Nonprofit · EIN 36-4046858
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS
Also known as 4600 FOX RIVER POST
Tax-exempt · MCHENRY, IL 60051
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $260,960 | $254,690 | $6,270 | $22,458 | $0 | $22,458 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $166,794 | $263,780 | -$96,986 | $16,188 | $0 | $16,188 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $318,170 | $283,525 | $34,645 | $113,174 | $0 | $113,174 |
| June 30, 2022 | 990 | $331,215 | $263,402 | $67,813 | $78,529 | $0 | $78,529 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $260,955
- of which government grants
- $255,357
- Membership dues
- $5,355
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $5
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $115,033
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $1,224
- Occupancy
- $7,862
- Travel
- $3,503
- Program services (functional)
- $232,725
- Management and general (functional)
- $12,965
- Fundraising (functional)
- $9,000
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $16,188
- Total assets, end of year
- $22,458
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $22,458
- Gross receipts
- $260,960
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 25
- Year formed
- 1947
- State of legal domicile
- IL
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 June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES CAIN | QUARTERMASTE Officer | 20 | $0 |
| MICHAEL KINNERK | COMMANDER Officer | 20 | $0 |
| PHILIP PESZAT | SENIOR VICE Officer | 5 | $0 |
| JULIA PROA | JUNIOR VICE Officer | 5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard S Thorson | 3 Yr Trustee Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Steinar O Anderson | 1 Yr Trustee Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Craig L Arnold | 2 Yr Trustee Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Ken Hauser | Chaplain Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Ralph G Brandt | Jude Advocate Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| a M Stubblefield | Surgeon Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Miekael J Kinnerk | Post Commander Officer | 20 | $0 |
| Ronnie Reber | Post Quartermaster Officer | 20 | $0 |
| Phil Peszat | Sr Vice Commander Officer | 10 | $0 |
| David L Erwin | Jr Vice Commander Officer | 10 | $0 |
| Patrick Degeorge | Adjutant Officer | 10 | $0 |
| Randall L Patterson | Service Officer Officer | 5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWARD S THORSON | 1 YR TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| STEINAR O ANDERSON | 2 YR TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| CRAIG L ARNOLD | 3 YR TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| KEN HAUSER | CHAPLAIN Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| RALPH G BRANDT | JUDGE ADVOCATE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| VIRGINIA M STUBBLEFIELD | SURGEON Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| BEN KEEFE | POST COMMANDER Officer | 20 | $0 |
| PETER KIM | POST QUARTERMASTER Officer | 20 | $0 |
| MIHKAEL J KINNERK | SR VICE COMMANDER Officer | 10 | $0 |
| PHIL PESZAT | JR VICE COMMANDER Officer | 10 | $0 |
| PATRICK DEGEORGE | ADJUTANT Officer | 10 | $0 |
| RANDALL L PATTERSON | SERVICE OFFICER Officer | 5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2022: 8 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERT E LUNGREN | 1 YR TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| KEVIN ADAMS | 2 YR TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| HOWARD S THORSON | 3 YR TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| BEN KEEFE | POST COMMANDER Officer | 20 | $0 |
| PETER KIM | POST QUARTERMASTER Officer | 20 | $0 |
| JOHN M DECICCO | SR VICE COMMANDER Officer | 10 | $0 |
| PHIL PESZAT | JR VICE COMMANDER Officer | 10 | $0 |
| PATRICK DEGEORGE | ADJUTANT Officer | 10 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 3002 W IL ROUTE 120, MCHENRY, IL 60051-4571
- In care of
- % RONNIE REBER
- Mailing address (990-N for 2015)
- 608 Hilltop Blvd, McHenry IL 60051
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- JAMES CAIN, 3002 W IL ROUTE 120, MCHENRY, IL 60051
- Principal officer (990-N for 2015)
- Raymond Rigsby, 608 Hilltop Blvd, McHenry IL 60050
- Signed the 990
- JAMES CAIN, QUARTERMASTER
- Phone
- (815) 385-4600
- Return prepared by
- AMERICAN TAX & ACCOUNTING
Mission
FOX RIVER POST 4600, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, AND IS A UNIT OF WAR VETERANS, IS ELIGIBLE FOR TAX DEDUCTIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS. IT SHARES THE PURPOSE SET FORTH IN TITLE 230102 FOR THE CONGRESSIONALLY CHARTERED. AS A VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATION THE MISSION OF FOX RIVER POST 4600 DEPT OF IL VFW CONSIST OF VETERANS ADVOCACY, CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, ENCOURAGING NATIONAL SECURITY THROUGH SUPPORT OF OUR NATION'S MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM, PROMOTING GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, ENCOURAGING AMERICA'S YOUTH TO EXCEL IN ACADEMICS, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ATHLETICS, FACILITATING DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY MILITARY PERSONNEL AND VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND TO SUPPORT ACTIONS AND ACTIVITIES THAT FURTH THE MISSION AND PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING OF VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
Program accomplishments
- POST RELIEF FUND - THE POST DONATES TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT DIRECTLY HELP VETERANS, PROGRAMS AND THEIR FAMILIES.Expenses $165,767 · grants $115,033
- GENERAL POST FUND - THE POST PROVIDES COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO THE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND HELPS FUND STATE AND NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS.Expenses $25,919
- THE POST PROVIDES PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY BY HOSTING GATHERINGS, ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS, AND VARIOUS EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT INCLUDE HOLIDAY PARTIES AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.Expenses $41,039
- MEALS FOR VOLUNTEERS WORKING ON OTHER PROGRAMS.
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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 36-4046858
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(19): Veterans' organization
- Exempt since
- 1964
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Group exemption
- 1661: VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $22,458
- Income (IRS master file)
- $260,960
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $260,960 | $254,690 | $22,458 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $166,794 | $263,780 | $16,188 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $318,170 | $283,525 | $113,174 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $331,215 | $263,402 | $78,529 | XML |
| 990-EZ | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2015 Officer: Raymond Rigsby | June 30, 2016 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
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 36-4046858).
Questions about VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS
- What is the EIN of VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS is 36-4046858.
- Is VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(19) since 1964.
- Which annual return does VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS 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 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names JAMES CAIN.
- Who are the officers and directors of VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 4 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $260,960, expenses of $254,690 and total assets of $22,458 at year end.
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