Nonprofit · EIN 52-0970963
AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION
Tax-exempt · ROCKVILLE, MD 20850
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 31, 2025 | 990 | $20,230,811 | $17,615,910 | $2,614,901 | $42,378,220 | $15,551,399 | $26,826,821 |
| August 31, 2024 | 990 | $18,233,533 | $16,026,404 | $2,207,129 | $37,697,711 | $13,274,748 | $24,422,963 |
| August 31, 2023 | 990 | $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.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGHA HUSSAIN | FINANCE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $172,828 | $0 | $51,823 |
| JOSEPH CHENELLY | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 20 | $0 | $168,600 | $50,183 |
| KEITH HALEY | THRIFT STORE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $158,800 | $0 | $42,137 |
| PIM KROT | HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER Officer | 40 | $129,178 | $0 | $41,996 |
| SYBRENA BULLOCK | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Officer | 40 | $135,434 | $0 | $16,037 |
| BILL KILGORE | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 0.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK FREDERICK | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| DR CHARLES KISSEL | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| HAROLD CHAPMAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director, Officer | 0.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| RICHARD VANNATTA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| DONALD MCLEAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JOE PIENING | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| LAURA MCFARLAIN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended August 31, 2024: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGHA HUSSAIN | FINANCE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $147,175 | $0 | $40,132 |
| JOSEPH CHENELLY | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 20 | $0 | $142,057 | $40,833 |
| SYBRENA BULLOCK | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Officer | 40 | $118,588 | $0 | $16,053 |
| HAROLD CHAPMAN | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 0.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| GREG HEUN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| DR CHARLES KISSEL | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JP BROWN III | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| DON OLIVER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| REGE RILEY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| RICHARD VANNATTA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| HORACE JOHNSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended August 31, 2023: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGHA HUSSAIN | FINANCE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $147,175 | $0 | $41,378 |
| SYBRENA BULLOCK | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Officer | 40 | $118,588 | $0 | $16,053 |
| JOSEPH CHENELLY | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 20 | $0 | $71,029 | $20,066 |
| HAROLD CHAPMAN | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 0.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| GREG HEUN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| DR CHARLES KISSEL | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JP BROWN III | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| BILL KILGORE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| DON OLIVER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| REGE RILEY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| RICHARD VANNATTA | BOARD 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
- Website
- WWW.AMVETS.ORG
- Return prepared by
- UHY ADVISORS MID-ATLANTIC INC
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.
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 year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | August 31, 2026 | January 15, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | August 31, 2025 | January 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | August 31, 2024 | January 15, 2025 | 990 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
- Category (NTEE)
- Public and societal benefit (W113)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $42,378,220
- Income (IRS master file)
- $22,292,627
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | August 2025 | $20,230,811 | $17,615,910 | $42,378,220 | XML |
| 990 | August 2024 | $18,233,533 | $16,026,404 | $37,697,711 | XML |
| 990 | August 2023 | $16,780,262 | $19,374,889 | $33,180,791 | XML |
| 990 | August 2022 | $18,919,602 | $18,800,858 | $25,521,721 | IRS |
| 990 | August 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 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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