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Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation

Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation (the Foundation) is a Colorado notprofit organization formed in 2007 for the purpose of assisting veterans who have suffered severe duty-related injuries resulting in permanent physical disability since September 11, 2001 in their efforts to become productive, self-sufficient, integrated…

$506k
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its 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 2023.

Education$89kEmployment$35kHuman Services$32kHousing & Shelter$10kPublic Benefit$7k
02FY2023 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $11,696, the rows itemized in this filing. The $505,669 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $493,973 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.
$6,629
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Rotary Club of San Ramon$6,629
The Army And Navy Club$5,067
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $10k) 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.

area typical 10%Student Veterans of America: $10k → 14%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
MA
PA
CA
VA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
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 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
Air & Space Forces Association

The air & space forces association (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. the association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. air and space forces as the foundation of a strong…

Education
2
Command and General Staff College Foundation Inc

The cgsc foundation supports the united states army command and general staff college in educating leaders for the 21st century in the following six mission areas: enrich the college's academic environment; foster a strong relationship…

Education
3
Military Officers Association of America

Preserve and protect earned benefits for our uniformed services, veterans, their families, and surviving spouses through advocacy, leadership, education and service. provide first-class service to our members. we are the leading voice on…

Public Benefit
4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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5
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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6
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
7
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
8
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
9
Association of Military Banks of America

The association of military banks of america (amba) is a not-for-profit trade association that represents financial institutions specializing in providing worldwide banking services for military personnel, veterans, and their families.…

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10
University of Virginia Alumni Association

The mission of the alumni association is to build the strongest bond among alumni and between alumni and the university by serving all alumni and students; being the center for engaging and connecting the global uva community; acting as a…

Education
11
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
12
American Association of State Colleges and Universities

Aascu is a washington, d.c. based higher education association that represents the sector of over 500 regional public colleges, universities, and systems whose members share a learning and teaching centered culture, a commitment to…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Student Veterans of America; the most unlike its peers is Association of the United States Army. 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

9 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. 9 of the 12 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
8/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Sonoma Raceway: $35,000 · OtherSonoma RacewayCONTRA COSTA COLLEGE: $10,000 · OtherCONTRA COSTA COLLEGELIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY: $8,455 · OtherLIPSCOMB UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX - ALL CAMPUSES: $8,304 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX - ALL CAMPUSESSAN RAMON ROTARY FOUNDATION: $6,629 · OtherSAN RAMON ROTARY FOUNDATIONARMY AND NAVY CLUB: $5,067 · OtherARMY AND NAVY CLUBMontana State University Foundation Inc: $40,000 · EducationMontana State University Foundatio…TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $11,978 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENN…GARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE F…STUDENT VETERANS OF AMERICA: $10,000 · Human ServicesHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY: $7,000 · Public Benefit
Other$73,455Education$51,978Philanthropy$20,000Human Services$10,000Housing & Shelter$10,000Public Benefit$7,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMontana State University Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $11,978 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTUDENT VETERANS OF AMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY: $8,455 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN RAMON ROTARY FOUNDATION: $6,629 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetARMY AND NAVY CLUB: $5,067 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–10%
    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 12 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $282k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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