How we help
Veterans Disability Assistance
The Indiana American Legion Foundation is dedicated to supporting veterans by helping them navigate the often complex process of filing disability assistance claims. Through trained and accredited Veteran Service Officers (VSOs), the Legion ensures veterans receive expert guidance, thorough claim preparation, and personalized advocacy. Studies show that veterans who work with a VSO receive, on average, receive 30% more in benefits compared to those who file claims on their own, making this service a vital resource for securing the support veterans have earned through their service.
Veterans in Financial Need
The Indiana American Legion Foundation supports veterans in financial need through one-time grants designed to help them overcome temporary hardships and regain stability. These grants can assist with essential expenses such as rent, utilities, medical bills, or other urgent needs, offering a lifeline during challenging times. By providing this critical assistance, the Foundation helps veterans and their families get back on their feet and move toward a more secure future.
Patriotic Youth Programs
The Indiana American Legion Foundation proudly supports Hoosier youth programs that inspire patriotism and cultivate leadership skills in young people. Through initiatives like Boys State, Girls State, and youth scholarships, the Foundation provides opportunities for students to learn about civic responsibility, government, and community service. By fostering a sense of patriotism and encouraging future leaders, the Foundation helps shape a generation committed to making a positive impact in their communities and beyond.
Homeless Veterans Assistance
The Indiana American Legion Foundation is committed to addressing veteran homelessness by providing grants that fund temporary shelter and essential resources for those in need. These grants bridge the gap for homeless veterans, offering them a safe place to stay while long-term housing solutions are secured. By partnering with local organizations and leveraging community resources, the Legion helps ensure that veterans facing homelessness have the support they need to regain stability and rebuild their lives.
Veteran Suicide Prevention
The Indiana American Legion Foundation is deeply committed to combating veteran suicide by financially supporting programs that focus on mental health care, crisis intervention, and suicide prevention. Through funding initiatives like peer support networks, counseling services, and outreach programs, the Foundation ensures veterans have access to the resources they need to address mental health challenges. By investing in these critical efforts, the Foundation strives to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health and make a meaningful impact in saving veteran lives.
Veterans helping Veterans
The Indiana American Legion Foundation plays a vital role in fostering a sense of community and camaraderie among veterans by helping them connect with one another. Through local posts, events, and programs, veterans can share experiences, build supportive relationships, and find a renewed sense of belonging. These connections provide a strong network that helps veterans navigate life after service, creating bonds that last a lifetime.
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Mission
To help all Indiana veterans, their family members, and future leaders of America through patriotic youth programs.
Vision
To contribute to the welfare of the citizens of the State of Indiana by supporting, funding, and administering activities and programs of The American Legion Department of Indiana based on our founding principles.
Values
Service – dedicating ourselves to making a meaningful impact on others and our communities. Integrity – conduct business with honesty and fairness – committed to doing the right thing. Respect – treat everyone with dignity Inclusion – we value the uniqueness of people, we embrace one another differences and abilities.
Your Legacy
Knox Boyd, Oratorical Competition
"The Oratorical program has really pushed me to do the absolute best that I can with public speaking. I've improved a ton and that will have a huge impact for me. If you're willing to commit to it, really, then it is a fantastic opportunity for scholarships and to learn and grow."
Jack Rannard, Flag Education
"I learned about the American Flag and its history because of the program, and I would like to say thank you so much, it was a great experience."
Denise Gamas Gonzalez, JROTC
“Winning the cadet of the year gives me a boost in confidence and makes me want to continue to try and improve and try new things. I would like to thank the Foundation very much for giving me this opportunity."
Grant Application
You must participate in an Indiana Legion youth program to receive a scholarship. Grants for veterans in need, homeless shelter assistance, and veterans seeking assistance with their earned benefits claims must call 317-630-1300 for immediate assistance.
If you are a non-profit and are seeking to apply for a grant from the Indiana American Legion Foundation, please send a letter of interest by clicking below.
SPEND TO HELP HOOSIER VETERANS AND YOUTH
Your support today directly impacts Indiana’s veterans and future leaders. Every contribution ensures veterans receive the assistance they deserve and empowers young Hoosiers with skills for life. Investing in these causes strengthens Indiana’s future. Join us to honor their sacrifices and shape tomorrow’s leaders.
Indiana American Legion Foundation
5440 Herbert Lord Rd., Indpls, IN. 46216
EIN: 83-4375439
Your donation is spent on...
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List of Donors - Thank you!Cash Gifts: $50,001 - $100,000 SAL Detachment of Indiana Post 064 Ruth Lilly Philanthropic Foundation Post 391 Cash Gifts: $25,001 - $50,000 Indiana Funeral Care Cash Gifts: $10,001 - $25,000 Bumbleburg, Joe Indiana American Legion Riders Post 147 Daystar Directional Drilling, Inc. American Legion Auxiliary Dept. of IN American Legion 11th District Post 200 Post 172 Post 070 Post 047 Post 276 Squadron 064 Cash Gifts: $5,001 - $10,000 Post 341 Post 097 Post 028 Mazza, Tom Post 021 Scheper, Elmer Squadron 406 Post 002 American Legion 8th District Post 252 Post 331 Post 241 Post 072 American Legion Auxiliary Fourth District Brady, Michael Cash Gifts: $1,001 – $5,000 Post 233 SAL 4th District Post 045 Post 351 Walmart Post 058 Riders AGIA Post 006 American Legion 5th District Post 145 Post 155 Post 152 American Legion 10th District Squadron 502 Terre Haute Summer Baseball, Inc. Post 009 Riders Post 031 Steinhardt, Gary Post 464 Post 018 Post 500 Post 497 American Trailer Rental Group LLC Post 066 American Legion 1st District Post 507 Post 104 American Legion 4th District Post 230 Post 169 Post 044 American Legion 7th District Post 830 The American Legion Post 204 Post 492 Anonymous/Unknown Paris, Carl Post 452 American Legion 2nd District Webster, Michael & Andrea Owens, Gina Byrley, Chris Squadron 215 Morgan Properties Miller's Market Connelly, Allen & Rebecca Post 415 Freije Engineered Solutions Post 284 Post 089 Post 232 Post 073 Post 1919 Lowry, Larry Post 103 American Legion 3rd District Post 250 Post 202 Post 297 Past Commanders Club-2nd District United Way of Central Indiana Bosma Industries For The Blind, Inc. Brown, Richard Warren, Kenneth La Societe Des Hommes Et Chevaux The Nagdeman Living Trust Post 047 Riders Post 058 Post 043 Post 265 Post 098 Post 329 Post 011 Post 121 Post 029 Post 260 American Legion Club Post 369 Ayres, Kenneth Post 502 Squadron 047 Cook, Jack Squadron 042 Post 454 American Legion Auxiliary Unit 064 Post 037 Post 060 Post 035 Trice, Ed Post 009 Post 485 Post 111 American Legion 6th District Post 257 Hickey, John Birkla, Philip Post 022 Post 079 Post 399 Post 218 Post 470 Post 280 Post 019 Post 071 Baggett, Carl & Sharon Newby, Jay Marian Inc. Post 182 Post 205 Post 295 Post 467 Walker, Terry Post 007 Shearer, Donald Patrick, Inc. Soblotne, Gary & Evelyn Richard & Hopkins Post 420 Beck, David Post 156 Gyorkos, Robert Squadron 500 Winthrop, Charles Unit 215 Cody Farr Memorial Ride Post 059 Post 064 Riders Operation Job Ready Vets Post 208 Oeth, Robert Wiedenmayer, Mark Castell, John Squadron 276 Land, Danny SAL 1st District Au, Jerry Surber, Deborah Post 215 Riders Past Commanders Club-11th District Cash Gifts: $251 - $1000 Post 437 Post 012 Post 337 Post 042 Post 210 Post 085 Post 450 Post 052 Post 251 Post 027 Post 313 Post 143 Post 101 Post 038 Post 331 Riders Delaney, James Post 333 Camacho, Jesse Post 117 Heckathorn, Kenneth Post 137 Post 321 Post 212 Post 229 Post 087 Post 335 Westfield Washington Educ. Dev. Found. Post 510 Post 083 Riders Post 495 Post 390 Post 400 Post 242 Post 410 Squadron 034 Gullion, M. Kiwanis Club of North Vernon Dubois County Comm. Foundation Fultz, Ted Post 069 Post 451 DAV CHP 17 Past District Commander's Club Brookston Lions Club Squadron 079 Post 444 Post 020 Kiwanis Club of Westfield SAL 9th District Indiana Troopers Youth Services Post 555 Post 081 Squadron 253 Post 080 Spille, Reinert & Douglas Westville Correctional Facility Post 502 Riders Post 018 Riders Post 002 Riders Buchanan Group Uehlein, Larry American Legion Auxiliary Unit 047 Pearson, David American Legion Auxiliary Unit 331 Boyce, L Daube, James Post 065 Riders SAL 6th District Bledsoe, Hubert & Beverly Post 313 Riders Denys, Casimir Dice, James Douville, Jeffrey MIller, Ronald McNamara, Cathy McKinney, Judson Post 355 Post 103 Riders Bernard Health Post 124 Squadron 002 Post 147 Riders Zurbriggen, William KSM Business Services, Inc. Post 158 Post 178 King, R. Jasper Engines & Transmissions Squadron 097 Squadron 098 Post 213 Riders Post 216 Squadron 223 Winkler, Rick Squadron 241 Post 500 Riders Graphics 55 Ayers, John Wallace, Randall Squadron 301 Lehman, Richard Post 185 Post 485 Riders Bowman, L. Post 307 Post 379 Squadron 191 Byrley, Ron & Brenda Bohlender, Robert Post 213 Post 180 Chaney, Jon Mead, Stephen Deilkes, Dennis Wilson, Michael Post 004 Schwinghammer, Paul Squadron 231 Del Busto, Michael Orander, Stephen French, John Post 154 Post 288 Post 301 Squadron 418 Indiana Society of the S.A.R. Post 463 Mill Creek Arbor 418 Biegel, Mike McCarthy, Kevin Post 094 Post 197 May, James Maune, Jerry Post 102 Rotary Club of Carmel Indiana Seykowski, Edward Post 113 Kiwanis Club of Petersburg Post 118 Post 119 Post 126 Post 127 Post 131 Post 423 Post 160 Koehler, William Post 139 Stackhouse, Marcella Squadron 024 Post 150 Post 227 Gooding, David Post 061 Post 306 Post 296 Post 056 Post 469 Post 234 Post 235 Post 046 Post 281 Post 508 Pike Central High School Gribschaw, Carlyle Browne, Stephen Wabash Correctional Facility SAL 2nd District Post 701 Post 024 Post 005 Campbell, Carol Carmel High School Vannatta, John Ostrognai, James Noorlag, Kent Bromstrup, Thomas Petty, Larrie Post 070 Riders Squadron 018 Post 196 Squadron 180 Squadron 331 Leigh, Mark Post 049 American Dairy Association Cash Gifts: $0.01 – $250 Kenny Kent Chevrolet Haizlip, William Ennis, Jerome Allen, Dennis Brewer, Clyde Hamby, James Embree, William Billings, Marianne Harrison, William Squadron 172 Huntley, Kenneth Morgan, James Post 292 O'Brien, Diane Patterson, Daniel & Bonnie Sugg, Harold Tumbleson, Keith Purnell, Clifford Struewinfg, David Post 133 Post 133 Riders Strope, David Voss, Gene Larsen, Robert Ross, Kenneth Post 402 Stockman, Kenneth Robbins, Harvey Squadron 495 Hamilton, Lonnie Woodke, Richard Scott, Jeffery Post 191 Grimes, Harold Ketner, William Barron, Troy & Traci Brevard, Tina Perry, A. Morris, Michael Barger, Donald Post 479 Post 256 Post 200 Riders Rudolph, John Post 019 Riders Pipher, Mike Parkhill, Cynthia Ormsby, Anne Olsen, Kenneth Oeffinger, Richard Oderio, Joseph Oakes, E. DeWayne Norman, Betty SAL 7th District Newman, Robert Sallengs, Sarah Miers, Richard Martin, Ricky Skehan, Michael Lofgren, Richard Levenhagen, Susan Lerner, John Kyle, Dale Kunis, Donald Komasinski, Ernest Kidd, David Jaussad, Michael Ingle, Cathy Hopkins, Howard Hernandez, Milagros Hayes, Steve Hall, Herschel Hall, Donnie Haas, Michael & Alesia Gross, Lynn Graviss, Kevin Foster, George Ellis, Ricky Eisbrenner, Nancy Dickerson, John Threte, Cherril Curlin, Oliver Cunningham, Daniel Tolbert, James & Sue Coulman, Leonard Cooper, Larry Carpenter, Jerry & Ginger Campbell, William Velikan, Judi Burrell, Peg Burkhart, Larry Bunch, Arle Buettner, Roger Walden, Jerry Bradford, James Beaudoin, Michael Baumann, Richard & Katherine Basham, Perry Williams, Kenneth American Legion Auxiliary Unit 009 Alyea, George Young, Jack Abernethy, Charlotte Wallace, Mark & Connie Adams, Roger Mason, Ch Corn, Randy Rosen, Gregory Brunkow, Roger Arreola, Francis Virden, Steven Rubin, Larry Post 152 Riders Bussell, Brian Vaughn, Cedric Post 088 Campbell, Evelyn Carlson, Russell & Marcia Olsen, Ben Nickels, Maurice Cloud, Jerry Coleman, Loretta Miller, Dyar Balvich, John Barnes, Timothy Schwab Charitable Crawford, Reavel Thompson, John Shannon, Patricia Thompson, Craig Malone, Doran & Karyl Endres, Gary & Kay Engquist, Leonard Evans, William Flowers, Jackie Bellamy, Charles Legault, Stacey Frailey, David LaGrange Volunteer Fire Department Fritz, James Kost, Mark Gogel, Bernard Gonzalez, Luz Kehoe, Adam & Em Izsak, Allison Hartz, Stephen Hogan, Gerald Hopp, Larry Riddle, Eunicetine AD Grafix Bizoukas, George and Cleopatra Bishop, Ruth Post 360 Hennigar, Thomas Rudolph, Wavie Lamkin, Riley Bidwell, Dean Dailey, Lawrence Barrett, Curtis Forrest, Donald Brown, George & Pat Rosenberry, James Kraus, Kenneth Holman, Dewayne Sumner, Bruce Snell, Janet Burnette, David Austin, Mark DeWitt, Paul Marshall, Josh Martin, Robert Thruman, Frank McClanahan, Patrick Mitchell, Norma Morlan, Clifton Wiltz, Rosemary Poortenga, Robert Bailey, William Lucia, Byron Fischer, Rodney Speaks, Janice Purkey, Ronald Geders, George Gorny, Lori Hammack, Charles Brewer, Philip Integrity Home Care Plus, LLC Hobbs, Donna Boritzki, Robert Smith, Edwin & Jeanne Coonrod, Jerry Dowd, Stephen Sweatt, Everett Everitt, Ronald Kleinschmidt, William King, Jr., Joseph Gyori, George Harmon, Oscar Imhausen, George Brumbaugh, Barbara Fritzke, Ron Presdorf, David Post 278 Lothamer, Larry & Mary Schukraft, Alan Santapola, Salvatore Petit, Psaul Webb, Rachel Post 195 Post 332 Post 375 McLochlin, Ronald
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Board of DirectorsBoard Chair, Rob Burkhart Secretary, Chad Woodburn Ex Officio Member - Finance Officer, Milton Howard Ex Officio Member - NEC, Kenny Cooper Ex Officio Member - Rehabilitation Director, (Open) Member-At-Large (1 Year), Ron Byrley Member-At-Large (2 Year), Gary Steinhardt Member-At-Large (3 Year), Scott Meyer
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Honorary Board MembersJeff Ring, President of Indiana Funeral Care Rick Lofgren, Executive Director of Childrens Organ Transplant Association Alan Thomas, SGM of 81st Troop Command Past Honorary Board Members: Jim Morris, VP of the Indiana Pacers (D)
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Does Indiana American Legion Legacy Foundation accept donations other than cash?Yes
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Do all of the financial contributions you receive stay in Indiana?You can edit the title from the Settings tab in the app. If you don’t want to display the title, simply disable the Title under “Info to Display”.
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Do you get financial help from the government?Yes. To add media follow these steps: 1. Enter the app’s Settings 2. Click on the “Manage FAQs” button 3. Select the question you would like to add media to 4. When editing your answer click on the camera, video, or GIF icon 5. Add media from your library.
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Why does Indiana Legion have a Foundation?To add a new FAQ follow these steps: 1. Click “Manage FAQs” button 2. From your site’s dashboard you can add, edit and manage all your questions and answers 3. Each question and answer should be added to a category 4. Save and publish.