VASA ORDER OF AMERICA DISTRICT LODGE CONNECTICUT #1
EIN 23-7170970 · Recreation & Sports (N)
What they do
THE OBJECTIVES of THE GRAND LODGE VASA ORDER of AMERICA COMPRISE THE FOLLOWING: 1. to PERPETUATE THE NOBLE HERITAGE of OUR FOREFATHERS and to FOSTER NORDIC CULTURAL ACTIVITIES BY ENCOURAGEMENT and EXAMPLE to ITS MEMBERS. 2. WITH OUR MOTTO - GENEROSITY, TRUTH and UNITY AS A FOUNDATION, ENDEAVOR to PERPETUATE THE MORAL and SOCIAL STANDARDS of ITS MEMBERS IN ORDER to STRENGTHEN THE HIGH IDEALS and REPUTATION of ITS PEOPLE. 3. to INTEREST and ASSIST THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS IN THE AIMS and PURPOSES of THE ORDER BY SUPPORTING THE INSTITUTION and PROGRESS of CHILDREN and YOUTH CLUBS WITHIN THE ORDER.
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LINDA STEINMILLERPRINCIPAL OFFICER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1945
- Location
- 9 MALTBY AVE, WEST HAVEN, CT 06516-1124
- County
- New Haven
- In care of
- % LISA STARKS
- Primary officer
- Kevin DeFeo, Grand Treasurer
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2023
- Return type
- 990
- NTEE classification
- Recreation & Sports (N)
- IRS tax category
- Recreation & Sports