VFW Post 612
To honor, serve, and defend the United States of American.
VFW Post 612 at a glance
In short: VFW Post 612 gave $5K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $5K). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $5,000
- -51.4% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- -50.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $5,000
- -2.8% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $5,000
- Total assets
- $612,175
- -0.7% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who VFW Post 612 funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Fergus Falls Hockey Association ($5K).
Grant Size Distribution
14 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 14 grants of 14 (100%).
How VFW Post 612 gives
- Giving fell 70% from 2022 to 2025. 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 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $5K (2020) to $53K (2023). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $5K.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fergus Falls Hockey Association | Youth Support | $5,000 |
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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 | $612,175 | $452,323 | $456,296 | $5,000 | 1 | $3,171 |
| 2024 | $616,410 | $525,769 | $503,985 | $10,288 | 2 | $3,192 |
| 2023 | $596,110 | $560,293 | $622,986 | $53,151 | 6 | $3,230 |
| 2022 | $657,818 | $559,810 | $526,684 | $16,726 | 3 | $1,823 |
| 2021 | $623,487 | $814,949 | $510,781 | $10,000 | 2 | $214,605 |
| 2020 | $416,204 | $289,192 | $338,506 | $4,940 | Total only | $1,461 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About VFW Post 612
Based on IRS filings
VFW Post 612 is a public charity, based in Fergus Falls, MN. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $612K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $5K. Net investment income was $3K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
VFW Post 612's 2025 filing lists 11 officers; none of the 11 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Louie Kamrowski
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tanner Stadum
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rodney Berg
Trustee
Trustee & Judge Advocate → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Aaron Christenson
Chaplin
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cameron Hanson
Commander
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lynette Dornbusch
Quartermaster
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Sjostrom
Judge Advocate
Senior Vice Commander → Service Officer, 2024
Service Officer → Judge Advocate, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gabriel Kainz
Adjutant
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kristopher Clark
Senior Vice Commander
Junior Vice Commander → Senior Vice Commander, 2023
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tyler Davenport
Junior Vice Commander
Surgeon → Junior Vice Commander, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Pete Johnson
Surgeon
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (7)
- Former: Bodray Teberg (2022–2024) — Junior Vice Commander
- Former: David Ehlert (2024) — Trustee & Judge Advocate
- Former: Lucas Lundgren (2020–2023) — Gambling Manager
- Former: Rod Berg (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Gabe Kainz (2020–2021) — Junior Vice Commander
- Former: Bruce Walkup (2021) — Trustee
- Former: Kris Clark (2020) — Adjudant
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 VFW Post 612
How much does VFW Post 612 give each year?
VFW Post 612 gave $5K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $10K across 2 grants.
How large is VFW Post 612?
VFW Post 612 reported $612K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $452K.
What is VFW Post 612's EIN?
VFW Post 612's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 41-0653250. 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
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 28, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS September 7, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS June 8, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 13, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 13, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 11, 2026)
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