VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS SHAW LEAVENS POST 2223
EIN 36-2260926 · Arts, Culture & Humanities (A)
What they do
SOCIAL, CIVIC, PATRIOTIC and EDUCATIONAL, and IN FURTHERANCE of SAME BUT NOT IN LIMITATION THEREOF (1) to ENCOURAGE, PRESERVE and STRENGTHEN THE BOND of COMRADESHIP AMONG ITS MEMBERS and ALL VETERANS of FOREIGN WARS; (2) to PERPETUATE THE HISTORY of ALL VETERANS, WHETHER LIVING or DEAD, AS WELL AS OTHERS WHO SERVED IN FOREIGN WARS; (3) to ASSIST, IN ANY LAWFUL MANNER, ALL WORTHY COMRADES, THEIR WIVES, WIDOWS, CHILDREN or ORPHANS; (4) to FOSTER TRUE PATRIOTISM and (5) to ENCOURAGE THE MAINTENANCE and EXTENSION of INSTITUTIONS of AMERICAN FREEDOM, AS WELL AS THE PRESERVATION and DEFENSE of THE UNITED STATES FROM ALL HER ENEMIES WHOMSOEVER. NOT, HOWEVER, INCLUDING THE PAYMENT of SICK or DEATH BENEFITS, and NOT INCLUDING THE CARE of NEGLECTED or DEPENDENT CHILDREN.
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (9)
ALEXANDRER G CHADWICKSR VICE COMM
DENNIS LONGNECKERJR. VICE COM
DUSTIN C SEDIVYTRUSTEE
ERIN E BAUSMANQUARTERMASTE
GARY J SHANKSSURGEON/ADJU
JERRY B JOCHUMSERVICE OFFI
RODNEY J CLEMENSCOMMANDER
TIMOTHY J CAVANAGHCHAPLAIN
WILLIAM C WRIGHT2 YEAR TRUST
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1966
- Location
- PO BOX 223, SAVANNA, IL 61074-0223
- County
- Carroll
- In care of
- % PAUL MAYER
- Primary officer
- ERIN E BAUSMAN, QUARTERMASTER
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- July 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- GARMAN & MEADE CPA PC
- NTEE classification
- Arts, Culture & Humanities (A)
- IRS tax category
- Arts, Culture & Humanities