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American Legion - Dept of Missouri

Foundation · Grantmaker Jefferson City, MO EIN: 44-0356165 Website

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Key facts about American Legion - Dept of Missouri

EIN
44-0356165
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Total assets
$1,599,249

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$1.6M

+4.6% YoY

Revenue

$815K

-3.2% YoY

Net Investment Income

$14K

+32.4% YoY

Expenses

$791K

+5.2% YoY

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.

About American Legion - Dept of Missouri

Based on IRS filings

American Legion - Dept of Missouri is a nonprofit organization, 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.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Cities

AlmaIndianapolis

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60K$80KTotal only20191 grants20201 grants20212 grants20221 grants20231 grants20240 grants2025

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 0 recipients in 2025

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

5<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for 2025.

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$500K$1M$1.5M2019202020212022202320242025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$1,599,249$1,529,126$1,432,190
Revenue$814,682$841,882$753,610
Expenses$790,502$751,402$709,503
Qualifying Distributions———
Net Investment Income$13,711$10,352$5,775
Distributable Amount———

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 15, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS June 7, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 11, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 24, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS June 11, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS June 16, 2025)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 10, 2026)

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

Lowry a Finley-Jackson — Adjutant: $67KLowry a Finley-JacksonAdjutant$67K

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.

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