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Navy Seal Foundation Inc

The navy seal foundation provides critical support for the warriors, veterans, and families of naval special warfare.

$28M
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$900k
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.

Employment$5.0MHuman Services$4.3MArts & Culture$1.9MEducation$445kHealth$390kPhilanthropy$25kAnimals$20k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $2,699,996, the rows itemized in this filing. The $28,096,390 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $25,396,394 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

  • $50k–250k3 grants · $250k
  • $250k+4 grants · $2.4M
$250,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$168M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOME BASE$900,000
THE HONOR FOUNDATION$699,996
UDT-SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION$600,000
NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION$250,000
SEALKIDS INC$125,000
GRATITUDE INITIATIVE$75,000
WARRIOR FOR LIFE$50,000
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 (FY17–24, $3.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SEALKIDS INC: $650k → 9%AMERICA'S WARRIOR PARTNERSHIP: $50k → 18%SEALKIDS INC: $500k → 9%SEALKIDS INC: $500k → 9%SEALKIDS INC: $400k → 9%SEALKIDS INC: $375k → 9%SEALKIDS INC: $350k → 9%SEALKIDS INC: $300k → 9%SEALKIDS INC: $125k → 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

MT
MN
NY
MA
OH
PA
RI
CA
VA
NC
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 8 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +183% since the first grant, against +102% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
8

Total granted

$11M
$415k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+183%
+102%

Still filing today

100%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $950k 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
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationEmploymentYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • TH
    THE HONOR FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $5.0M · revenue +347% · 34% of their budget
  • US
    UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +219%
  • TG
    THE GRATITUDE INITIATIVE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $325k · revenue +123%

Funded once

  • SO
    SPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $115k · revenue +101%
  • TO
    THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • HS
    HUNTER SEVEN FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +145%
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
Quick Reaction Foundation

Quick reaction foundation (qrf) is a non-profit organization founded by veterans to provide rapid response to the developing needs of elite operators and their families from within select u.s. special operations command ("ussocom") teams.…

Public Benefit
2
Peaceful Warrior Foundation

The peaceful warrior foundation is a non-profit organization with the aim of connecting our nation's warriors with the support and care they need.at peaceful warrior we strive to help our active-duty operators & veterans be at their very…

Human Services
3
Special Ops Survivors

Special ops survivors advances the mission "to embrace and empower surviving spouses of fallen special operations heroes to build healthy post-loss futures as they transition and rebuild their new lives." the foundation provides programs…

Human Services
4
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc

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…

Health
5
Head Strong Project Inc

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.

Health
6
Lead the Way Fund Inc

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…

Human Services
7
Wounded Warrior Project Inc

Wounded warrior project (wwp) is the nation's leading veterans service organization, focused on the total well-being of post - 9/11 veterans, active-duty service members, and their families. our programs, advocacy, and awareness efforts…

Human Services
8
Frontline to Field Foundation

Frontline to field is a nonprofit organization founded from the hearts of two individuals deeply committed to the well-being of those who serve and sacrifice for others. inspired by their personal connections to the military, first…

Recreation & Sports
9
Military Wellness Initiative
Public Benefit
10
Special Operators Transition Foundation Inc

The special operators transition foundation ("sotf") assists special operation forces veterans transition from the military into their next successful career.

Public Benefit
11
Horses for Heroes - New Mexico Inc

The organization provides a free program of unique horsemanship, wellness, and skill set restructuring that is open to all post 9/11 veterans as well as active military personnel who have sustained post-traumatic stress, combat trauma, or…

Health
12
Aerial Recovery

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,…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hunter Seven Foundation; the most unlike its peers is David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace. 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

15 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. 15 of the 19 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE HONOR FOUNDATION INC: $4,981,555 · EmploymentTHE HONOR FOUNDATION INCSEALKIDS: $3,200,000 · Human ServicesSEALKIDS+1 more: $50,000 · Human ServicesUDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC: $1,170,000 · OtherUDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASS…MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $900,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM …THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · Other+5 more: $150,000 · Other+5 moreNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $750,000 · Arts & CultureTHE GRATITUDE INITIATIVE: $325,000 · EducationSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $115,100 · EducationTHE STATION FOUNDATION: $125,000 · HealthHUNTER SEVEN FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthREGIONS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthCOHEN VETERANS BIOSCIENCE INC: $40,000 · HealthWARRIOR FOR LIFE FUND: $100,000 · Recreation & Sports
Employment$4,981,555Human Services$3,250,000Other$2,320,000Arts & Culture$750,000Education$440,100Health$265,000Recreation & Sports$100,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE HONOR FOUNDATION INC: $4,981,555 over 7y, 34% of budgetSEALKIDS: $3,200,000 over 8y, 40% of budgetUDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC: $1,170,000 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $750,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE GRATITUDE INITIATIVE: $325,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetTHE STATION FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $115,100 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWARRIOR FOR LIFE FUND: $100,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetHUNTER SEVEN FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetREGIONS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICA'S WARRIOR PARTNERSHIP INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION FOR CONSCIOUSNESS -BASED EDUCATION AND WORLD PEACE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCOHEN VETERANS BIOSCIENCE INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTravis Manion Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWarrior Dog Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 4.2% 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.

The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…American Endowment Fo…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Blackbaud Giving FundSC10.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Navy Seal Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Navy Seal Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 19 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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