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The American Legion

Fiscal year ending 2022. Filed on May 12, 2023.

PO Box 1055
Suite 700
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 2022 IRS Form 990 filing, The American Legion, a 501(c)(19) veterans' organization, reported compensation for 15 out of 266 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $210,555. The highest compensated employee at The American Legion is Daniel S Wheeler with fiscal year 2022 compensation of $479,638.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$58,111,463

Expenses

$68,608,547

Employee compensation

$22,058,618
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Daniel S Wheeler
National Adjutant
$479,638
$366,075 No related comp$113,563
Dean Kessel
Executive Director
$294,741
$220,898 No related comp$73,843
Shawn T Long
National Treasurer
$284,270
$211,804 No related comp$72,466
Horacio Baca
Executive Director
$261,288
$243,326 No related comp$17,962
Rodney Rolland
Assistant National Adjuciary
$243,835
$210,646 No related comp$33,189
Chanin Nuntavong
Executive Director DC
$227,287
$192,724 No related comp$34,563
Mark C Seavey
National Judge
$220,089
$153,096 No related comp$66,993
R Jeffrey Stoffer
Director/Marketing, Media and Communications
$199,138
$156,276 No related comp$42,862
Kimberly Meesters
Marketing Director
$187,797
$164,260 No related comp$23,537
David Sutton
IT Director
$185,122
$142,970 No related comp$42,152
Michael Hunter
Principal Business Architect
$159,896
$151,319 No related comp$8,577
Joseph Sharpe
Director/Veteran Employment and Education
$147,696
$143,394 No related comp$4,302

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Berley Hanna Jr
National Executive Committee Member
Carlton T Durham
National Executive Committee Member
Charles D Aucoin
National Executive Committee Member
D Joseph Jackson
National Executive Committee Member
Dan Wiley
National Executive Committee Member
Daniel Mark Antal
Chaplain
David C Hodgeboom
National Executive Committee Member
David J Johnson
National Executive Committee Member
David S Shore
National Sargent at Arms
Dean Overby
National Executive Committee Member
Deborah A Davis
Historian
Dennis J Soppe
National Executive Committee Member

Contractors

Bergmann & Moore LLC
Legal Consulting
$350,000
The McIntosh Law Firm PC
Legal
$120,000

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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