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The American Legion

Fiscal year ending 2023. Filed on November 7, 2024.

PO Box 1055
Ste G
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 2023 IRS Form 990 filing, The American Legion, a 501(c)(19) veterans' organization, reported compensation for 14 out of 298 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $248,255. The highest compensated employee at The American Legion is Daniel S Wheeler with fiscal year 2023 compensation of $502,085.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$62,587,362

Expenses

$68,079,465

Employee compensation

$22,873,658
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Daniel S Wheeler
National Adjutant
$502,085
$398,585 No related comp$103,500
Shawn T Long
National Treasurer
$481,641
$333,769 No related comp$147,872
Rodney Rolland
Assistant National Adjuciary
$351,773
$314,761 No related comp$37,012
Chanin Nuntavong
Executive Director DC
$310,814
$274,778 No related comp$36,036
Dean Kessel
Executive Director
$302,083
$227,278 No related comp$74,805
R Jeffrey Stoffer
Director/Marketing, Media and Communications
$262,934
$243,099 No related comp$19,835
Mark C Seavey
National Judge
$249,030
$172,934 No related comp$76,096
Horacio Baca
Executive Director
$199,825
$176,290 No related comp$23,535
David Sutton
IT Director
$185,317
$152,384 No related comp$32,933
Doug Waterfield
Principal Deputy Director
$169,792
$129,008 No related comp$40,784
Joseph Sharpe
Director/Veteran Employment and Education
$151,073
$146,673 No related comp$4,400
Kimberly Meesters
Marketing Director
$147,601
$128,575 No related comp$19,026

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Berley Hanna Jr
National Executive Committee Member
Carlton Durham
National Executive Committee (Thru August 2023)
Charles D Aucoin
Vice Commander
Christopher V Herndon
National Executive Committee Member
D Joseph Jackson
National Executive Committee (Thru September 2023)
Dan Wiley
National Executive Committee Member
Daniel Mark Antal
Chaplain (Thru August)
David C Hodgeboom
National Executive Committee (Thru JUNE 2023)
David J Johnson
National Executive Committee (Thru August 2023)
David S Shore
National Sargent at Arms
Dean Overby
National Executive Committee Member
Deborah A Davis
Historian (Thru August)

Contractors

Lsc Communications Mcl LLC
Printing
$2,607,779
Personify Inc
Event Planning
$1,056,308
Aardvark Event Logistics
Logistical
$795,313
Diesel Jack Media LLC
Media
$786,000
James G Elliott Company Inc.
Advertising
$636,595

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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