American Legion - Dept of Missouri
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American Legion - Dept of Missouri at a glance
- Total assets
- $1,599,249
- +4.6% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $814,682
- -3.2% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $13,711
- +32.4% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $790,502
- +5.2% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who American Legion - Dept of Missouri funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 5 grants of 5 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Cities
How American Legion - Dept of Missouri gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2021 to 2024 (−16%). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $8K (2019) to $77K (2022). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $14K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| American Legion Foundation of MO Alma, MO | Scholarships | $13,500 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,599,249 | $814,682 | $790,502 | — | — | $13,711 |
| 2024 | $1,529,126 | $841,882 | $751,402 | $13,500 | 1 | $10,352 |
| 2023 | $1,432,190 | $753,610 | $709,503 | $22,500 | 1 | $5,775 |
| 2022 | $1,418,795 | $917,298 | $789,362 | $77,288 | 2 | $13,397 |
| 2021 | $1,267,536 | $995,753 | $718,176 | $16,000 | 1 | $5,274 |
| 2020 | $1,019,263 | $853,041 | $766,360 | $17,500 | 1 | $8,519 |
| 2019 | $892,608 | $890,657 | $878,336 | $8,000 | Total only | $8,964 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About American Legion - Dept of Missouri
Based on IRS filings
American Legion - Dept of Missouri is a public charity, based in Jefferson City, MO. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.6M in total assets. Net investment income was $14K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
American Legion - Dept of Missouri's 2025 filing lists 37 officers; 1 of 37 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Lowry A. Finley-Jackson
Adjutant
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$56K (2019) → $67K (2025)
Duane Declue
Zone IV Vice
District → Zone IV Vice, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gary Grigsby
District C
Commander → Past Cmdr, 2022
Past Cmdr → District C, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jerome Goolsby
Senior Vice Com
Historian → Senior Vice Com, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joe Frank
Past Ntl Com
Past Natl.cm → Past Ntl Com, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Buckwalter
Commander
Finance Officer → Senior Vice Cmdr, 2023
Senior Vice Cmdr → Commander, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kerry Boardman
Alt Necman
Past Command → Alt. Necman, 2023
Alt. Necman → Alt Necman, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Reed
Zone III Vice
District → Zone III Vice, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brian Sapp
Finance Officer
District C → Zone I Vice, 2022
Zone I Vice → Finance Officer, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Edward Weaverling
Zone II Vice
Zone II Vice → Zone II Vice & District C, 2024
Zone II Vice & District C → Zone II Vice, 2025
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
George Scarborough
Necman
Alt. Necman → Necman, 2023
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Maples
District
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Phyllis Campbell
District C
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alex Slocum
Senior Vice Com & Zone III Vice
District C → Senior Vice Com & Zone III Vice, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Christine Sapp
Judge Advoca
Judge Advoca → Judge Advoca & District C, 2024
Judge Advoca & District C → Judge Advoca, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Clark
Past Command
Senior Vice Cmdr → Commander, 2023
Commander → Past Command, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Albert Jackson
Sgt at Arms
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Christopher Schwartz
District
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daniel Sauer
Zone I Vice & District C
District C → Zone I Vice & District C, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Wood
District C
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eric Norem
District
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Chapman
District
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marion Lloyd Miller
Zone I Vice
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Thomas Tanner
District C
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
William Bill Roark
District
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Barbara Riggles
District
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Charles Ron Jones
District
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chris Wallingford
Historian
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Blickham
District C
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James Walton
District
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Hummer
District C
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Milo Daniel
District
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Paul Backues
District C
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Paul Kohm
District
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rachel Melos
Chaplain
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ricky Volkman
District C
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stephen Olson
District C
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (39)
- Former: Darlene Coats (2019–2024) — Zone IV Vice
- Former: Roe Noonan (2019–2024) — Past Cmdr
- Former: Charles Chester (2021–2024) — District C
- Former: David Shafer (2021–2024) — District
- Former: Kevin McMeel (2021–2024) — District
- Former: Steven Olsen (2021–2024) — District C
- Former: Marvin Harper (2019–2023) — Chaplain
- Former: Thomas Goodin (2019–2022) — Necman
- Former: Calvin Bumgarner (2021–2022) — Zone II Vice
- Former: Cue Rock Conway (2021–2022) — Zone III Vice
- Former: Fred J. Arflack (2021–2022) — District C
- Former: Harry Barnes (2021–2022) — District
- Former: Michelle Batliner (2021–2022) — District C
- Former: Norman Goforth (2021–2022) — District C
- Former: Steve Dodson (2021–2022) — District
- Former: Norman Gentry (2022) — Zone IV Vice
- Former: Cassie Strom (2019–2021) — Judge Advoca
- Former: Frankie Adams (2019–2021) — Zone IV Vice
- Former: Hallie Williams (2019–2021) — Past Cmdr
- Former: Robert Maddox (2019–2021) — Zone I Vice
- Former: William Anderson (2019–2021) — District C
- Former: Edward Ucinski III (2019–2020) — District
- Former: Edwin Allender (2019–2020) — District C
- Former: Jim Heard (2019–2020) — District C
- Former: Joseph Cochran (2019–2020) — Zone II Vice
- Former: Kenneth Goth (2019–2020) — Necman
- Former: Lenny Hill (2019–2020) — District C
- Former: Lloyd Miller (2019–2020) — District C
- Former: Marilyn Hirsch (2019–2020) — District
- Former: Mark Bartley (2019–2020) — District
- Former: Phillip Baker (2019–2020) — Zone IV Vice
- Former: Budd Gilfillen Jr. (2020) — District C
- Former: Raymand Rolley (2020) — District C
- Former: Sidney Malone (2020) — District C
- Former: Douglas Millison (2019) — District C
- Former: George Shepherd (2019) — Senior Vice Com
- Former: Harley Mike Sweeney (2019) — District C
- Former: Robert White (2019) — District C
- Former: Terry McDonald (2019) — District C
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $67K, to Lowry a Finley-Jackson (Adjutant).
Frequently asked questions about American Legion - Dept of Missouri
How large is American Legion - Dept of Missouri?
American Legion - Dept of Missouri reported $1.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $815K.
Where does American Legion - Dept of Missouri operate?
American Legion - Dept of Missouri has awarded grants in Indiana, Missouri.
What is American Legion - Dept of Missouri's EIN?
American Legion - Dept of Missouri's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 44-0356165. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 15, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS June 7, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 11, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 24, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS June 11, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS June 16, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 10, 2026)
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