DEPARTMENT OF WISCONSIN OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES
EIN 39-0677613 · Commemorative Events (A84)
What they do
to PROMOTE THE PRINCIPLES of THE VETERANS of FOREIGN WARS of THE UNITED STATES. THESE OBJECTIVES ARE FRATERNAL, PATRIOTIC, HISTORICAL, CHARITABLE and EDUCATIONAL; to PRESERVE and STRENGTHEN COMRADESHIP AMONG ITS MEMBERS; to ASSIST WORTHY COMRADES; to PERPETUATE THE MEMORY and HISTORY of OUR DEAD, and to ASSIST THEIR SURVIVING SPOUSES and ORPHANS; to MAINTAIN TRUE ALLEGIANCE to THE GOVERNMENT of THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA and FIDELITY to ITS CONSTITUTION and LAWS; to FOSTER TRUE PATRIOTISM; to MAINTAIN and EXTEND THE INSTITUTIONS of AMERICAN FREEDOM, and to PRESERVE and DEFEND THE UNITED STATES FROM ALL ENEMIES.
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THOMAS HEATHSTATE QUARTERMASTER
ADAM WALLACESTATE ADJUTANT
KRIST BESELER9TH DISTRICT COMMANDER
WAYNE GERGESONSTATE SURGEON
TY LETTOSTATE SR VICE COMMANDER
STEVEN EISENHAUER2ND DISTRICT COMMANDER
RON RAMOSSTATE COMMANDER
ROBERT DAVIS10TH DISTRICT COMMANDER
ROBERT BUEHLER6TH DISTRICT COMMANDER
RENEE SIMPSONSTATE JR VICE COMMANDER
PAUL WUENSCH11TH DISTRICT COMMANDER
LEROY JANSKYINSPECTOR
JOHN SCANLAN3RD DISTRICT COMMANDER
JIM CAIRO1ST DISTRICT COMMANDER
ILEIN TAIPESTATE CHAPLAIN
GEORGE STOEBERJUDGE ADVOCATE
DONALD LYNCH4TH DISTRICT COMMANDER
DALE DAHLKE7TH DISTRICT COMMANDER
CARLA MCANDREWSTATE CHIEF OF STAFF
AARON VOLLING8TH DISTRICT COMMANDER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1973
- Location
- 4622 DUTCH MILL RD, MADISON, WI 53716-4108
- County
- Dane
- In care of
- THOMAS HEATH
- Primary officer
- THOMAS HEATH, STATE QUARTERMASTER
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- July 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- WEGNER CPAS LLP
- NTEE classification
- Commemorative Events (A84)
- IRS tax category
- Commemorative Events
- Grant-giving organization
- Yes