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American Gold Star Mothers Inc

Finding strength in the fellowship of other gold star mothers who strive to keep the memory of our sons and daughters alive by working to help veterans, those currently serving in the military, their families and our communities.

$120k
Granted FY2023
5
Itemized grants FY2023
5
Organizations funded FY2023
100%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2023
$53k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2023
$11,375
Largest grant, FY2023
$13,173
Organizations funded a year
1 to 5
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
4
Total assets, FY2023
$580k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations American Gold Star Mothers Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23
Public BenefitAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY20235$53k100%
FY20221$10k0%
FY20212$47k50%
FY20205$119k60%
FY20191$24k100%
FY20182$64kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.

Public Benefit$202kHuman Services$53kYouth Development$22kArts & Culture$21kAnimals$10kHealth$10k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Working Dogs for Vets$107,601412%
Wreaths Across America$84,32620%
Gold Star Mothers National Monument Foundation$21,097150%
American Gold Star Mothers Inc- San Jose Chapter$13,1731n/a
American Gold Star Mothers Inc - Tampa Bay Chapter$12,8631n/a
American Gold Star Mothers Inc-Department of Alabama$11,3751n/a
American Gold Star Mothers Inc - Northern California$10,0001n/a
Dogs for Life Inc$10,00012%
Mental Health Assn in Irc Inc$10,0001n/a
Next Generation Veterans Inc$10,0001n/a
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All grantees of American Gold Star Mothers Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Working Dogs for Vets$107,601412%
Wreaths Across America$84,32620%
Gold Star Mothers National Monument Foundation$21,097150%
American Gold Star Mothers Inc- San Jose Chapter$13,1731n/a
American Gold Star Mothers Inc - Tampa Bay Chapter$12,8631n/a
American Gold Star Mothers Inc-Department of Alabama$11,3751n/a
American Gold Star Mothers Inc - Northern California$10,0001n/a
Dogs for Life Inc$10,00012%
Mental Health Assn in Irc Inc$10,0001n/a
Next Generation Veterans Inc$10,0001n/a
American Gold Star Mothers Inc - Department of Tennessee$5,1141n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($22k), not named here.

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About American Gold Star Mothers Inc

How much does American Gold Star Mothers Inc give?
American Gold Star Mothers Inc reported 5 itemized grants totaling $52,525, out of $119,745 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does American Gold Star Mothers Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2023, its largest causes are Public Benefit (64%), Human Services (17%), Youth Development (7%).
Who are American Gold Star Mothers Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2023: Working Dogs for Vets ($108k), Wreaths Across America ($84k), Gold Star Mothers National Monument Foundation ($21k).
Does American Gold Star Mothers Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is American Gold Star Mothers Inc based?
American Gold Star Mothers Inc is based in DC.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 12 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $36k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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