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Caring for Military Families the Elizabeth Dole Foundation

The Elizabeth Dole Foundation's mission is to empower military and veteran caregivers, their families, and their communities through programs, partnerships, and advocacy that drive innovation and sustainable solutions.

$459k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$1.6MHealth$272kArts & Culture$155kCrime & Legal$135kEmployment$128kSocial Science$125kEducation$65kEnvironment$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $75,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $459,093 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $384,093 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $65k
$15,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Pritzker Military Museum & Library$25,000
National Association of Corporate Directors$15,000
Prisca Project LLC$15,000
Easterseals$10,000
No Greater Sacrifice Foundation$5,000
TBI Warrior Foundation$5,000
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 (FY18–23, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 12% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Student Veterans of America: $38k → 14%Community Hospice & Palliative Care Fdn: $10k → 14%Caregivers on the Homefront Inc: $20k → 8%Rosalynn Carter Institute: $60k → 22%QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION: $175k → 7%Veterans LYFE Services: $40k → 13%Caregivers on the Homefront Inc: $18k → 8%Quality of Life Foundation: $125k → 7%Quality of Life Foundation: $100k → 7%Code of Support Foundation: $212k → 9%Quality of Life Foundation: $10k → 7%Code of Support Foundation: $150k → 9%Code of Support Foundation: $100k → 9%Code of Support Foundation: $70k → 9%Code of Support Foundation: $60k → 9%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

IL
MI
MA
NV
IN
PA
CA
NE
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
OK
MS
GA
TX
FL
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 13 repeat orgs$834k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
21

Total granted

$1.8M
$809k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+7%

Still filing today

77%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Public BenefitHuman ServicesHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationOther
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

  • BS
    BLUE STAR FAMILIES INC
    4× · 2018–2022 · $140k · revenue +570%
  • CJ
    COLONEL JAMES N PRITZKER LIBRARY OF THE CITIZEN SOLDIER
    8× · 2017–2024 · $140k · revenue +18%
  • PUBLIC COUNSEL
    4× · 2019–2022 · $135k · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • The Rand Corporationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $125k · revenue +34%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER HOUSTON
    one grant, 2019 · $75k
  • WM
    WORKLIFE MINISTRY INC
    one grant, 2018 · $60k · revenue -25%
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
National Veterans Foundation Inc

To serve the crisis management, information and referral needs of america's veterans and their families.

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2
American Military Family Inc

American military family (amf) provides veterans and their families with assistance, whether it be emotional, physical, mental, or finanical, for their missing, suicidal, displaced or struggling hero.

Public Benefit
3
The Commit Foundation

The commit foundation empowers those who have served and their families to create purposeful and fulfilling transitions by providing personalized programs, resources, and the support of community.

Human Services
4
Veterans Navigation Network

Transition for service members.

Health
5
Amvets (American Veterans)

Amvets is a veterans service organization whose members, having served or now serving in the u.s. armed forces, are united to uphold and defend the constitution of the united states; to safeguard the principles of freedom, liberty and…

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6
Veterans Recovery Resources

Our mission is to remove barriers to care, deliver quality integrated health care, and build a better community through recovery and connection. our vision is to build a thriving community where service members, veterans, first responders,…

Public Benefit
7
NextOp Inc

NextOp helps place talented enlisted service members and veterans into civilian careers through highly individualized preparation and an array of programming.

Public Benefit
8
National Veterans Legal Services Program Inc

To provide at no cost legal assistance to veterans of the u.s. armed forces and current service members.

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9
Special Forces Foundation

The special forces foundation provides immediate and ongoing support to the special forces community and their families.

Philanthropy
10
Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation Inc

The mission of the purple heart foundation is to enhance the quality of life of purple heart recipients and other honorably discharged veterans and their families.

—
11
Warrior Reunion Foundation

Supports combat veterans in overcoming the challenges of post-military transition by reconnecting those who served together overseas through the execution of recovery reunions.

Public Benefit
12
Heroes Care Inc

A collaborate effort among well established non-governmental organizations designed to provide complete and proactive support for members of all branches of the military and their families through pre-deployment, deployment, family…

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Blue Star Families Inc; the most unlike its peers is Colonel James N Pritzker Library of the Citizen Soldier. 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

33 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. 33 of the 39 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/33
Grantees still filing
21/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Code of Support Foundation: $592,000 · Human ServicesCode of Support FoundationQUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $410,000 · Human ServicesQUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION INCROSALYNN CARTER INSTITUTE FOR CAREGIVERS: $60,000 · Human ServicesVeterans LYFE Services: $40,000 · Human Services+3 more: $86,000 · Human Services+3 moreBLUE STAR FAMILIES INC: $140,000 · Public BenefitBLUE STAR FAMILI…The Rand Corporation: $124,991 · Public BenefitThe Rand Corpora…NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $54,210 · Public BenefitNATIONAL MILITAR…OPERATION GRATITUDE INC: $25,000 · Public BenefitOPERATION GRATIT…PROJECT NEW HOPE INC: $17,500 · Public BenefitSUPPORT THE ENLISTED PROJECT INC: $15,000 · Public BenefitNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CORPORATE DIRECTORS: $15,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $5,000 · Public BenefitUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER HOUSTON: $75,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEA…COMMUNITY INFORMATION & REFERRAL: $56,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY INFORMATION &…REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $54,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSI…VETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $50,000 · OtherVETERANS LEADERSHIP PRO…PRISCA PROJECT LLC: $50,000 · OtherPRISCA PROJECT LLCTRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $46,513 · OtherTRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIV…UCLA FOUNDATION: $35,000 · OtherUCLA FOUNDATIONEmory University: $25,000 · OtherOUR MILITARY KIDS INC: $30,000 · OtherOUR MILITARY KIDS INCYELLOW RIBBON FUND INC: $25,000 · OtherWORKLIFE MINISTRY INC: $60,000 · OtherWORKLIFE MINISTRY INC+5 more: $38,638 · Other+5 moreEaster Seals Serving DC MD VA Inc: $65,000 · HealthTHE GIVE AN HOUR NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $60,000 · HealthHELEN ROSS MCNABB FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthTHE COMFORT CREW FOR MILITARY KIDS: $15,000 · HealthCOLONEL JAMES N PRITZKER LIBRARY OF THE CITIZEN SOLDIER: $140,000 · Arts & CultureASIAN AMERICAN JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION: $15,000 · Arts & CulturePUBLIC COUNSEL: $135,000 · Crime & LegalDOG TAG INC: $67,500 · Employment
Human Services$1,188,000Public Benefit$396,701Other$545,651Health$170,000Arts & Culture$155,000Crime & Legal$135,000Employment$67,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCode of Support Foundation: $592,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetQUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $410,000 over 4y, 80% of budgetBLUE STAR FAMILIES INC: $140,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetCOLONEL JAMES N PRITZKER LIBRARY OF THE CITIZEN SOLDIER: $140,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetPUBLIC COUNSEL: $135,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $124,991 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOG TAG INC: $67,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetEaster Seals Serving DC MD VA Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWORKLIFE MINISTRY INC: $60,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetROSALYNN CARTER INSTITUTE FOR CAREGIVERS: $60,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE GIVE AN HOUR NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $60,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY INFORMATION & REFERRAL: $56,500 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetNATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $54,210 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetVETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetVeterans LYFE Services: $40,000 over 1y, 50% of budgetCAREGIVERS ON THE HOMEFRONT INC: $38,000 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetSTUDENT VETERANS OF AMERICA: $38,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHELEN ROSS MCNABB FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOUR MILITARY KIDS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetYELLOW RIBBON FUND INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetEmory University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION GRATITUDE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT NEW HOPE INC: $17,500 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetTHE COMFORT CREW FOR MILITARY KIDS: $15,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSUPPORT THE ENLISTED PROJECT INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetASIAN AMERICAN JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CORPORATE DIRECTORS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOSPICE OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIDLANDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $7,725 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTBI WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNo Greater Sacrifice Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Bob Woodruff Family F…Wounded Warrior Proje…Veterans United Found…Disabled American Vet…AARPCharities Aid Foundat…Enterprise Holdings F…Raymond James Charita…Silicon Valley Commun…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…
Bob Woodruff Family Foundation IncNY23.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc · Wounded Warrior Project Inc · Veterans United Foundation · Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust · AARP · Charities Aid Foundation America · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

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 Caring for Military Families the Elizabeth Dole Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Caring for Military Families the Elizabeth Dole 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 →median 29%
  • Easter Seals Serving Dc Md Va Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Yellow Ribbon Fund Inc: 0% of 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.

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 39 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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