Lincoln Park American Legion Post 279
Lincoln Park American Legion Post 279 is a public charity, based in Lincoln Park, NJ. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $83K in total assets.
Lincoln Park American Legion Post 279 at a glance
- Total assets
- $82,673
- -7.2% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $27,765
- -42.3% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $34,169
- -15.5% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-EZ, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-EZ, 2025; updated October 2026.
Who Lincoln Park American Legion Post 279 funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
1 grant across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 1 (100%).
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2022, annual grant giving ranged from $2K (2020) to $9K (2021). In 2022 it reported $3K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Various | — | $9,059 |
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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 | $82,673 | $27,765 | $34,169 | — | — | — |
| 2024 | $89,077 | $48,096 | $40,415 | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $76,886 | $60,073 | $65,793 | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $82,606 | $47,670 | $49,526 | $3,439 | Total only | $5 |
| 2021 | $84,462 | $54,326 | $57,980 | $9,059 | 1 | $5 |
| 2020 | $88,116 | $59,914 | $67,246 | $1,850 | Total only | $8 |
| 2019 | $95,448 | $71,296 | $104,970 | $5,640 | 1 | $17 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Lincoln Park American Legion Post 279's 2025 filing lists 7 officers; none of the 7 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Doug Wallis
3rd Vice President
3rd Vice President → First Vice President, 2024
First Vice President → 3rd Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Robert Petersen
Finance Officer
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Nicole Lorenc
Adjutant
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Beverly Kass
Service Officer
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bill Conklin
Vice Command
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Don Bullock
Sergent-At-A
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Suzette Donnelly
Commander
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Former officers (10)
- Former: Arnold Garrison (2019–2024) — Judge Advocate
- Former: Mark Doyle (2019–2024) — Sergeant at Arms
- Former: Walter Breakey (2019–2024) — Finance Officer
- Former: Warren Vitellaro (2019–2024) — Member
- Former: Robert Faust (2021–2024) — Member
- Former: Thomas Dresdner (2021–2024) — Commander
- Former: Harold Liberatore (2019–2023) — Commander
- Former: Nick Bottino (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Tom Dresdner (2019–2020) — 1st Vice Ccm
- Former: Vince Perratore (2019–2020) — Trustee
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.
Frequently asked questions about Lincoln Park American Legion Post 279
How large is Lincoln Park American Legion Post 279?
Lincoln Park American Legion Post 279 reported $83K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-EZ. Its revenue that year was $28K.
What is Lincoln Park American Legion Post 279's EIN?
Lincoln Park American Legion Post 279's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 22-1836285. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(5)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS January 7, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 12, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS June 30, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 17, 2023)
- Added Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 17, 2026)
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