Organizations Filed Purposes:
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 DEPENDENTS.
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 OF THE BENEFITS TO WHICH THEY ARE ENTITLED UNDER THE CURRENT LAW. TO SUPPORT THESE FUNCTIONS, AMVETS AVERAGED 51 NSOS WORKING DURING THE YEAR AT 28 VETERANS ADMINISTRATION (VA) REGIONAL OFFICES, 14 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 A NUMBER OF THE 142 VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTERS AND COMMUNITY BASED OUT-PATIENT CLINICS. APPROXIMATELY 98,833 VETERANS WERE CONTACTED DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2018. THIS RESULTED IN 60,912 CLAIMS OF BENEFITS BEING FILED ON THEIR BEHALF. ALSO, 5,455 CONTACTS WERE MADE WITH NATIONAL GUARD/RESERVE TROOPS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS FOR INFORMATION AND CLAIMS ASSISTANCE.
AMERICANISM - THE AMERICANISM PROGRAM OPERATES TO HEAL THE WOUNDS OF WAR AND PROMOTE THE UNITY OF PATRIOTISM. IN ACCOMPLISHING THESE OBJECTIVES, MORE THAN 15,000 HIGH QUALITY FLAGS WITH EMBROIDERED STARS AND SEWN STRIPES WERE SENT DURING THE PAST YEAR TO LOCAL POSTS, LADIES AUXILIARY UNITS OF AMVETS AND NATIONAL SERVICE OFFICERS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO SCHOOLS, COMMUNITIES AND GROUPS. THESE FLAGS WERE DISTRIBUTED WITHOUT CHARGE.
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.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Robert S Gujral | FINANCE DIRECTOR | 40 | $116,745 |
| Joseph R Chenelly | EXEC. DIRECTOR (BEG 2/1/18) | 40 | $0 |
| Kent Ad Clark | EXEC. DIRECTOR/SECR (THRU 1/31/18) | 40 | $0 |
| Marion Polk | NATIONAL COMMANDER (NONVOT | 0.1 | $0 |
| Horace Johnson | TRUSTEE | 0.1 | $0 |
| Pnc Jimmy T Smith | TRUSTEE | 0.1 | $0 |
| Bill Buckner | TRUSTEE | 0.1 | $0 |
| Charles 'Chuck' Kissel Phd | TRUSTEE | 0.1 | $0 |
| Pnc Bill Kilgore | TREASURER | 0.1 | $0 |
| Pnc Jp Brown Iii | TRUSTEE | 0.1 | $0 |
| Pnc Jerry Hotop | CHAIRMAN/PRESIDENT | 0.1 | $0 |
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