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The American Legion

Fiscal year ending 2018. Filed on May 15, 2019.

PO Box 1055
Ste 400
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 2018 IRS Form 990 filing, The American Legion, a 501(c)(19) veterans' organization, reported compensation for 17 out of 323 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $194,388. The highest compensated employee at The American Legion is Daniel S Wheeler with fiscal year 2018 compensation of $455,679.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$76,844,360

Expenses

$75,217,101

Employee compensation

$23,200,008
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Daniel S Wheeler
National Adjutant
$455,679
$359,331 No related comp$96,348
Jeffrey O Brown
Executive Director (Part-Year)
$347,084
$344,107 No related comp$2,977
Shawn Long
Finance Director
$220,687
$151,442 No related comp$69,245
Verna Lynn Jones
Executive Director
$215,586
$204,860 No related comp$10,726
R J Stoffer
Director of Media Communications
$197,294
$145,995 No related comp$51,299
Kevin J Bartlett
National Judge Advocate
$192,714
$163,799 No related comp$28,915
Louis Celli
Director of Veterans Affairs
$190,142
$159,078 No related comp$31,064
Curtis Garnett
Director of Purchasing
$188,230
$140,655 No related comp$47,575
George A Buskirk Jr
National Treasurer
$185,516
$145,175 No related comp$40,341
Rodney Rolland
Human Resources Director
$178,851
$150,709 No related comp$28,142
Horacio Baca
Executive Director
$177,836
$135,252 No related comp$42,584
Philip B Onderdonk Jr
National Judge Advocate
$175,222
$147,726 No related comp$27,496

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Angel Narvaez Negron
National Executive Committee Member
Arthur L Gimpel
National Executive Committee (Partial Year)
Bernard Stegmueller
National Executive Committee Member
Bobby D Bryant
National VICE Commander (Partial Year)
Bron R Mogenis
National Executive Committee Member
Byron Callies
National VICE Commander (Partial Year)
C W Sparks Jr
National Executive Committee Member
Cecil F Hennis
National Executive Committee (Partial Year)
Charles D Aucoin
National Executive Committee Member
Charles F Wessinger
National Executive Committee Member
Charles Robbins
National Executive Committee Member
Cory Bates
National Executive Committee Member

Contractors

Edge Direct
Direct Mail
$4,386,918
First Degree
Consulting
$1,460,467
James G Elliott Company Inc
Publishing
$1,226,745
Markey's Audio Visual Inc
Audio/Visual
$419,708
Shepard Exposition Services
Event
$356,497

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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