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US nonprofit · EIN 370644209 · Carmi, ILiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 370644209) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 June 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data
Exemption reinstated on 15 November 2023. The IRS had automatically revoked it on 15 November 2015 (after three years without a return). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Illinois' network

3 people1 organisationi3 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (3). 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

3 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.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Gary CatesTrustee2024
2 yrs
Jack LamontTrustee2023
3 yrs
Ron BellTrustee2023
3 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 2025iFrom 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.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Gary CatesTrustee1$0
Jack LamontTrustee1$0
Ron BellTrustee1$0
Edd Buttry JrPresident10$0
Loren L RogersVice President2$0
William WarnerJr Vice Command1$0
Kyle WoodQuartermaster4$0
Dave WardChaplain4$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Illinois
EIN
370644209
Address
406 E Main St, Carmi, IL, 62821-1812
State
Illinois
Mission
Aide & comfort for veterans (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
W30 Public and societal benefit
IRS classification
501(c)19 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Public & Societal Benefit
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1943
Principal officer
Edd Buttry Jr (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 May 1964
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
2, latest 2024

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥3years on the filingsJack Lamont
≥3years on the filingsRon Bell
≥2years on the filingsGary Cates

Latest return

year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$178k
Total liabilities
$5k
Net assets or fund balances
$173k
Contributions and grants received
$7k
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$2k
Employees
2