Flags for Fort Snelling
Flags for Fort Snelling
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About this organization
Mission
To continue the tradition of honoring our veterans on Memorial Day by placing flags at their headstones.
About
Flag placement: Placing flags at every headstone at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. For 2018, the main flag placement day was on Saturday, May 26th. Our volunteers came in waves, arriving initially at the Mall of America for check-in, and then were shuttled to the cemetery. There they received their bunch of 25 flags to put in place. Once finished, they were shuttled back to the mall and encouraged to participate in their activities. Flag placement requests: We offer a program through our website that allows people who are unable to personally visit the cemetery to submit a form with their loved one's information and gravesite information. We then have a pair of flag runner volunteers go out to the cemetery with their list of requests to fulfill and take pictures of the flags at the headstones. They then upload it to our website via a form which automatically posts it to a feed on our site and onto our Facebook page. Flag collection: We had about 1,000 volunteers for the collection of the flags, some of which were sorting the flags into bundles of 25.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The non-profit's aim, as stated in the filing, is “Flags for fort snelling was born with the mission to continue the tradition of honoring our veterans on memorial day by placing flags at their headstones. the fort snelling national cemetery is operated by the veterans administration with a limited number of civilian staff, and thus do not have the funding or assistance to provide a flag for almost 200,000 graves. this is where we step in. we work to collect donations for the funding of the american flags, and then organize volunteers to distribute the flags on memorial day. as an added effort to keep the public's interest in our mission, we offer the opportunity for those to request a special recognition for their loved one if they cannot personally make it to the cemetery. we collect their loved one's names, and provide a photo of the flag we place in their honor.”.
When referring to its actions, they were outlined as: “To continue the tradition of honoring our veterans on memorial day by placing flags at their headstones.”.
- The non-profit has complied with legal obligations by reporting their state of operation as MN.
- The non-profit's address in 2020 is noted in the filing as 741 98TH LANE NE, BLAINE, MN, 55434.
- The non-profit's form for 2020 reports a total of 0 employees.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are less than $100,000.
- Revenue is between $100,000 and $250,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $61,320.
- The organization has 3 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2016.
- The organization pays $0 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $0 in fundraising expenses.