Texas · Public charity
American Valor Foundation
AMERICAN VALOR FOUNDATION is a registered and approved 501(c)3 non-profit corporation committed to supporting our military veterans, first responders and their families through programs of fund raising efforts and direct support to individuals. Avf also honors our heros through memorial scholarships.
- $153k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $77k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $24,164
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $234k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations American Valor Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $77k | 57% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $77k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $104k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $79k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $275k | 85% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $70k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $137k | 89% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $150k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoky Mountain Service Dogs | $260,000 | 4 | 19% |
| Mighty Oaks Foundation | $199,573 | 6 | 1% |
| Save a Warrior Inc | $185,137 | 2 | 9% |
| Wayforward Adventures Inc | $61,611 | 3 | 2% |
| Brackettville Morale Welfare & Recreation | $61,170 | 3 | n/a |
| Warrior Benefit | $45,000 | 3 | 48% |
| Horses for Heroes - New Mexico Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Local 58 Relief Fund Mike McLemore | $35,000 | 1 | 48% |
| Waco Firefighters Honor Guard | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lubbock County Sheriffs Offic | $22,752 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 34 grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($37k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
American Valor Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Veterans United Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
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About American Valor Foundation
- How much does American Valor Foundation give?
- American Valor Foundation reported 7 itemized grants totaling $77,364, out of $152,914 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does American Valor Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (22%), Animals (22%), Human Services (18%).
- Who are American Valor Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Smoky Mountain Service Dogs ($260k), Mighty Oaks Foundation ($200k), Save a Warrior Inc ($185k).
- Does American Valor Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Valor Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Veterans United Foundation, Baird Foundation Inc, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is American Valor Foundation based?
- American Valor Foundation is based in TX.
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