VII
American Legion's network
40 people1 organisationi40 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (40). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
85 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 62 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 85 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andres Jaimes Jr | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Berley Hanna Jr | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Charles D Aucoin | Vice Commander (Thru Aug 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Christopher V Herndon | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Charles K Robbins | Vice Commander | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Charles O'Leary | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Dan K Wiley | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Daniel Depozo | Chaplain | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Daniel J Seehafer | National Commander (Thru AUG 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| David S Shore | National Sargent at Arms | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Dean Overby | National Executive Committee (Thru Aug 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Dennis J Soppe | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Dennis O Brenden | National Executive Committee (Thru Aug 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| E Michael Stelacio | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Edward Cheatham Jr | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Edward Degumbia | Historian (Thru Aug 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Everett G Shepard III | National Sargent at Arms | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Francis E Riddell Jr | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Frank Carr | Chaplain (Thru Aug 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Frederick C Craigie | National Executive Committee (Thru Aug 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Frederick N Nelson | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Gary B Leach | Vice Commander | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| George E Scarborough | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Hans J Stockenberger | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Hardwick O Hall Sr | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| James E Pisa | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Jodie L Pajak | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| James A Costello | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| James A Lacoursiere Jr | National Commander (Began Aug 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| James C Kellogg | Vice Commander (Began Aug 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| James Kell | Sergeant Arms (Thru Aug 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| James M Settle | National Executive Committee (Thru Aug 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| James W Weinreich | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Jeanette R Evans | National Executive Committee (Thru Aug 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Jennifer L Laux | Historian | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Jere L Romano | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Jim V Ramos | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Jimmy E Hawk | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Joe A Lysaght | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| John C Hince | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Kenneth R Cooper | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Keith R Davidson | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Kenneth W Mueller | National Executive Committee (Thru Aug 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Kevin John Owens | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| L James Stewart | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Larry C Money | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Larry G Dobb | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Linden B Dixon Jr | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Lloyd H Woods | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Mary V Erdman | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Melvin G Smullen | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Michael A Havel | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Michael D Wood | National Executive Committee (Thru Aug 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Michael S Napsey | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Murry Q Toney Jr | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Phil Youngblood | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Ramon L Rivera | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Robert E Dionne SR | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Robert S Murray | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Roy Weber | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Rudolph A Bourg SR | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Randall L Butler | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Randy Edwards | Vice Commander (Thru Aug 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Raymond Vail | Vice Commander (Thru Aug 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Robert A Clark | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Robert C Heinisch | National Executive Committee (Thru Aug 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Robert L Shappell | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Robert L Skinner | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Robert Shreve | Vice Commander (Thru Aug 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Robert W Hensley | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Roger P Mathison | Vice Commander | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Ronald L Chapman | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Ronald P Levasseur | National Executive Committee (Thru Nov 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Stephen M Masowick | National Executive Committee (Thru Aug 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Steve D Anderson | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Steve Sweet | National Executive Committee (Thru Aug 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Steve W Aguirre | National Executive Committee (Thru Aug 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Terry D Schow | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Thomas J Scanlon | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Timothy S Van Patten | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Timothy W Smith | National Executive Committee (Thru Aug 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| William W Kile | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| William C Barbknecht | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| William O Moore JR | National Executive Committee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| William Roy | Vice Commander (Thru Aug 2024) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
13 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Chanin Nuntavong | Executive Director DC (Thru Oct 2024) | 2024 |
| Daniel S Wheeler | NATIONAL ADJUTANT (Thru May 2024) | 2024 |
| David Sutton | Director It | 2024 |
| Dean Kessel | Executive Director | 2024 |
| Doug Waterfield | Principal Deputy Director | 2024 |
| Horacio Baca | Executive Director | 2024 |
| Joseph Sharpe | Director/Veteran Employment & Education | 2024 |
| Julia Mathis | Director Legis | 2024 |
| Mario Marquez | Executive Director DC | 2024 |
| Mark C Seavey | National Judge | 2024 |
| R Jeffrey Stoffer | Director/Marketing, Media & Communications | 2024 |
| Rodney Rolland | National Adjutant | 2024 |
| Shawn T Long | National Treasurer | 2024 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel S Wheeler | NATIONAL ADJUTANT (Thru May 2024) | 40 | $330k | $106k | |
| Chanin Nuntavong | Executive Director DC (Thru Oct 2024) | 40 | $309k | $47k | |
| Rodney Rolland | National Adjutant | 40 | $266k | $56k | |
| Shawn T Long | National Treasurer | 35 | $228k | $101k | |
| Dean Kessel | Executive Director | 40 | $224k | $77k | |
| Horacio Baca | Executive Director | 40 | $177k | $29k | |
| R Jeffrey Stoffer | Director/Marketing, Media & Communications | 40 | $166k | $20k | |
| Mario Marquez | Executive Director DC | 40 | $158k | $5k | |
| David Sutton | Director It | 40 | $157k | $34k | |
| Joseph Sharpe | Director/Veteran Employment & Education | 40 | $151k | $4k | |
| Daniel J Seehafer | National Commander (Thru AUG 2024) | 40 | $134k | $2k | |
| Doug WATERFIELD | Principal Deputy Director | 40 | $133k | $42k | |
| Julia Mathis | Director Legis | 40 | $130k | $5k | |
| Mark C Seavey | National Judge | 40 | $126k | $63k | |
| James A Lacoursiere Jr | National Commander (Began Aug 2024) | 40 | $46k | ||
| Andres Jaimes Jr | National Executive Committee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Berley Hanna Jr | National Executive Committee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Charles D Aucoin | Vice Commander (Thru Aug 2024) | 1 | $0 | ||
| Charles K Robbins | Vice Commander | 1 | $0 | ||
| Charles O'leary | National Executive Committee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Christopher V Herndon | National Executive Committee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dan K Wiley | National Executive Committee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Daniel Depozo | Chaplain | 1 | $0 | ||
| David S Shore | National Sargent at Arms | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dean Overby | National Executive Committee (Thru Aug 2024) | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dennis J Soppe | National Executive Committee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dennis O Brenden | National Executive Committee (Thru Aug 2024) | 1 | $0 | ||
| E Michael Stelacio | National Executive Committee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Edward Cheatham Jr | National Executive Committee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Edward Degumbia | Historian (Thru Aug 2024) | 1 | $0 | ||
| Everett G Shepard III | National Sargent at Arms | 1 | $0 | ||
| Francis E Riddell Jr | National Executive Committee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Frank Carr | Chaplain (Thru Aug 2024) | 1 | $0 | ||
| Frederick C Craigie | National Executive Committee (Thru Aug 2024) | 1 | $0 | ||
| Frederick N Nelson | National Executive Committee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Gary B Leach | Vice Commander | 1 | $0 | ||
| George E Scarborough | National Executive Committee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Hans J Stockenberger | National Executive Committee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Hardwick O Hall Sr | National Executive Committee | 1 | $0 | ||
| James A Costello | National Executive Committee | 1 | $0 |
Colorado roster
41 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20263004241). Titles are as filed; some entries are registered agents or custodians of records rather than board members. Source: data.colorado.gov, public domain.| Name | Title as filed |
|---|---|
| Mark Seavey | Judge Advocate |
| Lloyd Woods | Executive Committee |
| Stephen T. Weismann | Vice Commander |
| Hardwick Hall, Sr. | Executive Committee |
| Rudolph A. Bourg, Sr. | Executive Committee |
| Jerry Landkamer | Vice Commander |
| David W. Lockhart | Historian |
| Mary V Erdman | Executive Committee |
| Joseph A. Lysaght | Vice Commander |
| Shawn T. Long, CPA | |
| Randall L. Butler | Executive Committee |
| Gaylord K. Sanneman | SGT-at-Arms |
| Shawn T. Long | Treasurer |
| Linden Dixon, Jr. | Executive Committee |
| William C. Barbknecht | Executive Committee |
| William O. Moore, Jr. | Executive Committee |
| Jim V. Ramos | Executive Committee |
| Rodney Rolland | Adjutant |
| Benjamin E. Headen | Vice Commander |
| Robert Shappell | Executive Committee |
| Dan Wiley | Executive Committee |
| Berley Hanna, Jr. | Executive Committee |
| Kenneth R. Cooper | Executive Committee |
| Jimmy E. Hawk | Executive Committee |
| Michael A. Havel | Executive Committee |
| William W. Kile | Executive Committee |
| Larry G. Dobb | Executive Committee |
| James A. Costello | Executive Committee |
| Keith Davidson | Executive Committee |
| Michael Napsey | Executive Committee |
| Ronald L. Chapman | Executive Committee |
| Dan K. Wiley | Commander |
| Jan D. Larson | Vice Commander |
| E. Michael Stelacio | Executive Committee |
| Robert Hensley | Executive Committee |
| Rev. Michael J. Pollitt | National Chaplain |
| Steven D. Anderson | Executive Committee |
| Ronald L. Larose | Vice Commander |
| Edward Cheatham, Jr. | Executive Committee |
| Robert E. Dionne, Sr. | Executive Committee |
| Robert Skinner | Executive Committee |
About
- Legal name
- American Legion
- EIN
- 350144250
- Address
- 700 N Pennsylvania St, Indianapolis, IN, 46204-1129
- State
- Indiana
- Mission
- As the nation's largest wartime veterans service organization, the federally chartered American Legion is committed to lifelong assistance and support for men and women who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, significant activities of which include free benefits counseling, education (continued on schedule O) (as filed on the Form 990)
- IRS classification
- 501(c)19 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Size band
- 9 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1918
- IRS ruling date
- 1 March 1946
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 1, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- EO,GROUP
- Principal officer
- Nickolus Wells (Form 990-N, tax year 2025)
Most connected
Related organisations (Schedule R)
RelatedGrantmakingAmerican Legion Child Welfare FoundationRelatedManage FundAmerican Legion Endowment Fund CorporationRelatedAssist MembersThe American Legion National Emergency FundRelatedScholarshipsThe American Legion September 11 Memorial
Longest observed on the filings
≥2years on the filingsAndres Jaimes Jr
≥2years on the filingsBerley Hanna Jr
≥2years on the filingsCharles D Aucoin
≥2years on the filingsChristopher V Herndon
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $116.1m
- Total liabilities
- $90.9m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $25.1m
- Contributions and grants received
- $5.4m
- Program service revenue
- $35.1m
- Grants and similar paid out
- $2.2m
- Employees
- 250
- Volunteers
- 61
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $58.6m | $71.5m | Deficit $12.9m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.