AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY UNIT 76
EIN 36-3251119 · Recreation & Sports (N)
What they do
to ASSIST THE AMERICAN LEGION IN UPHOLDING and DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION of THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA; to MAINTAIN LAW and ORDER; to FOSTER and PERPETUATE A ONE HUNDRED PERCENT AMERICANISM; to PRESERVE THE MEMORIES and INCIDENTS of OUR ASSOCIATIONS IN THE GREAT WARS; to INCULCATE A SENSE of INDIVIDUAL OBLIGATION to THE COMMUNITY, STATE and NATION; to COMBAT THE AUTOCRACY of BOTH 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; to CONSECRATE and SANCTIFY OUR COMRADESHIP BY OUR DEVOTION to MUTUAL HELPFULNESS. to BE AWARE IF THE NEEDS of THE COMMUNITY and to RENDER ALL POSSIBLE SUPPORT.
Should I give to this charity?
Of every $100 spent, about $8.60 was reported for mission work and $0.00 for fundraising. Understand this before you give.
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Basic facts we verified
Money report from 2024The charity has a recent tax report to read.
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They name their leaders4 people are listed in the latest report.
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Mission work is the Form 990 category called program services. These are the organization’s reported accounting categories, not an independent measure of results.
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Leadership and board
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1946
- Location
- 570 S GARY AVENUE, CAROL STREAM, IL 60188-2061
- County
- DuPage
- In care of
- PAULA KRASNOW