2026-04-15T10:39:52-07:00 2025-05-31 990 2024-06-01 261947398 WAR LEGACIES PROJECT INC WARL 9179914850 144 Lower Bartonsville Road Chester VT 05143 Susan Hammond Executive Director 9179914850 2026-04-09 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Susan Hammond 144 Lower Bartonsville Road Chester VT 05143 170090 0 X http://www.warlegacies.org X 2008 VT WLP provides direct humanitarian assistance in the form of medical care, educational support and income generation to families heavily impacted by the war in Southeast Asia. WLP also educates Americans about the impacts of war and provides information to veterans and others about Agent Orange/Dioxin. 7 6 1 3 0 0 93875 170055 0 0 58 35 631 0 94564 170090 78615 84943 0 0 55036 47395 0 0 196 69413 42504 203064 174842 -108500 -4752 60088 54694 5865 5195 54223 49499 X WLP provides direct humanitarian assistance in the form of medical care, educational support, and income generation to families heavily impacted by the long-term health and environmental consequences of the war in Southeast Asia. We educate Americans and others about the impacts of war and provide information to US Veterans and their families and the general public about Agent Orange/Dioxin. 1 0 41285 11272 0 Support to People with Disabilities in Laos: The project identifies and provides health care and educational support to children and youths with disabilities along the former Ho Chi Minh Trail area of Laos. The project surveyed 126 villages in 5 districts of Salavan and Savannakhet provinces of Laos along the former Ho Chi Minh Trail area. It raised awareness in villages and district government offices about the potential health and environmental impacts of use of dioxin contaminated herbicides during the American war in Laos and the types of birth defects and disabilities the project could help address. Over 500 children and adults under the age of 55 with congenital malformations and birth defects were identified.The projects assisted seven children from rural Savannkhet and Salavan province to travel to Vientiane for Medical care and a young child from rural Xieng Khoang to travel to Vientiane for Chemotherapy. 66451 57984 0 Humanitarian Assistance Program for People with Disabilities: The program focuses on poor families in Vietnam with one or more children with severe and/or multiple disabilities. In partnership with the Quang Nam Red Cross the program provided direct assistance to 31 families that included 36 children/youths with disabilities in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam. This included assisting with livelihood support, improving housing conditions, supporting the costs of medical care and/or adaptive equipment, or supporting educational expenses. A grant to the Fund for Genetic Counseling and Disabled children in supported the physical therapy of dozens of children and the operating costs for an early intervention center in Nam Dong District, Thua Thien Hue province Vietnam that provides rehabilitation, basic education and self-care skills for 7 severely disabled children. The project also supported the school fees for young girl who was born without limbs, so that she could attend the 11th grade, a scholarship for a university student who lost her father to cancer and supported a young man with disabilities buy providing funds for his internet connection. The project also supported 16 women with disabilities in Dong Nai Province with small grants to improve their livelihood through a grant to Disability Research and Capacity Development (DRD) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 40833 500 0 Agent Orange Education Project: Provides information to veterans and their families, non-profits, students, journalists, film-makers and the general public about the impacts of Agent Orange/Dioxin, Unexploded ordnance and other war legacies on human health and the environment. Manages an informational website about Agent Orange/Dioxin (http://www.agentorangerecord.com). Staff participate in conferences and educational events as well as write articles and research papers. 19119 15186 0 WLP has supported a non-formal education program in Nong District, Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR. It trained 16 teachers in 8 villages in Nong to teach Lao language reading and writing and Math skills to youth and young adults that did not attend school or dropped out of school before they obtained literacy in the Lao Language. The Nong Non-Formal Education Project had 145 students complete the 6 month course that brought them to the equivalent of grade 2 in the Lao education system. 19119 15186 0 167688 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 LA 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 X Susan Hammond 9179914850 144 Lower Bartonville Road Chester VT 05143 Susan Hammond Executive Director/Board Secretary 40 0 X X 7754 0 13884 Miranda Rumpf Treasurer 10 0 X X 0 0 0 Jacquelyn Chagnon Director 10 0 X 0 0 0 Ivan Small Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Thi Bay Miradoli Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Bee Vang Director 10 0 X 0 0 0 Andrew Wells-Dang President 2 X 0 0 0 7754 0 13884 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 170055 0 170055 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 170090 35 0 0 500 500 0 0 84443 84443 0 0 25200 21323 3877 0 0 0 0 0 11830 11830 0 0 0 0 0 0 8410 8410 0 0 1955 1650 305 7848 6781 871 196 2324 2074 250 0 0 0 0 0 7200 7200 0 0 22557 21806 751 0 1671 1671 0 0 0 0 904 0 904 0 0 0 174842 167688 6958 196 33061 24754 24586 24673 3359 12817 11571 1807 1246 634 662 60088 54694 5865 5195 5865 5195 X 37055 11365 17168 38134 54223 49499 60088 54694 -4752 28 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 226460 140423 110050 94506 170055 741494 0 0 0 0 0 0 226460 140423 110050 94506 170055 741494 357931 383563 47 73 81 58 35 294 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 631 0 631 742419 0.51664 0.4817 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 The other income in 2023 tax year was due to a bank error by TD bank in transferring funds to Vietnam in Dong and not in dollars and the difference in the exchange rate that was less at TD bank than if it was transferred in Dollars and exhanged in Vietnam was returned to WLP. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12817 0 11571 1246 0 0 0 0 1246 1 East Asia and the Pacific 1 2 Grantmaking WLP provides support to people with disabilities in areas where Agent Orange was sprayed in the Lao PDR and Vietnam and to people with disabilities in general. This includes direct support for access to medical care (such as travel, per diem, medical expenses and adaptive equipment); education or vocational training (such as travel, tuition, room board, and supplies); includes livelihood support (animal husbandry, home businesses); and/or home repairs and sanitation. It also provides support for a non-formal education project in Nong, Savannakhet Laos to teach Lao Language and math instruction to youth and young adults that have dropped out of school. 84443 East Asia and the Pacific 1 2 Program Services The office manages and conducts projects to raise awareness in Laos about the long term health and environmental impacts of war, identifies people that have disabilities that need medical support, livelihood or other support, it also conducts a program to provide non-formal education for youth and young adults in rural Laos that have not learned to read or write Lao or learn math skills. 42412 2 4 126855 East Asia and the Pacific To provide support to 31 people with disabilities believed to be impacted by Agent Orange in Dien Ban District, Quang Nam Province Vietnam.This supported provided in a grant to the Quang Nam Red Cross included support to purchase cows, chickens and/or pigs, build stables, repair homes, scholarships for high school and university, medical care, expand a small home-based business, electric bikes to commute to school or work and adaptive equipment. 31300 wire transfer East Asia and the Pacific Provided a grant to the Disability Research and Capacity Development Center (DRD) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to assist 15 women with disabilities in Dong Nai Province. Support allowed them to set up or expand small home based business. The grant also supported the cost of an electric wheelchair for a young woman with severe physical disabilities. 12000 wire transfer East Asia and the Pacific A grant to the Fund for Genetic Counseling and Disabled Children supported the teacher salaries and students lunches for one year at the Nam Dong Early Intervention Center in Nam Dong District Thua Thien Hue. It also supported the salary for one year of a physical therapist at FGCDC's rehabilitation center in Hue City, Thua Thien Hue Province. 7700 wire transfer 3 3 Provided medical care and educational support to people with disabilities in Vietnam and Lao PDR.In Laos this included support for 8 children to travel from their rural village for medical care in Vientiane including a young boy with retinoblastoma who required monthly trips for 6 months. These funds also supported the travel expenses of 35 local partners in Laos to travel for meetings and visit beneficiaries. In Laos the funds also supported a small monthly stipend for 16 volunteer teachers, books and class supplies for 200 students, and electric upgrades for 8 classrooms used for the non-formal education programs. East Asia and the Pacific 243 19935 cash in local currency In Vietnam it included support for a young woman with disabilities to set up her graphics design company, a scholarship for a high school student with disabilities, a scholarship to university for young woman from a poor rural family, livelihood support for three families in Quang Tri Vietnam caring for Agent Orange impacted children, and an internet connection and computer repairs for a young man with disabilities. East Asia and the Pacific 7 8008 cash in local currency 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 WLP visits each project overseas before the project begins to approve the budget and details of the expenses and to ensure that the beneficiaries meet our criteria. For programs that our staff/volunteers manage overseas we require detailed receipts for each project expense and signatures from each project partner that receives travel funds or a per diem. Periodically through the project WLP visits to ensure that the funds allocated have been used as directed. WLP is also in constant contact with our overseas staff and volunteers. Susan Hammond Executive Director Error by Staff in using the wrong Venmo account X 2515 2515 0 1 0 Susan Hammond Execuctive Director and non-voting board member Payment of personal expenses by WLP in error X 844 844 0 1 0 3359 Schedule L, Part I, Line 2 The staff person inadvertently used the wrong Venmo account when making a transfer to support the medical expenses of friend. In addition, personal credit card expenses were inadvertently paid for by WLP's bank account. This was caught after the end of the fiscal year and was paid back in the next fiscal year. The board of directors were notified of the errors. To prevent this from happening again orders to on-line shopping entities or for supplies for the organization have been kept separate from anything personal and paid for by the company card. Form 990, Part III, Line 2 WLP has supported a non-formal education program in Nong District, Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR. It trained 16 teachers in 8 villages in Nong to teach Lao language reading and writing and Math skills to youth and young adults that did not attend school or dropped out of school before they obtained literacy in the Lao Language. The Nong Non-Formal Education Project had 145 students complete the 6 month course that brought them to the equivalent of grade 2 in the Lao education system. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Miranda Rumpf who recently joined the board of directors is the daughter of Jacqui Chagnon who is currently on the board. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8b There are no committees of the board of directors so all decisions are at the board level. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Prior to submitting the 990 the whole board has the opportunity to review the form and make any corrections/additions as needed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c At the first meeting of the start of the fiscal year the board will review the disclosure policy. During the year if any conflict arises the board member will raise it with the board. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The Executive Director's salary is reviewed by the board each year to ensure that it remains within the level that is comparable to other organizations of similar size and mission in the geographical area of the organization. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The 990 is uploaded to Guidestar and also made available by email if requested to any individual that asks. Other organizational documents are also made available upon request.