· Private foundation
Discoverers Fund Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $131k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE INDEPENDENCE FUND INC | $26,000 |
| STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH | $25,000 |
| WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC | $25,000 |
| HOPE GOSPEL MISSION | $20,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS | $10,000 |
| CHETEK BAPTIST ASSEMBLY (DBA CAMP CHETEK) | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $85k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 20% of Discoverers Fund Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +48% for those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC7× · 2018–2025 · $110k · revenue +64%
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION6× · 2020–2025 · $105k · revenue +392%- HGHOPE GOSPEL MISSION INC8× · 2017–2025 · $105k · revenue +84%
Funded once
- THTHE HEAT FOR HEROES FUNDone grant, 2018 · $10k
- BHBADGER HONOR FLIGHT INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +30%
- CSCRUCIFIXION SCHOOLone grant, 2017 · $10k
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.
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.
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…
To deploy personnel and resources to global flashpoints where the us government has little to no formal diplomatic and military presence, either refused to conduct evacuations of us persons, allies, or vulnerable populations or where those…
Our mission is to provide a holistic approach to support veterans with disabilities by removing barriers in every aspect of their lives. this includes funding customized, barrier-free home modificationssuch as wheelchair-accessible…
The head strong project (headstrong) is a non-profit organization founded in 2012 that provides barrier-free, stigma-free ptsd treatment to veterans, transitioning service members, and family members connected to their care.
To manufacture and deliver innovative and high-quality garments for the u.s. military while employing and empowering a disabled workforce in a competitively integrated employment environment.
Army ranger lead the way fund is an active duty, casualty assistance, recovery, transition and veterans organization that provides financial support to u.s. army rangers and the families of those who have died, have been disabled or who…
The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…
Our mission is pioneering collaborative, innovative clinical trials to speed the discovery and development of cures.
NextOp helps place talented enlisted service members and veterans into civilian careers through highly individualized preparation and an array of programming.
The tragedy assistance program for survivors (taps) is america's national nonprofit organization that has cared for the loved ones of our nation's fallen heroes since 1994. taps ensures these living legacies of service and sacrifice do not…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 17 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOPE GOSPEL MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds The Independence Fund Inc ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC ↗
- Who funds BADGER HONOR FLIGHT INC ↗
- Who funds CRESTVIEW ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
- Who funds APPLE PREGNANCY CARE CENTER ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS WISCONSIN INC ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Discoverers Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Discoverers Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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