Illinois · Public charity
American Friends of Our Armed Forces Walt Vanbenthysen
To provide financial, emotional and social assistance to america's military men and women serving overseas and their families remaining at home.
- $451k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $439k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $48,320
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $173,297
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $300k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations American Friends of Our Armed Forces Walt Vanbenthysen funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $439k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $538k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $435k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $403k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $232k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $179k | 14% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $175k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Corps Community Services | $1,194,283 | 8 | n/a |
| Twentynine Palms Asymca | $225,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Marine Corps Community Services Camp Pendleton | $185,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Military Showers of Support Inc | $157,000 | 6 | 35% |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $115,000 | 8 | 0% |
| McCs Marketing | $114,440 | 3 | n/a |
| Officers Spouses Club | $105,000 | 5 | 68% |
| Armed Services YMCA of the USA | $95,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Military Spouse Association of Camp Pendleton | $85,000 | 7 | 69% |
| Assistance League Coachella Valley | $50,000 | 7 | 4% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Corps Community Services | $1,194,283 | 8 | n/a |
| Twentynine Palms Asymca | $225,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Marine Corps Community Services Camp Pendleton | $185,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Military Showers of Support Inc | $157,000 | 6 | 35% |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $115,000 | 8 | 0% |
| McCs Marketing | $114,440 | 3 | n/a |
| Officers Spouses Club | $105,000 | 5 | 68% |
| Armed Services YMCA of the USA | $95,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Military Spouse Association of Camp Pendleton | $85,000 | 7 | 69% |
| Assistance League Coachella Valley | $50,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Armed Services YMCA of the USA | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Desert Sands Unified School District Educational Foundation | $25,000 | 3 | 20% |
| Operation Showers of Appreciation | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About American Friends of Our Armed Forces Walt Vanbenthysen
- How much does American Friends of Our Armed Forces Walt Vanbenthysen give?
- American Friends of Our Armed Forces Walt Vanbenthysen reported 8 itemized grants totaling $438,617, out of $451,201 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does American Friends of Our Armed Forces Walt Vanbenthysen fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (95%), Education (5%).
- Who are American Friends of Our Armed Forces Walt Vanbenthysen's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Marine Corps Community Services ($1.2M), Twentynine Palms Asymca ($225k), Marine Corps Community Services Camp Pendleton ($185k).
- Does American Friends of Our Armed Forces Walt Vanbenthysen fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Friends of Our Armed Forces Walt Vanbenthysen?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is American Friends of Our Armed Forces Walt Vanbenthysen based?
- American Friends of Our Armed Forces Walt Vanbenthysen is based in IL.
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