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The American Legion

Fiscal year ending 2019. Filed on May 15, 2020.

PO Box 1055
Ste 500
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 2019 IRS Form 990 filing, The American Legion, a 501(c)(19) veterans' organization, reported compensation for 15 out of 290 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $178,457. The highest compensated employee at The American Legion is Daniel S Wheeler with fiscal year 2019 compensation of $356,394.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$78,627,568

Expenses

$76,094,191

Employee compensation

$21,228,217
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Daniel S Wheeler
National Adjutant
$356,394
$274,974 No related comp$81,420
Shawn T Long, Cpa
National Treasurer (Appointed October 16, 2019)
$241,588
$169,001 No related comp$72,587
Horacio Baca
Executive Director
$223,546
$161,829 No related comp$61,717
Kevin J Bartlett
National Judge Advocate
$218,142
$183,939 No related comp$34,203
R J Stoffer
Director of Media Communications
$200,005
$146,830 No related comp$53,175
George A Buskirk Jr
National Treasurer (Partial Year)
$199,865
$136,238 No related comp$63,627
Rodney Rolland
Human Resources Director
$197,359
$166,934 No related comp$30,425
Louis Celli
Director of Veterans Affairs
$183,241
$176,047 No related comp$7,194
Bradley Pryor
IT Director
$150,595
$138,815 No related comp$11,780
Joseph C Sharpe
Director of Veterans Employment and Education
$146,655
$142,452 No related comp$4,203
Chanin Nuntavong
Director/ VA&R
$143,666
$120,937 No related comp$22,729
Charles Krupa
Deputy Director Marketing
$136,280
$108,043 No related comp$28,237

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Angel Narvaez Negron
National Executive Committee Member
Bernard Stegmueller
National Executive Committee (Partial Year)
Bruce C Feuerbach
National Vice Commander
C W Sparks Jr
National Executive Committee Member
Charles D Aucoin
National Executive Committee Member
Charles F Wessinger
National Executive Committee Member
Charles Robbins
National Executive Committee Member
Cory D Bates
National Executive Committee (Partial Year)
D Joseph Jackson
National Executive Committee Member
Dale F Davis
National Executive Committee Member
David A Driver
National Executive Committee Member
David A Williams
National Executive Committee Member

Contractors

Edge Direct
Direct Mail
$6,736,275
James G Elliott Company Inc
Publishing
$1,052,869
First Degree
Consulting
$878,276
Markey's Audio Visual Inc
Audio/Visual
$415,451
Bergmann & Moore LLC
Legal Consulting
$350,000

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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