AMERICAN LEGION POST 232
EIN 42-6076875 · Commemorative Events (A84)
What they do
THE FIRST WORDS of THE AUXILIARY PREAMBLE ARE "FOR GOD and COUNTRY". MEMBERS BELIEVE IN THE IDEALS and PRINCIPALS of AMERICAS FOUNDING FATHERS and PLEDGE to FOSTER PATRIOTISM, PRESERVE and DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, PROMOTE ALLEGIANCE to GOD and COUNTRY and to UPHOLD THE BASIC PRINCIPLES of FREEDOM of RELIGION, FREEDOM of EXPRESSION and FREEDOM of CHOICE. AUXILIARY PROGRAMS WERE CREATED to PROVIDE ASSISTANCE EDUCATION and FINANCIAL SUPPORT for VETERANS and THEIR FAMILIES. IN THE COMMUNITY, THE ORGANIZATION FOCUSES ON HELPING to CREATE A BETTER SOCIETY, PARTICULARY of THE NATIONS CITIZENS of THE FUTURE, OUR CHILDREN and YOUNG PEOPLE.
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (10)
CHRIS KLINKCOMMANDER
DAN CAINFINANCE OFFICER
JAKE DUNCALFVICE COMMANDER
KEITH MARTINCHAPLIN
LARRY MATIJEVICHTRUSTEE
MIKE PLOEGERADJUTANT
RICHARD GELBOWITZTRUSTEE
ROB HASTALS2ND VICE
SEAN KENNEALLYTRUSTEE
STEPHANIE GELBOWITZSGT AT ARMS
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1946
- Location
- 114 W BROADWAY ST, POLK CITY, IA 50226-1280
- County
- Polk
- In care of
- % DAN CAIN
- Primary officer
- Dan Cain, Finance Officer
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- BLOCK ADVISORS
- NTEE classification
- Commemorative Events (A84)
- IRS tax category
- Commemorative Events