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Nonprofit · EIN 52-0970963

AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION

Tax-exempt · ROCKVILLE, MD 20850

Financials

$16.8M$19.4M2022$18.2M$16M2023$20.2M$17.6M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
August 31, 2025990$20,230,811$17,615,910$2,614,901$42,378,220$15,551,399$26,826,821
August 31, 2024990$18,233,533$16,026,404$2,207,129$37,697,711$13,274,748$24,422,963
August 31, 2023990$16,780,262$19,374,889-$2,594,627$33,180,791$13,687,473$19,493,318
Financial details: 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$17,269,268
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,698,476
Net gain from sales of assets
$2,123,837
Other revenue
$263,067

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$1,008,090
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$880,484
Other salaries and wages
$6,793,693
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$9,299,814
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Occupancy
$2,201,547
Travel
$178,067
Depreciation
$292,126
Program services (functional)
$14,937,897
Management and general (functional)
$2,596,422
Fundraising (functional)
$81,591

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$37,697,711
Total assets, end of year
$42,378,220
Total liabilities, end of year
$15,551,399
Net assets, end of year
$26,826,821
Land, buildings and equipment
$5,446,257
Publicly traded securities
$23,910,532
Net assets without donor restrictions
$3,956,401
Net assets with donor restrictions
$22,870,420
Gross receipts
$22,292,627
Employees
445
Volunteers
880
Year formed
1948
State of legal domicile
DC

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
AGHA HUSSAINFINANCE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$172,828$0$51,823
JOSEPH CHENELLYEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
20$0$168,600$50,183
KEITH HALEYTHRIFT STORE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$158,800$0$42,137
PIM KROTHUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER
Officer
40$129,178$0$41,996
SYBRENA BULLOCKCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Officer
40$135,434$0$16,037
BILL KILGOREPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
0.1$0$0$0
MARK FREDERICKTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
0.1$0$0$0
DR CHARLES KISSELSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
0.1$0$0$0
HAROLD CHAPMANBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director, Officer
0.1$0$0$0
RICHARD VANNATTABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
0.1$0$0$0
DONALD MCLEANBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
0.1$0$0$0
JOE PIENINGBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
0.1$0$0$0
LAURA MCFARLAINBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
0.1$0$0$0
990 for the year ended August 31, 2024: 11 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
AGHA HUSSAINFINANCE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$147,175$0$40,132
JOSEPH CHENELLYEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
20$0$142,057$40,833
SYBRENA BULLOCKCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Officer
40$118,588$0$16,053
HAROLD CHAPMANPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
0.1$0$0$0
GREG HEUNTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
0.1$0$0$0
DR CHARLES KISSELSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
0.1$0$0$0
JP BROWN IIIBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
0.1$0$0$0
DON OLIVERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
0.1$0$0$0
REGE RILEYBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
0.1$0$0$0
RICHARD VANNATTABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
0.1$0$0$0
HORACE JOHNSONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
0.1$0$0$0
990 for the year ended August 31, 2023: 11 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
AGHA HUSSAINFINANCE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$147,175$0$41,378
SYBRENA BULLOCKCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Officer
40$118,588$0$16,053
JOSEPH CHENELLYEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
20$0$71,029$20,066
HAROLD CHAPMANPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
0.1$0$0$0
GREG HEUNTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
0.1$0$0$0
DR CHARLES KISSELSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
0.1$0$0$0
JP BROWN IIIBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
0.1$0$0$0
BILL KILGOREBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
0.1$0$0$0
DON OLIVERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
0.1$0$0$0
REGE RILEYBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
0.1$0$0$0
RICHARD VANNATTABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
0.1$0$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
4 TAFT CT STE 350, ROCKVILLE, MD 20850-5585
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
JOSEPH R CHENELLY, 4 TAFT COURT, ROCKVILLE, MD 20850
Signed the 990
JOSEPH R CHENELLY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Phone
(301) 459-6181
Return prepared by
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Mission

AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION PROVIDES SUPPORT TO VETERANS THROUGH SERVICE PROGRAMS AS WELL AS PROVIDING COMMUNITY AND YOUTH-ORIENTED PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE UNITY AND PATRIOTISM. IT COUNSELS AND REPRESENTS VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS BEFORE THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION AT NO CHARGE TO THE VETERAN OR THEIR DEPENDENT.

990 for the year ended August 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • THRIFT STORES OPERATIONS: THE FOUNDATION OPERATES THRIFT SHOPS, WHICH SELL DONATED CLOTHING AND MERCHANDISE TO WAR VETERANS, AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC. ITS AIM IS TO PROVIDE LOW-COST SECOND-HAND GOODS TO WAR VETERANS AND THE PUBLIC. THE NET PROCEEDS OF THE OPERATION OF SUCH STORES ARE USED TO HELP FUND THE OTHER PROGRAMS OF THE FOUNDATION.
    Expenses $12,605,826 · grants $145,210 · revenue $13,540,877
  • SERVICE TO VETERANS: THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO INFORM VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS OF POTENTIAL BENEFITS. AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE OFFICERS (NSO), WHO ARE FUNDED BY THE FOUNDATION, ACT AS EDUCATORS, COUNSELORS AND ADVOCATES ASSURING THAT VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS RECEIVE ALL THE BENEFITS TO WHICH THEY ARE ENTITLED UNDER THE CURRENT LAW. TO SUPPORT THESE FUNCTIONS, AMVETS NSOS WORKED DURING THE YEAR AT VETERANS ADMINISTRATION (VA) REGIONAL OFFICES, MILITARY BASES AND THE BOARD OF APPEALS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WHO PROVIDED SERVICES TO THE ACTIVE-DUTY MILITARY, VETERANS, MEMBERS OF THE RESERVES AND SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBERS WITHOUT ANY CHARGE WHATSOEVER. ADDITIONALLY, AMVETS DEPARTMENT SERVICE OFFICERS AND ACCREDITED STATE AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT SERVICE OFFICERS PROVIDE SERVICES TO VETERANS AT VARIOUS VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTERS AND COMMUNITY BASED OUT-PATIENT CLINICS.
    Expenses $2,105,861 · grants $800,000
  • AMERICANISM: THE AMERICANISM PROGRAM OPERATES TO HEAL THE WOUNDS OF WAR AND PROMOTE THE UNITY OF PATRIOTISM. THESE FLAGS WERE DISTRIBUTED WITHOUT CHARGE. WE ALSO OFFER THE SCHOOLS AND YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS RESOURCES TO TEACH CHILDREN FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE ABOUT THEIR AMERICAN HERITAGE, CIVICS AND CITIZENSHIP.
    Expenses $155,830 · grants $62,880
  • CARILLON PROGRAM: THE CARILLON PROGRAM OPERATES TO HONOR ALL THOSE DEVOTED MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED WITH HONOR AND ARE NOW DECEASED. THE BELLS ARE A "LIVING" MEMORIAL AND SERVE TO REMIND US OF OUR LEGACY AND OF OUR DEBT TO THOSE WHO FOUGHT TO PRESERVE FREEDOM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THESE CHIMES ARE HEARD THROUGHOUT MANY NATIONAL CEMETERIES IN THE COUNTRY.
    Expenses $70,380

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in August, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025August 31, 2026January 15, 2027Not due yet
2024August 31, 2025January 15, 2026990 on file
2023August 31, 2024January 15, 2025990 on file

IRS record

EIN
52-0970963
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2004
Accounting year ends
August
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$42,378,220
Income (IRS master file)
$22,292,627

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990August 2025$20,230,811$17,615,910$42,378,220XML
990August 2024$18,233,533$16,026,404$37,697,711XML
990August 2023$16,780,262$19,374,889$33,180,791XML
990August 2022$18,919,602$18,800,858$25,521,721IRS
990August 2021–––IRS
990August 2020–––IRS
990August 2019–––IRS
990August 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 52-0970963).

Questions about AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION

What is the EIN of AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION?
The employer identification number (EIN) of AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION is 52-0970963.
Is AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2004.
Are donations to AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending August 31, 2026) is due January 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended August 2025.
Who is the principal officer of AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION?
The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 names JOSEPH R CHENELLY.
Who are the officers and directors of AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION?
The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 lists 13 people; 4 received compensation from the organization, the highest $172,828 (AGHA HUSSAIN, FINANCE DIRECTOR).
How much revenue does AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION have?
On its 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $20,230,811, expenses of $17,615,910 and total assets of $42,378,220 at year end.

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