Legion posts: apply for financial relief

The American Legion’s Mission Blue Post Assistance Program has provided $418,616 in financial relief grants to 419 American Legion posts affected by COVID-19.

The program provides up to $1,000 in grants to posts that are in good standing with their respective department and meet the qualifying criteria (see below). These funds must be used exclusively to pay current or past due rent, mortgage, utilities, and insurance premiums.

GRANT APPLICATION QUALIFICATION
To be eligible to apply, posts must have:

1. A Consolidated Post Report on file at National Headquarters.
2. Filed an IRS 990 within the prescribed due date.
3. Filed all other required forms and reports as prescribed by the department.
4. Actively participated in one or more American Legion programs within the last 18 months.
5. A financial need.
6. A certificate of insurance for all liability coverage naming The American Legion doing business as (dba) The American Legion National Headquarters and the post’s department as an additional insured. (Submit declaration page showing coverage)
7. Documentation indicating that the post is properly incorporated.

Download the grant application at www.legion.org/coronavirus.

IMPORTANT APPLICATION NOTES
· Send grant application to department headquarters. They are not to be sent directly to National Headquarters. This delays the grant.
· Employer Identification Number (EIN). Make sure the EIN is on the Legion’s national database.
· Consolidated Post Report. A post's annual CPR must be on file at National Headquarters as a grant application requirement.