AMERICAN LEGION FAIRFIELD POST 11
EIN 31-4115650 · Commemorative Events (A84)
What they do
THE AMERICAN LEGION WAS CHARTERED and INCORPORATED BY CONGRESS IN 1919 AS A PATRIOTIC VETERANS ORGANIZATION DEVOTED to MUTUAL HELPFULNESS. IT is THE NATIONS LARGEST WARTIME VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATION, COMMITTED to MENTORING YOUTH and SPONSORSHIP of WHOLESOME PROGRAMS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, ADVOCATING PATRIOTISM and HONOR, PROMOTING STRONG NATIONAL SECURITY, and CONTINUED DEVOTION to OUR FELLOW SERVICEMEMBERS and VETERANS.
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MIKE GAVINFINANCE OFFI
DANA BRESLERE-BOARD
DAVID FIGLIOLAE-BROAD
EDWARD EFFINGERADJUTANT
MELINDA YANTES1ST VICE
MIKE MILLERE-BOARD
RICHARD BECKCOMMANDER
STEVE WILKINS2ND VICE
TED PURCELLCHAPLAIN
TERRY NEWMAN SR3RD VICE
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1946
- Location
- 279 CANAL ST, LANCASTER, OH 43130-4495
- County
- Fairfield
- In care of
- MIKE GAVIN
- Primary officer
- MIKE GAVIN, FINANCE OFFICER
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- July 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- DELANEY & CO CPAS
- NTEE classification
- Commemorative Events (A84)
- IRS tax category
- Commemorative Events