AMERICAN LEGION POST 218
EIN 23-7283578 · Commemorative Events (A84)
What they do
FOREMOST, THE AMERICAN LEGION WAS FOUNDED BY VETERANS to HELP VETERANS AFTER THEIR DISCHARGE FROM MILITARY SERVICE. WITHIN THIS PILLAR CAN BE FOUND AMERICAN LEGION SERVICES and PROGRAMS. THE AMERICAN LEGIONS NATIONAL SECURITY POSITIONS and PROGRAMS ARE CONTAINED IN THIS PILLAR. THE AMERICAN LEGION is A PROMINENT VOICE of SUPPORT for U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL and RESERVE COMPONENTS, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA of QUALITY of LIFE, and BENEFITS. THE AMERICAN LEGIONS PORTFOLIO of YOUTH PROGRAMS HAS INFLUENCED MILLIONS of PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS. PROGRAMS INCLUDE COMPETITIVE ACTIVITIES, COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS, EDUCATIONAL CONTESTS, CITIZENSHIP PROGRAMS, SUPPORT for CHILDREN IN NEED and MANY LOCAL ACTIVITIES and PROGRAMS. THE AMERICAN LEGION IS, AT HEART, A PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATION and THE NATIONS LEADING AUTHORITY ON U.S. FLAG EDUCATION, RESPECT and ETIQUETTE. THE AMERICAN LEGION PROMOTES GOOD CITIZENSHIP, RESPECTFUL EXPRESSION of THE NATIONAL ANTHEM and THE PLEDGE of ALLEGIANCE, and MARCHES IN PATRIO
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MIKE POPPEPRINCIPAL OFFICER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1946
- Location
- PO BOX 524, HAYWARD, WI 54843-0524
- County
- Sawyer
- In care of
- % ANTHONY J KERNER
- Primary officer
- MIKE POPPE, OFFICER
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- ANDERSON HAGER & MOE SC
- NTEE classification
- Commemorative Events (A84)
- IRS tax category
- Commemorative Events