Our Impact

We are one of the nation’s most prominent supporters of veterans, military, and their families. From helping to draft the GI Bill in 1944 to advocating for veterans on Capitol Hill, the nonpartisan American Legion Family is instrumental in advancing legislation that improves the quality of life for our nation’s veterans and servicemembers.

Annual Reports

ALA 2023–2024 TOTAL IMPACT NUMBERS

Every hour, every dollar ALA members invest in our mission of helping veterans, military, and their families adds up. It not only gives each member a sense of pride in belonging to the organization, but it allows us to demonstrate our effectiveness to the world. Each small sum of numbers gets added into the collective impact numbers. Due to publishing deadlines, data represents actual numbers received by American Legion Auxiliary departments during the reporting year of April 30, 2023, to May 1, 2024.

Not all American Legion Auxiliary departments submitted impact numbers by the deadline to be included in this annual report.

REPORTED

Total Volunteer Hours x $33.49*
$242,715,426

Dollars Raised/Spent for Veterans, Military & Their Families
$14,280,608

Dollars Raised/Spent for Youth, Scholarships, Communities
$12,021,393

Subtotal $269,017,427

*https://independentsector.org/resource/value-of-volunteer-time/

ADDITIONAL ASSETS

ALA Budget Net Expenses, Including Gifts In Kind/ Contributed Services to ALAF
$10,904,021

ALA Net Assets without Donor Restrictions
$33,606,346

ALA Foundation Budget Net Expenses Less GIK
$258,852

ALA Foundation Net Assets with and without Donor Restrictions
$2,819,580

Total Impact of Volunteer Service & Contributions $316,606,226

VOLUNTEER HOURS

REPORTED

Hours Serving Veterans/Military
3,740,088

Hours Serving Family Support
1,241,840

Hours Serving Youth Development
361,149

Hours for ALA Girls State
192,151

Hours for Community
1,712,172

Total Volunteer Hours 7,247,400

DOLLARS RAISED/SPENT ON VETERANS, MILITARY & THEIR FAMILIES

REPORTED

Veterans/ Active Duty/ Reserve
$8,014,491

In-kind Donations
$2,354,318

$ Raised from Poppies or Poppy Items Distributed
$2,159,186

Total Amount Paid to Veterans Who Made Poppies
$278,546

Military Families
$1,474,067

Total Dollars Raised/Spent $14,280,608

SERVICE FOR VETERANS/MILITARY/FAMILIES

REPORTED

Number of Veterans/ Active Duty/Reserve Military Served
648,756

Number of Military Families Served
143,626

Number of Youth Served
463,844

DOLLARS RAISED/SPENT ON YOUTH, SCHOLARSHIPS, COMMUNITY

REPORTED
YOUTH SUPPORT

$ Spent on Goods for Youth Activities
$1,241,951

$ Direct Aid to Needy Children (Cash Aid)
$480,49

All other C&Y Expenses
$769,353

Contributions to other Child Charities
$1,698,857

ALA Girls State
$2,227,732

Scholarships
$1,509,093

Community
$4,093,909

Total Youth, Scholarships, & Community $12,021,393