AMERICAN LEGION POST 491
EIN 31-0931558 · Commemorative Events (A84)
What they do
ASSOCIATE OURSELVES TOGETHER to UPHOLD and DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION of THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA, to MAINTAIN LAW and ORDER, to FOSTER AMERICANISM, to PRESERVE THE MEMORIES and INCIDENTS of OUR ASSOCIATIONS IN THE GREAT WARS, to INSTILL A SENSE of INDIVIDUAL OBLIGATION to THE COMMUNITY, STATE and NATION, to COMBAT AUTOCRACY of THE CLASSES and THE MASSES, to MAKE RIGHT THE MASTER of MIGHT, to PROMOTE PEACE and GOODWILL ON EARTH, to SAFEGUARD and TRANSMIT to POSTERITY THE PRINCIPLES of JUSTICE, FREEDOM and DEMOCRACY, and to CONSECRATE and SANCTIFY OUR COMRADESHIP BY DEVOTION to MUTUAL HELPFULNESS. WE CONTINUE to WORK TOWARDS ACHIEVING OUR ORGANIZATIONS MISSION.
Should I give to this charity?
Of every $100 spent, about $0.00 was reported for mission work. Use the spending picture below and ask what results that work produced.
Plain answer: A tax form cannot prove that a charity is doing good. It can show how the charity says it spent its money—and point out questions you should ask.
Basic facts we verified
IRS warning checkNo IRS revocation warning appears in this data.
Money report from 2025The charity has a recent tax report to read.
They explain their jobThe charity tells us what it is trying to do.
They name their leaders4 people are listed in the latest report.
You can reach themThey list contact information, so you can ask questions.
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Worth asking: Expenses exceeded revenue by $3,192 this year. Ask whether that was planned or caused by a one-time event.
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Financial picture
A plain-language look at the latest Form 990 figures available. These numbers help you ask better questions; they do not, by themselves, rate whether a charity is good or bad.
How each $100 of revenue was used
The large number compares each expense with revenue. The smaller number shows its share of total expenses.
Expenses were greater than revenue, so the colored ring fills the available $100 and the total above 100% is shown below.
Has the pattern changed?
Colored bars = expense mix: how each year’s expenses were divided. Total expenses vs. revenue shows whether the charity spent less or more than it received. The current filing is first.
Money in and money out
Reported spending amounts
Mission work means the Form 990 category called program services. These are reported accounting categories—not an independent measurement of results.
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Leadership and board
Names, titles, time, and compensation below are reported by the organization on its Form 990.
No compensation was reported for these leaders. The complete board and leadership roster is shown below.
Board and leadership roster (4)
BRITT HOLLINGSHEAD1ST VICE COM
DAVID JOHNSONFINANCE OFFI
DOTTIE MOORECOMMANDER
RANDY JONES2ND VICE COM
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1946
- Location
- 3409 DAVIS ROAD, GRANBURY, TX 76049
- County
- Hood
- In care of
- DAVID JOHNSON
- Primary officer
- DAVID JOHNSON, FINANCE OFFICER
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- BOWDEN & TANNER LLC
- NTEE classification
- Commemorative Events (A84)
- IRS tax category
- Commemorative Events