American Legion Mayhew Vincent White Cane Post 266

“OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES Grants and allocations 0, Program service expenses 26,730”

“Fundraising 13,196”

“Supplies 18,709”

“Depreciation 1,352”

“FUND DIVERSION 46,528”

“SETTLEMENT 20,000”

“EQUIPMENT Beginning of year 1,352, End of year 0”

“Organization mission to support the amefican legiion programs for veterans, young people and the community. To provide for todays needs while being advocates for a brighter future.”

“This statement is made by robin hoyle, commander, american legion mayhew-vincent white cane post 266. In june 2017 an employee who was one of the signors on a bank account managed to gain sole control over that account. Certain lawsuits were also filed around this time. The organization hired and attorney and ultimately was able to gain control back over the account in june 2018. The organization was also able to part ways with the employee, paying a settlement of 20,000. The organization has preliminarily determined that during the time the employee had sole control of the account approximately 88,000 was likely diverted. Approximately 41,000 in 2017 and approximately 47,000 in 2018. The employee also did not return organization property in their posession, nor donor lists or employee files. The organization filed a police report. The steps taken to prevent this from happening again include only using one bank account for fundraising now and the finance officer is on that account.”

“During 2018 due to employee turnover and the matter described above, accounting and other records were not consistently maintained. This return has been assembled using the information available.”