Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of New Jersey
Provide services, assistance and recognition to veterans of foreign wards and their families
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of New Jersey at a glance
- Total assets
- $2,186,935
- -20.3% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $800,330
- -65.2% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $51,965
- -31.1% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $1,272,596
- -7.2% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of New Jersey 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%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
In 2021 it made 1 grant totaling $45K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| New Jersey Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation Inc Trenton, NJ | To assist disabled or needy veterans and their families. | $44,916 |
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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 | $2,186,935 | $800,330 | $1,272,596 | — | — | $51,965 |
| 2024 | $2,744,909 | $2,296,528 | $1,371,190 | — | — | $75,468 |
| 2023 | $1,622,437 | $765,200 | $970,866 | — | — | $-4,740 |
| 2022 | $1,693,113 | $746,968 | $866,565 | — | — | $27,327 |
| 2021 | $1,939,302 | $797,033 | $761,931 | $44,916 | 1 | $48,119 |
| 2020 | $1,905,718 | $1,102,280 | $841,103 | — | — | $41,169 |
| 2019 | $1,635,770 | $726,263 | $732,651 | — | — | $31,822 |
About Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of New Jersey
Based on IRS filings
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of New Jersey is a public charity, based in Trenton, NJ. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.2M in total assets. Net investment income was $52K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of New Jersey is led by George Hambach, Chairman & District Commander since 2024 (on filings since 2019); 2 of 33 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
George Hambach
Chairman & District Commander
District Commander → Chairman & District Commander, 2024
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Barbara A. Hagemann
Membership Chairman
District Commander & Membership Chairman → Chairman, 2024
Chairman → Membership Chairman, 2025
On filings since 2023
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Filipe Oliveira
Chairman
On filings since 2024
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kenneth Eith
Chairman
On filings since 2024
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert Looby
Homeless Veterans Chairman
On filings since 2024
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Adrian Romero
Community Activites Chairman
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ken Hagemann
Adjutant & Quartermaster
State Adjutant & Quartermaster → State Adjutant & Quarter, 2021
State Adjutant & Quarter → Adjutant & Quartermaster, 2022
On filings since 2019
35 hrs/week
$34K (2019) → $44K (2025)
Robert Weiss
State Service Officer
On filings since 2024
35 hrs/week
$49K (2024) → $52K (2025)
James Wisor Jr.
District Commander
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Kirwin
District Commander
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Luddie Austin
Senior Vice Commander $ Legislative Chair
Past Deprtmnt & District Commander → Senior Vice Commander & Legislative Chairman, 2024
Senior Vice Commander & Legislative Chairman → Senior Vice Commander $ Legislative Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Todd Epperly
District Commander
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Minnie Hiller-Cousins
Surgeon
District Commander → Surgeon, 2025
On filings since 2020
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul Thompson
Chaplain
District Commander → Chaplain, 2024
On filings since 2020
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeff Walding
Past Department Commander
Junior Vice Commander → Commander, 2024
Commander → Past Department Commander, 2025
On filings since 2021
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael Devine
Veterans & Military Support
Veterans & Military Support Chairman → Veterans & Military Suppor, 2024
Veterans & Military Suppor → Veterans & Military Support, 2025
On filings since 2021
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brian Green
Chief of Staff
Chief of Staff → District Commander, 2024
District Commander → Chief of Staff, 2025
On filings since 2022
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Franklin Smith
District Commander
On filings since 2022
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kevin McElroy
Judge Adovcate
District Commander → Surgeon, 2024
Surgeon → Judge Adovcate, 2025
On filings since 2022
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Andrew A. R. Burns
District Commander
On filings since 2023
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Derek L. Farthing
District Commander
On filings since 2023
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jonathan S. Hinker
Senior Vice Commander
Judge Advocate → Junior Vice Commander, 2024
Junior Vice Commander → Senior Vice Commander, 2025
On filings since 2023
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Yvonne Zirrith
Junior Vice Commander
District Commander → Junior Vice Commander, 2025
On filings since 2023
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ken Durkin
District Commander
On filings since 2024
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bob Jameson
District Commander
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brian Gallagher
District Commander
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bruce Young
District Commander
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Harry Marks
District Commander
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael Venzie
District Commander
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Richard Olsen
District Commander
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rob Glass
District Commander
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rudy Hass
District Commander
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tom Judge
District Commander6
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (61)
- Former: Brian Wiener (2019–2024) — Chief of Staff
- Former: Daniel P. Wine (2019–2024) — District Commander
- Former: Jay Boxwell Jr. (2019–2024) — Past Department Commander
- Former: Juan R. Class (2020–2024) — Inspector
- Former: Thomas Bucca (2021–2024) — District Commander
- Former: Joseph A. Orlando (2023–2024) — Officer of the Day
- Former: Kenneth Hanzl (2023–2024) — District Commander
- Former: Arthur Rhinesmith (2024) — District Commander
- Former: Bill Howard (2024) — District Commander
- Former: Frank Cannon (2024) — District Commander
- Former: Harry Young (2024) — District Commander
- Former: Kara Kauffman (2024) — District Commander
- Former: Lenny Hennig (2024) — Chairman
- Former: Mark Preston (2024) — District Commander
- Former: Richard Shanahan (2024) — District Commander
- Former: Bernard W. Kerwin (2019–2023) — District Commander
- Former: Jennifer M. Long (2019–2023) — Surgeon
- Former: William R. Young (2019–2023) — State Inspector & Chief of Staff
- Former: Thomas Judge (2021–2023) — District Commander
- Former: Charles Wells (2022–2023) — Chaplain
- Former: Brody S. Force (2023) — District Commander
- Former: John W. Sandman (2023) — District Commander
- Former: Kevin O'Hora (2023) — State Service Officer
- Former: Tom R. Polhamus (2023) — District Commander
- Former: Chad Kent (2019–2022) — Surgeon
- Former: Steve Niblett (2019–2022) — District Commander
- Former: John Elley (2020–2022) — Judge Advocate
- Former: John Hunter (2020–2022) — District Commander
- Former: Robert Amrozewicz (2020–2022) — District Commander
- Former: Jesse Kitson (2021–2022) — District Commander
- Former: Albert Veltri (2022) — District Commander
- Former: Charles Haines (2022) — District Commander
- Former: Darryl Wilkins (2022) — District Commander
- Former: John Fleming (2022) — District Commander
- Former: Joseph Guchek (2022) — District Commander
- Former: Joshua Hansen (2022) — State Service Officer
- Former: Barbara Kim-Hagemann (2019–2021) — Past State Commander
- Former: Earl E. Courter Jr. (2019–2021) — Assistant Qm
- Former: Gregory Mirenda (2019–2021) — District Commander
- Former: Josh Hansen (2019–2021) — State Service Officer
- Former: Josh Moline (2019–2021) — District Commander
- Former: Stephen Davis (2019–2021) — District Commander
- Former: Angelo Correa (2020–2021) — District Commander
- Former: Dennis Sampson (2021) — District Commander
- Former: Jeffery Knight (2021) — Chaplain
- Former: Kevin O'Brien (2021) — Surgeon
- Former: Norman Wiener (2021) — Chief of Staff
- Former: Thomas Coohill (2021) — District Commander
- Former: William Howard (2021) — District Commander
- Former: Allen Garth (2019–2020) — District Commander
- Former: Carey Pritchett (2019–2020) — Chief of Staff & Chaplain
- Former: Duane Sarmiento (2019–2020) — Past State Commander
- Former: Jerry Malone (2019–2020) — District Commander
- Former: John Vollrath (2019–2020) — District Commander
- Former: Steven Stokes (2019–2020) — District Commander
- Former: Gwen Parris-Atwell (2020) — District Commander
- Former: Chuck Raftery (2019) — District Commander
- Former: Jeffrey Walding (2019) — District Commander
- Former: John Chrzanowski (2019) — District Commander
- Former: Lester Ponder (2019) — District Commander
- Former: William Bleiler (2019) — State Chaplin
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 $52K, to Robert Weiss (State Service Officer). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of New Jersey
How large is Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of New Jersey?
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of New Jersey reported $2.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $800K.
Where does Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of New Jersey operate?
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of New Jersey has awarded grants in New Jersey.
What is Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of New Jersey's EIN?
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of New Jersey's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 21-0586655. 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
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 19, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 12, 2022)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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