Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Paralyzed Veterans of America
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA (pva) was founded by a group of world war ii veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders in 1947. Following decades of dedicated advocacy and service for other similarly situated veterans, pva was formally incorporated through a charter granted by the congress of the united states on august 11, 1971.…
- $6.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 37
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $5.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $150,655
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $350,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 34 to 36
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 30
- Total assets, FY2025
- $144M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Paralyzed Veterans of America funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 35 | $5.5M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 36 | $6.3M | 6% |
| FY2023 | 36 | $6.3M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $6.0M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $5.8M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $4.9M | 3% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $5.6M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 36 | $6.3M | 6% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paralyzed Veterans of America Spinal Cord Research Foundation | $4,439,278 | 6 | 89% |
| Texas Chapter Paralyzed Veterans of America | $2,728,570 | 9 | 58% |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America North Cent | $1,965,005 | 9 | 97% |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America Spinal Cord Injury Education & Training | $1,900,000 | 9 | 85% |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America Bay Area & | $1,506,635 | 9 | 99% |
| Vamid-Atlantic Chapter Pva | $1,435,055 | 9 | n/a |
| Vaughan Chapter Pva | $1,433,452 | 9 | n/a |
| Florida Gulf Coast Paralyzed Veterans of America Inc | $1,425,345 | 9 | 68% |
| Mid-America Chapter Paralyzed Veterans of America | $1,415,999 | 9 | 68% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $1,407,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 41 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($9k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Paralyzed Veterans of America supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 29 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
About Paralyzed Veterans of America
- How much does Paralyzed Veterans of America give?
- Paralyzed Veterans of America reported 37 itemized grants totaling $5,754,315, out of $6,160,129 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 36 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Paralyzed Veterans of America fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (70%), Recreation & Sports (10%), Membership Benefit (10%).
- Who are Paralyzed Veterans of America's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Paralyzed Veterans of America Spinal Cord Research Foundation ($4.4M), Texas Chapter Paralyzed Veterans of America ($2.7M), Paralyzed Veterans of America North Cent ($2.0M).
- Does Paralyzed Veterans of America fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Paralyzed Veterans of America?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Paralyzed Veterans of America based?
- Paralyzed Veterans of America is based in DC.
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