AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY - DEPT OF VA
EIN 54-0470763 · Recreation & Sports (N)
What they do
IN THE SPIRIT of SERVICE, NOT SELF, THE MISSION of THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY is to SUPPORT THE AMERICAN LEGION and to HONOR THE SACRIFICE of THOSE WHO SERVE BY ENHANCING THE LIVES of OUR VETERANS, MILITARY, and THEIR FAMILIES, BOTH AT HOME and ABROAD. for GOD and COUNTRY, WE ADVOCATE for VETERANS, EDUCATE OUR CITIZENS, MENTOR YOUTH, and PROMOTE PATRIOTISM, GOOD CITIZENSHIP, PEACE, and SECURITY. A SERVICE ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS OUR VETERANS, OUR MILITARY, and THEIR FAMILIES BY SHAPING A POSITIVE FUTURE IN AN ATMOSPHERE of FELLOWSHIP, PATRIOTISM, PEACE, and SECURITY.
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They name their leaders48 people are listed in the latest report.
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YVONNE BURGESSSECRETARY/BOOKKEEPER (THRU 6/12/25)
KAREN HUNTERDISTRICT PRESIDENT
JULIE COATESDISTRICT PRESIDENT
KIMBERLY MACK-HAMMONDHISTORIAN
LEAANN EWELLPRINCIPAL OFFICER
LISA CHAPLINPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
LORETTA SMITHPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
MARCIA WHEATLEYPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
MARGARET DELLINGERPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
NANCY HARTINPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
PAM ELAM LIPSCOMBEPAST DEPT PRES/NATIONAL EXEC COMM PERSON
PATRICIA GIBSONCHAPLAIN
PATRICIA LAMBERT-KNIGHTPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
PATRICIA UPSHAWPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
PAULA MULLINSDISTRICT PRESIDENT
PEARL KLINGEBIELPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
PEGGY THOMASPARLIAMENT & FIN CHAIR (THRU 4/26/25)
ROSE MOOREPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
SALLIE ROSSMANPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
SARAH ELAMPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
SHELIA SHARPEDISTRICT PRESIDENT
STACI KINGPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
SUSAN LEEPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
VIRGINIA JAMESPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
DARLA LISBONPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
ANGELA DESARRODISTRICT PRESIDENT
ANNE STARKEPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
BARBARA BURKSDISTRICT PRESIDENT
BERTIE BRYANTPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
BETTY CLEVENGERDISTRICT PRESIDENT
BEVERLY POLLARDDISTRICT PRESIDENT
BONNIE CREWSPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
CAROL CAMPBELLVICE PRESIDENT
CHERYL SHINEPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
CINDY KOKERNAKPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
DANIELLA KYRIAKIDRESDISTRICT PRESIDENT
AMANDA REEVESDISTRICT PRESIDENT
DAWN THOMASPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
DIANNE CABOT WAHLPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
DONNA ELLISPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
ELIZABETH NAVASDISTRICT PRESIDENT
ERICA EVANSDISTRICT PRESIDENT
ETHEL CARSONPRESIDENT
FRANCES SHELTONPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
GERALINE ROBERTSONPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
JACQUELINE STRATERDISTRICT PRESIDENT
JANET RENNERPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
JERRY WOODSONPAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1946
- Location
- 1708 COMMONWEALTH AVE, RICHMOND, VA 23230-3700
- County
- Henrico
- In care of
- % AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY DEPARTM
- Primary officer
- SALLIE ROSSMAN, FIN OFFICER & PAST DEPART PRES
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- July 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- RSM US LLP
- NTEE classification
- Recreation & Sports (N)
- IRS tax category
- Recreation & Sports