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Special Operations Care Fund Inc

Connect people to the special operations community via events and ongoing engagements.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$503k
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.

Health$7.5MHuman Services$2.0MAnimals$325kRecreation & Sports$150kPhilanthropy$11kReligion$8k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $914,184, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,816,889 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $902,705 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

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $369k
  • $250k+1 grant · $503k
$13,660
Median grant
4
States reached
$980k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VETS$503,000
WARRIOR'S HEART FOUNDATION$196,111
HEROIC HEARTS PROJECT LLC$172,700
THE STEPS FOUNDATION$13,660
SOCIAL SERVICES NETWORK INC$10,830
TASK DAGGER FOUNDATION$10,783
FRONTLINE HEALING FOUNDATION$7,100
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 (FY20–24, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SOCIAL SERVICES NETWORK INC: $11k → 8%SPECIAL OPERATIONS WOUNDED WARRIOR: $250k → 13%OPERATION HEALING FORCES: $150k → 12%PARARESCUE FOUNDATION: $75k → 8%ALL SECURE FOUNDATION: $150k → 11%E3 RANCH FOUNDATION: $225k → 6%TORN WARRIORS: $100k → 9%SPECIAL OPERATIONS WOUNDED WARRIOR: $100k → 13%OPERATION HEALING FORCES: $150k → 12%TORN WARRIORS: $50k → 9%SPECIAL OPERATIONS WOUNDED WARRIOR: $94k → 13%OPERATION HEALING FORCES: $100k → 12%SPECIAL OPERATIONS WOUNDED WARRIOR: $50k → 13%OPERATION HEALING FORCES: $25k → 12%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
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
NJ
RI
CA
CO
MO
VA
TN
NC
SC
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.0M · 14 repeat orgs$999k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +121% since the first grant, against +57% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
13

Total granted

$9.0M
$964k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+121%
+57%

Still filing today

86%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyPublic BenefitAnimalsReligionOther
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

  • VE
    VETSVETERANS EXPLORING TREATMENT SOLUTIONS
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +23%
  • WH
    WARRIOR HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $1.1M · revenue +121% · 33% of their budget
  • FH
    FRONTLINE HEALING FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $972k · revenue +41% · 42% of their budget

Funded once

  • ER
    E3 RANCH FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $225k · revenue +57%
  • SO
    SOUND OFFgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue +64%
  • AS
    ALL SECURE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue +1%
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
For Veterans Sake Foundation

For veteran's sake foundation is here to provide an alternative solution to dealing with pts (post traumatic stress). we use a combination of a (non-therapeutic) neuro-traumatic resourcing, service dogs and consulting. working with the…

Health
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
Warfighter Outfitters

Warfighter Outfitters believe in the healing power of the outdoors. Since 2014, we have provided free fishing, hunting, and engagement trips to disabled veterans. On the water or in the woods, these veteran-only trips help service men and…

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4
Frontline Strong

Therapy services for frontline workers such as military, police officers and fire fighters. Free mental heath services.

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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
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
7
Coast X Coast Foundation

Our mission is to honor the legacy of fallen us special operations forces by enhancing the quality of life for special ops veterans and their families. (continued on schedule o).

Public Benefit
8
Warriors Suicide Prevention Foundation

Founded by veterans dedicated to prevention of veteran suicides provided support to other veterans organizations including ptsd trained dogs

Human Services
9
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
10
Triple Bravo Initaive

To empower and support veterans.

Public Benefit
11
Healing Paws for Warriors Inc

Healing paws for warriors is a local veteran found / veteran led 501(c)(3) that provides rescue to trained service dogs to veterans faced with post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), traumatic brain injury (tbi) and/or military sexual…

Human Services
12
The Punta Brava Foundation Inc

To assist military personnel, such as the Navy SEALs, with the transition from the military to civilian life by providing resources to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Steps Foundation; the most unlike its peers is All in All the Time. 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

23 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. 23 of the 30 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.

8
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
17/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE STATION FOUNDATION: $1,950,293 · HealthTHE STATION FOUNDATIONVETSVETERANS EXPLORING TREATMENT SOLUTIONS: $1,383,025 · HealthVETSVETERANS EXPLORING TREATMENT SOLUTIONSWARRIOR HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $1,126,022 · HealthWARRIOR HEALTH FOUNDATION INCFRONTLINE HEALING FOUNDATION: $972,319 · HealthFRONTLINE HEALING FOUNDATION+3 more: $72,623 · HealthSOWW Corp: $494,300 · Human ServicesSOWW CorpOPERATION HEALING FORCES INC: $425,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION HEALING…E3 RANCH FOUNDATION INC: $225,000 · Human ServicesE3 RANCH FOUNDATI…ALL SECURE FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesALL SECURE FOUNDA…TORN WARRIORS: $150,000 · Human ServicesTORN WARRIORSPARARESCUE FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Human Services+1 more: $10,830 · Human ServicesHEROIC HEARTS PROJECT INC: $868,200 · InternationalHEROIC HE…SIX8 FOUNDATION: $320,000 · OtherSIX8 FOUNDAT…WAVE NEUROSCIENCE: $300,000 · OtherWAVE NEUROSC…MISSION WITHIN: $100,000 · OtherMISSION WITH…CEREHEALTH ILLUME: $50,950 · OtherAXIAL THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH: $50,000 · OtherSOUND OFF: $150,000 · OtherSOUND OFFSPECIAL OPS XCURSIONS: $50,000 · Other+3 more: $53,218 · OtherPillar Foundation: $342,100 · Recreation & SportsRESCUE 22 FOUNDATION INC: $325,000 · AnimalsALL IN ALL THE TIME: $250,000 · PhilanthropySEAL FUTURE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyTask Force Dagger Foundation: $10,783 · Philanthropy
Health$5,504,282Human Services$1,530,130International$868,200Other$1,074,168Recreation & Sports$342,100Animals$325,000Philanthropy$310,783

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE STATION FOUNDATION: $1,950,293 over 4y, 26% of budgetVETSVETERANS EXPLORING TREATMENT SOLUTIONS: $1,383,025 over 4y, 15% of budgetWARRIOR HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $1,126,022 over 4y, 33% of budgetFRONTLINE HEALING FOUNDATION: $972,319 over 5y, 42% of budgetHEROIC HEARTS PROJECT INC: $868,200 over 3y, 12% of budgetSOWW Corp: $494,300 over 4y, 39% of budgetOPERATION HEALING FORCES INC: $425,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetPillar Foundation: $342,100 over 2y, 65% of budgetRESCUE 22 FOUNDATION INC: $325,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetALL IN ALL THE TIME: $250,000 over 2y, 45% of budgetE3 RANCH FOUNDATION INC: $225,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetSOUND OFF: $150,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetALL SECURE FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetTORN WARRIORS: $150,000 over 2y, 51% of budgetPARARESCUE FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetSEAL FUTURE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSPECIAL OPS XCURSIONS: $50,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetHUNTER SEVEN FOUNDATION: $48,963 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetTHE STEPS FOUNDATION: $13,660 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSOCIAL SERVICES NETWORK INC: $10,830 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTask Force Dagger Foundation: $10,783 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE RICK HERREMA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetAlongside Inc: $8,218 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

Brcc FundThe Ayco Charitable F…American Gift FundSynchrony FoundationThe Goldman Sachs Cha…Enterprise Holdings F…Morgan Stanley Global…Raymond James Charita…National Philanthropi…Network for GoodAmerican Endowment Fo…Paypal Charitable Giv…
Brcc FundUT17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Brcc Fund · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · American Gift Fund · Synchrony Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

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 Special Operations Care Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Special Operations Care Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 100%
  • Social Services Network Inc: 100% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
1rely on government for over half their income
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 Special Operations Care Fund 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 30 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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