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ES Veterans Association Inc

ES Veterans Association's mission is to provide support and recognition to current and retired U.S.

$390k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$65k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Public Benefit$475kHuman Services$411kRecreation & Sports$73kCrime & Legal$23kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kHousing & Shelter$20kPhilanthropy$15kArts & Culture$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $247,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $390,200 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $142,700 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

  • $10k–50k11 grants · $183k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $65k
$20,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$201k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Wreaths Across America$65,000
Travis Mills Foundation$25,000
USO - United Service Organiz$25,000
Disabled American Veterans$25,000
Northeastern NY PGA Hope Fnd$20,000
EasterSeals NH Veterans Count$20,000
Veterans in Energy$17,500
Harbor Care$10,000
Homes for our Troops$10,000
Blue Star Mothers of America$10,000
Ahern Family Char Foundation$10,000
Conn Veterans Legal Center$10,000
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 (FY23–25, $97k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 49% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 7%DAV Dept of Mass Services: $15k → 16%J P Connors Memorial Fund: $10k → 17%EOD Warrior Foundation: $10k → 8%EasterSeals NH Veterans Count: $20k → 7%DAV Dept of Mass Services: $13k → 16%EasterSeals NH Veterans Count: $10k → 7%EasterSeals NH Veterans Count: $7k → 7%Swimming With A Mission: $13k → 7%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

ME
NH
NY
MA
CT
KY
VA
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 13 repeat orgs$206k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +9% since the first grant, against -18% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
11

Total granted

$1.1M
$179k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
-18%

Still filing today

100%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Public BenefitHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalArts & CultureOther
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

  • WA
    Wreaths Across America
    6× · 2020–2025 · $490k · revenue +63%
  • TRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $165k · revenue +128%
  • UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $95k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • GC
    GALAXY COMMUNITY COUNCIL
    one grant, 2022 · $40k · revenue -62% · 34% of their budget
  • MC
    MARINE CORPS LEAGUE
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • NG
    NATIONAL GUARD ASSOCIATION OF CONNECTICUT INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -18% · 29% of their budget
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
Veterans of Foreign Wars State of Nh

The nh state vfw organization oversees all of the vfw posts in the state of new hampshire making sure all of the posts in the state abide by the national vfw bylaws and rules. we provide training when necessary, run all state conventions…

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2
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of New Hampshire

Support Services for Veterans

Public Benefit
3
Disabled American Veterans Department of Massachusetts Inc

To provide services to individuals who were disabled due to or during their military service.

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4
Honor Flight New England Inc

Honor flight new england exists to express gratitude and appreciation for the service and sacrifice of veterans of world war ii and all other wars by providing veterans of the united states military with transportation to and from…

Arts & Culture
5
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of New Hampshire

Veterans group providing support for veterans and their families and community

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6
Hookin Veterans
Public Benefit
7
New Hampshire Veterans Cemetery Association Inc

To assist nh in maintaining a dignified resting place to honor veterans and eligible dependents.

Membership Benefit
8
399 Vfw-Conn Veterans of Foreign Wars Inc

Perpetuating the memory of veterans and comforting their survivors.

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9
New Hampshire Military Assistance Foundation Inc

The new hampshire military assistance foundation, in partnership with our community, will assist and stregthen the members, families and units of the nh national guard.

Public Benefit
10
Home for Veterans Network Launch
Public Benefit
11
Northern Maine Veterans Cemetary Corporation

Striving to bring awareness and well deserved respect and options for a final resting place for our nation's honorably discharged veterans.

Public Benefit
12
New Englanders Helping Our Veterans

The mission of the new englanders helping our veterans is to assist veterans in need within the new england area and to give them easier access to help. the organization strives to help veterans with less criteria for them to meet in order…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Homes for Our Troops Inc; the most unlike its peers is East Longmeadow Veterans Memorial Cmte. 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

24 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. 24 of the 26 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
12/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Wreaths Across America: $490,000 · Public BenefitWreaths Across AmericaTRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATION: $165,000 · Public BenefitTRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATIONUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $95,000 · Public BenefitUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INCPROJECT NEW HOPE INC: $43,500 · Public BenefitGALAXY COMMUNITY COUNCIL: $40,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $10,000 · Public BenefitBlue Star Mothers of New Hampshire Chapter: $75,000 · OtherBlue Star Mothers …Disabled American Veterans: $35,000 · OtherDisabled American …MARINE CORPS LEAGUE: $25,000 · OtherMARINE CORPS LEAGU…NATIONAL GUARD ASSOCIATION OF CONNECTICUT INC: $20,000 · OtherNATIONAL GUARD ASS…New Hampshire Veterans Home: $16,000 · OtherNew Hampshire Vete…GRANITE UNITED WAY: $15,000 · OtherGRANITE UNITED WAYAHERN FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherEAST LONGMEADOW VETERANS MEMORIAL CMTE: $10,000 · OtherFISHER HOUSE OF BOSTON INC: $10,000 · OtherEaster Seals New Hampshire Inc: $36,500 · Human ServicesDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS DEPARTMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS SERVICE FUND INC: $27,500 · Human ServicesSWIMMING WITH A MISSION INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesJOHN P CONNORS MEMORIAL FUND INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesEOD WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesNENY PGA SECTION FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · Recreation & SportsCONNECTICUT SECTION PGA GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $32,500 · Recreation & SportsHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterHarbor Homes Inc: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterCONNECTICUT VETERANS LEGAL CENTER INC: $32,500 · Crime & LegalVETERANS IN ENERGY: $17,500 · Employment
Public Benefit$843,500Other$216,000Human Services$96,500Recreation & Sports$67,500Housing & Shelter$40,000Crime & Legal$32,500Employment$17,500

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 budgetWreaths Across America: $490,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATION: $165,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $95,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBlue Star Mothers of New Hampshire Chapter: $75,000 over 6y, 27% of budgetPROJECT NEW HOPE INC: $43,500 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetGALAXY COMMUNITY COUNCIL: $40,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetEaster Seals New Hampshire Inc: $36,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNENY PGA SECTION FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetCONNECTICUT VETERANS LEGAL CENTER INC: $32,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCONNECTICUT SECTION PGA GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $32,500 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS DEPARTMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS SERVICE FUND INC: $27,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL GUARD ASSOCIATION OF CONNECTICUT INC: $20,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHarbor Homes Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGRANITE UNITED WAY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSWIMMING WITH A MISSION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJOHN P CONNORS MEMORIAL FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetHUMBLE GRUNT WORK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetEAST LONGMEADOW VETERANS MEMORIAL CMTE: $10,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetEOD WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFISHER HOUSE OF BOSTON INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Eastern Bank Foundati…Swimming With a Missi…The Pfizer Foundation…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Eastern Bank FoundationMA14.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Swimming With a Mission Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 ES Veterans Association Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from ES Veterans Association Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Connecticut Veterans Legal Center Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Connecticut Section Pga Golf Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.
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Find your warmest path to ES Veterans Association Inc 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 26 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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