Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of Mo

“The membership elects the officers of the post.”

“Decisions by the governing body are subject to the approval of the members.”

“The post's assistant quartermaster reviews the form 990 prior to his signing the form 990”

“All the membership votes on the pay rate of any employee at such time as there is proposed a change in that employee's rate of pay.”

“The post's assistant quartermaster proposes to the membership any change in pay rate for the other employees; the rate of pay of the assistant quartermaster is determined by a vote of the entire membership.”

“Those governing documents of the post that are on file with the missouri secretary of state and are available from that entity upon request. The organization generally does not make its other governing documents, conflict of interest documents and financial documents available to the public. The organization believes that the form 990 information to be available to the public thru the irs reading room.”

“Included in the contributions received from the public was a single bequest received from the estate of norma bausch (ssan xxx-xx-xxxx) on may 13, 2021 in the form of mutual fund shares with a cost basis determined as the fair market value of the shares at her date of death (9/30/20) of 81,685.08 the post is carrying these shares at their cost in its records.”

“Hinkel,kleeschulte,westoff,post 5077”

“These volunteers are generally members of the vfw post and they give their time to post activities and charitable projects undertaken by the post.”

“Commeration of veterans & their contributions to america; developing public awareness of veterans' contributions to america and their sacrifices; promotion of good citizenship including the voice of democracy program in the local schools; commemoration of local public servants such as fire fighters, paramedics, & police; newsletters to members; development of a website for listing resources available to veterans; support of national, state, & district vfw organizations; providing a social outlet for veterans to gather and develop mutual support and comraderie.”