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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.

$153k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$24k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$270kAnimals$270kHuman Services$225kPublic Safety & Disaster$120kRecreation & Sports$80kReligion$72kPublic Benefit$71kEmployment$28kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $77,364, the rows itemized in this filing. The $152,914 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $75,550 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $67k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$234k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WAYFORWARD COUPLES RETREAT$24,164
GLOBAL TRAINING ACADEMY$12,500
HORSES FOR HEROES$10,000
SMOKY MOUNTAIN SERVICE DOGS$10,000
TULSA FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLI$10,000
WARRIORS HEART$5,500
ORION TRAINING GROUP - MERCER$5,200
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $275k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ADAPTIVE TRAINING FOUNDATION: $15k → 8%SMOKY MOUNTAIN SERVICE DOGS: $225k → 10%SMOKY MOUNTAIN SERVICE DOGS: $15k → 10%SMOKY MOUNTAIN SERVICE DOGS: $10k → 10%SMOKY MOUNTAIN SERVICE DOGS: $10k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
IN
OH
RI
CA
NE
VA
MD
NM
TN
OK
LA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$852k · 7 repeat orgs$379k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +99% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
25

Total granted

$852k
$345k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+99%
+16%

Still filing today

86%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthPublic Safety & DisasterPhilanthropyHuman ServicesPublic BenefitRecreation & SportsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • SM
    Smoky Mountain Service Dogs
    4× · 2017–2025 · $260k · revenue +99%
  • MO
    MIGHTY OAKS FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $200k · revenue +131%
  • SA
    SAVE A WARRIOR INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $185k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • L5
    LOCAL 58 RELIEF FUND MIKE MCLEMORE
    one grant, 2021 · $35k · revenue +3% · 48% of their budget
  • M2
    MISSION 22
    one grant, 2017 · $27k
  • WF
    WACO FIREFIGHTERS HONOR GUARD
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Duty First Assistance Dogs

Providing service dogs to veterans and first responders

Human Services
2
Operational K9 Medical Team of Wisconsin
Animals
3
The Veterans and First Responders
Human Services
4
Warfighter Scuba

To provide scuba instruction for veterans with ptsd. the weightlessness of scuba provides a peaceful respite from the pressures and trauma of military service. scuba for amputees provides a freedom of movement not experienced for years…

Public Benefit
5
Warfighter Outfitters

Warfighter Outfitters believe in the healing power of the outdoors. Since 2014, we have provided free fishing, hunting, and engagement trips to disabled veterans. On the water or in the woods, these veteran-only trips help service men and…

—
6
Sitrep Foundation
Public Benefit
7
Saddles for Soldiers Inc

Ptsd & physical therapy for vet and first responders

Human Services
8
Frontline Strong

Therapy services for frontline workers such as military, police officers and fire fighters. Free mental heath services.

—
9
Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation

To provide financial support and programs for fallen officer families. To raise awareness and advocate for national issues impacting officers.

—
10
Wounded War Heroes

Wounded War Heroes was founded to show our appreciation to the men and women who have been wounded or injured as a result of serving our country, by providing them therapeutic outdoor experiences upon their return home from fighting for…

Public Benefit
11
Trek for Hero Causes Inc

Horse therapy for heroes

Health
12
Poteet Volunteer Fire Department Inc

The Poteet VFD is a 100% volunteer organization. In addition to responding to fires, vehicles accidents, medical emergencies and public assistance, the VFD is also trained to handle vehicle extrication.

Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fisher House Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Robinson Volunteer Fire Department Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 36 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MIGHTY OAKS FOUNDATION: $199,573 · HealthMIGHTY OAKS FOUNDATIONSAVE A WARRIOR INC: $185,137 · HealthSAVE A WARRIOR INCHORSES FOR HEROES - NEW MEXICO INC: $40,000 · HealthHORSES FOR HEROES - NEW MEXICO INC+3 more: $35,000 · Health+3 moreSmoky Mountain Service Dogs: $260,000 · Human ServicesSmoky Mountain Service Do…Adaptive Training Foundation: $15,000 · Human ServicesAdaptive Training Foundat…BRACKETTVILLE MORALE WELFARE & RECREATION: $61,170 · OtherBRACKETTVILLE MORALE WELFA…MISSION 22: $26,644 · OtherMISSION 22WACO FIREFIGHTERS HONOR GUARD: $25,000 · OtherWACO FIREFIGHTERS HONOR GU…LUBBOCK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFIC: $22,752 · OtherLUBBOCK COUNTY SHERIFFS OF…TEXAS RANGER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherTEXAS RANGER ASSOCIATION F…GLOBAL TRAINING ACADEMY: $12,500 · OtherFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · OtherTASK FORCE DAGGER: $10,000 · OtherRobinson Volunteer Fire Department Inc: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL CENTER FOR EQUINE FACILITATED THERAPY: $10,000 · OtherBROTHERHOOD FOR THE FALLEN - FORT WORTH TX: $10,000 · OtherTADSAW INC: $10,000 · OtherTULSA FOP 93 HEALTH & WELFARE TRUST: $10,000 · OtherDoose Outfitters Ministry Inc: $10,000 · Other+4 more: $26,718 · Other+4 moreWarrior Benefit: $45,000 · PhilanthropyTULSA FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENCE FUND: $15,000 · PhilanthropyTulsa FOP 93 Foundation: $10,000 · PhilanthropyLOCAL 58 RELIEF FUND MIKE MCLEMORE: $35,000 · Public Safety & DisasterLIEUTENANT JOSEPH P DIBERNARDO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Public Safety & DisasterYANTIS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterCENTRAL BELL COUNTY FIRE RESCUE INCORPORATED: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterWAYFORWARD ADVENTURES INC: $61,611 · Recreation & SportsPROJECT HEALING HEROES: $10,000 · Public Benefit
Health$459,710Human Services$275,000Other$284,784Philanthropy$70,000Public Safety & Disaster$70,000Recreation & Sports$61,611Public Benefit$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSmoky Mountain Service Dogs: $260,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetMIGHTY OAKS FOUNDATION: $199,573 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetSAVE A WARRIOR INC: $185,137 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetWAYFORWARD ADVENTURES INC: $61,611 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetWarrior Benefit: $45,000 over 3y, 48% of budgetHORSES FOR HEROES - NEW MEXICO INC: $40,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetLOCAL 58 RELIEF FUND MIKE MCLEMORE: $35,000 over 1y, 48% of budgetTEXAS RANGER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetAdaptive Training Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetOPERATION RESTORE ORAL HEALTH: $15,000 over 1y, 78% of budgetTULSA FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENCE FUND: $15,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetLIEUTENANT JOSEPH P DIBERNARDO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HEALING HEROES: $10,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetBROTHERHOOD FOR THE FALLEN - FORT WORTH TX: $10,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetCAMPFIRE CREEK THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetYANTIS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetHUNTER SEVEN FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetTADSAW INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetTULSA FOP 93 HEALTH & WELFARE TRUST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRobinson Volunteer Fire Department Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTulsa FOP 93 Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR EQUINE FACILITATED THERAPY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDoose Outfitters Ministry Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 24% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Veterans United Found…Baird Foundation IncGs Donor Advised Phil…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…Network for GoodPaypal Charitable Giv…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…
Veterans United FoundationMO12.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization American Valor Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Valor Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to American Valor Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to American Valor Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 36 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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