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Organizations The American Legion

The American Legion

Fiscal year ending 2016. Filed on May 12, 2017.

PO Box 1055
Indianapolis, Indiana 46206

The American Legion (EIN: 35-0144250), also known as The American Legion National Headquarters, has filed an IRS Form 990 since at least fiscal year 2016. In its fiscal year 2016 IRS Form 990 filing, The American Legion, a 501(c)(19) veterans' organization, reported compensation for 10 out of 316 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $145,919. The highest compensated employee at The American Legion is Daniel S Wheeler with fiscal year 2016 compensation of $266,387.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$71,228,134

Expenses

$72,450,439

Employee compensation

$20,380,421
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Daniel S Wheeler
National Adjutant
$266,387
$228,641 No related comp$37,746
Philip B Onderdonk Jr
National Judge Advocate
$190,558
$154,615 No related comp$35,943
Verna Lynn Jones
Executive Director
$185,579
$166,574 No related comp$19,005
R J Stoffer
Director of Media Communications
$163,039
$134,921 No related comp$28,118
Jeffrey O Brown
Executive Director
$161,578
$155,950 No related comp$5,628
Joseph C Sharpe
Director of Veterans Employment and Education
$138,902
$135,046 No related comp$3,856
Louis Celli
Director of Veterans Affairs
$138,488
$132,493 No related comp$5,995
George A Buskirk Jr
National Treasurer
$112,322
$79,775 No related comp$32,547
Harold D Barnett
National Commander (Partial Year)
$68,340
$68,000 No related comp$340
Charles E Schmidt
National Commander
$34,000
$34,000 No related compNo other comp

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Alan A Davis Sr
National VICE Commander (Partial Year)
Arthur L Gimpel
National Executive Committee Member
Bill G Richard
National Executive Committee (Partial Year)
Bobby D Bryant
National Executive Committee Member
Bron R Mogenis
National Executive Committee Member
Bruce C Feuerbach
National Executive Committee Member
C W Sparks Jr
National Executive Committee Member
Cecil F Hennis
National Executive Committee Member
Charles D Aucoin
National Executive Committee Member
Charles F Wessinger
National Executive Committee Member
Charles W Goodin
National Executive Committee (Partial Year)
D Joseph Jackson
National Executive Committee Member

Contractors

Resource One
Direct Marketing
$11,364,575
Edge Direct
Direct Mail
$5,158,182
RR Donnelley & Sons Co
Printing
$1,346,601
James G Elliot Company Inc
Publishing
$1,312,800
First Degree LLC
Consulting
$761,889

Mission Statement

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)

Revisions to this organization profile

November 17, 2025:
2024 The American Legion 990 filed
November 7, 2024:
2023 The American Legion 990 filed
May 12, 2023:
2022 The American Legion 990 filed

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