Veterans of Foreign Wars 7679
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Veterans of Foreign Wars 7679 at a glance
- Total assets
- $118,794
- +5.0% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $367,827
- +13.3% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $794
- +63.0% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $362,185
- +10.5% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Veterans of Foreign Wars 7679 funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
3 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 3 (100%).
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $5K (2020) to $11K (2023). In 2023 it made 1 grant totaling $11K.
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 Non-Profit Events | — | $10,539 |
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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 | $118,794 | $367,827 | $362,185 | — | — | $794 |
| 2024 | $113,152 | $324,678 | $327,881 | — | — | $487 |
| 2023 | $169,037 | $262,327 | $234,374 | $10,539 | 1 | $46 |
| 2022 | $141,084 | $253,076 | $212,430 | $8,074 | 1 | — |
| 2021 | $100,438 | $208,105 | $163,851 | $5,665 | 1 | — |
| 2020 | $56,184 | $47,072 | $28,609 | $4,859 | Total only | — |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Veterans of Foreign Wars 7679
Based on IRS filings
Veterans of Foreign Wars 7679 is a public charity, based in Mantua, NJ. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $119K in total assets. Net investment income was $794.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Veterans of Foreign Wars 7679's 2025 filing lists 5 officers; none of the 5 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Bill Bessler
Quartermaster
Quartermaster → Quartermaste, 2021
Quartermaste → Quartermaster, 2024
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Robert Dunn
Chaplin
Trustee → Chaplin, 2022
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Martin Valdez
Commander
On filings since 2021
No compensation reported
Will Foltz
Junior Vice President
On filings since 2022
No compensation reported
Charles Phorp
Senior Vice President
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Former officers (11)
- Former: Bob Lenox (2022–2023) — Senior Vice President
- Former: Bill Guthridge (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: J. Branca (2020–2021) — Surgeon
- Former: J. Jones (2020–2021) — Service Officer
- Former: Joe Heitman (2020–2021) — Chaplin
- Former: Joe Ransazzo (2020–2021) — Advoc
- Former: Mike Andreas (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Otto Gallon (2020–2021) — Chaplin
- Former: Stan Krysjczak (2020–2021) — Senior Vice
- Former: Tom Milo (2020–2021) — Junior Vice
- Former: Michael Kerr (2020) — Commander
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "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 Veterans of Foreign Wars 7679
How large is Veterans of Foreign Wars 7679?
Veterans of Foreign Wars 7679 reported $119K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $368K.
What is Veterans of Foreign Wars 7679's EIN?
Veterans of Foreign Wars 7679's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 51-0244503. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(5)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS October 12, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS July 29, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 29, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS October 3, 2024)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
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